Kevin Hooks
Directing
1958-09-19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Kevin Hooks (born September 19, 1958) is an American actor, and a television and film director; he is notable from his roles in Aaron Loves Angela & Sounder, but may be best-known as Morris Thorpe from TV's The White Shadow. In 1986, he starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom He's the Mayor. He directed Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57 and also Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin in Fled. Hooks worked as a director and producer on the series Prison Break. He also directed two episodes from the first season of Lost, "White Rabbit" and "Homecoming". In 2003, Hooks revisited Sounder. He directed ABC's Wonderful World of Disney's TV remake of the film, with Paul Winfield, his co-star from the original, playing a different role. Hooks was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Yvonne, a state employee, and Robert Hooks, a director and actor who starred in many films in the 1970s. Kevin's nickname amongst his friends is "King Royal".
tvSoul Food
as Ginder T. Jones · 2000 · 7.2
movieGlory & Honor
as Sam June · 1998 · 0.0
movieStrictly Business
as Married Man · 1991 · 5.4
movieInnerspace
as Duane · 1987 · 6.8
tvHe's the Mayor
as · 1986 · 0.0
movieFriendly Fire
as Polk · 1980 · 7.5
movieCan You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
as Nat Blake · 1979 · 6.0
movieTake Down
as Jasper MacGrudder · 1979 · 4.4
tvThe White Shadow
as Morris Thorpe · 1978 · 7.1
movieA Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Tiger · 1977 · 5.9
movieThe Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Hoover Sissle · 1977 · 7.0
movieJust an Old Sweet Song
as Junior · 1976 · 7.0
movieAaron Loves Angela
as Aaron · 1975 · 5.4
movieSounder
as David Lee Morgan · 1972 · 7.5
tvThe Rookies
as · 1972 · 6.9
movieJ.T.
as J.T. Gamble · 1971 · 8.0
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
as Self · 1961 · 5.8