Kevin Hooks
28 movies · 73 TV shows
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Sep 19, 1958 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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".
Known for
Kevin Hooks: movies and TV shows
Acting (16)
- 2000
- 1998 Glory & Honor
as Sam June
- 1991 Strictly Business
as Married Man
- 1987 Innerspace
as Duane
- 1986
- 1980 Friendly Fire
as Polk
- 1979 Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
as Nat Blake
- 1979 Take Down
as Jasper MacGrudder
- 1978
- 1977 A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Tiger
- 1977 The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Hoover Sissle
- 1976 Just an Old Sweet Song
as Junior
- 1975 Aaron Loves Angela
as Aaron
- 1972 Sounder
as David Lee Morgan
- 1972
- 1971 J.T.
as J.T. Gamble
Behind the camera (88)
- 2025 Woke
Associate Producer
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018
- 2018
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2016
- 2016
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011 Intercept
Director
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009
- 2009 Prison Break: The Final Break
Director, Executive Producer
- 2009
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004
- 2004
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Sounder
Director
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001
- 2001
- 2001
- 2000
- 2000 The Color of Friendship
Director, Producer
- 2000
- 1999
- 1999 Mutiny
Director
- 1998 Black Dog
Director
- 1998 Glory & Honor
Director
- 1996 Fled
Director
- 1994
- 1994 To My Daughter With Love
Director
- 1993
- 1993
- 1993 Irresistible Force
Director
- 1993
- 1992 Passenger 57
Director
- 1992
- 1991 Strictly Business
Director
- 1991
- 1990 Heat Wave
Director
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1989
- 1988 Roots: The Gift
Director
- 1988
- 1988
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987
- 1987 Class Act: A Teacher's Story
Director
- 1986 Teen Father
Director
- 1986
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
1 episode