Kevin Hooks
Born: 1958-09-19 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For: Directing
Biography
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".
Filmography
2025
- Woke ... (Associate Producer)
2020
- The Good Lord Bird ... (Director)
2019
- The Red Line ... (Director)
2018
- 9-1-1 ... (Director)
- Castle Rock ... (Director)
- The Good Cop ... (Director)
2017
- Marvel's The Punisher ... (Director)
- The Orville ... (Director)
- Mr. Mercedes ... (Director)
- Madiba ... (Director)
2016
- This Is Us ... (Director)
- Preacher ... (Director)
2014
- Scorpion ... (Director)
2013
- Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. ... (Director)
2012
- The Finder ... (Director)
- Last Resort ... (Director)
2011
- Person of Interest ... (Director)
- Alphas ... (Director)
- Necessary Roughness ... (Director)
- Intercept ... (Director)
2010
- Human Target ... (Director)
- Detroit 1-8-7 ... (Director)
2009
- Castle ... (Director)
- The Good Wife ... (Director)
- Drop Dead Diva ... (Director)
- Prison Break: The Final Break ... (Director)
2008
- The Mentalist ... (Director)
2007
- Lincoln Heights ... (Director)
2005
- Supernatural ... (Director)
- Bones ... (Director)
- Prison Break ... (Director)
- Ghost Whisperer ... (Director)
- The Inside ... (Director)
- Blind Justice ... (Producer)
2004
- Lost ... (Director)
- North Shore ... (Director)
2003
- Cold Case ... (Director)
- Las Vegas ... (Director)
- L.A. Dragnet ... (Director)
- Line of Fire ... (Director)
- Sounder ... (Director)
2002
- Monk ... (Director)
- Without a Trace ... (Director)
- Boomtown ... (Director)
2000
- Soul Food as Ginder T. Jones
- City of Angels ... (Director)
- The Color of Friendship ... (Director)
1998
- Black Dog ... (Director)
- Glory & Honor as Sam June
1996
- Fled ... (Director)
1994
- ER ... (Director)
- To My Daughter With Love ... (Director)
1993
- The X-Files ... (Director)
- NYPD Blue ... (Director)
- Homicide: Life on the Street ... (Director)
- Irresistible Force ... (Director)
1992
- Passenger 57 ... (Director)
- Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story ... (Director)
1991
- I'll Fly Away ... (Director)
- Strictly Business as Married Man
1990
- Equal Justice ... (Director)
- Heat Wave ... (Director)
1989
- Tales from the Crypt ... (Director)
- Doogie Howser, M.D. ... (Director)
- Alien Nation ... (Director)
- The Young Riders ... (Director)
- A Fine Romance ... (Director)
- Nightingales ... (Director)
1988
- China Beach ... (Director)
- Midnight Caller ... (Director)
- Probe ... (Director)
- Roots: The Gift ... (Director)
1987
- 21 Jump Street ... (Director)
- Innerspace as Duane
- A Year in the Life ... (Director)
- Mariah ... (Director)
- Class Act: A Teacher's Story ... (Director)
1986
- Heart of the City ... (Director)
- He's the Mayor
- Teen Father ... (Director)
1984
- V ... (Director)
1983
- Cutter to Houston ... (Director)
1982
- St. Elsewhere ... (Director)
- Hotel ... (Director)
- Fame ... (Director)
1980
- Friendly Fire as Polk
1979
- Take Down as Jasper MacGrudder
- Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story as Nat Blake
1978
- The White Shadow as Morris Thorpe
1977
- A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich as Tiger
- The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Hoover Sissle
1976
- Just an Old Sweet Song as Junior
1975
- Aaron Loves Angela as Aaron
1972
- The Rookies
- Sounder as David Lee Morgan
1971
- J.T. as J.T. Gamble
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self