Kevin Hooks
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".
Acting
Movie
Innerspace
as Duane
1987
Movie
Sounder
as David Lee Morgan
1972
Movie
Strictly Business
as Married Man
1991
TV
The Rookies
1972
TV
The White Shadow
as Morris Thorpe
1978
TV
Soul Food
as Ginder T. Jones
2000
Movie
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Tiger
1977
TV
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
Movie
Aaron Loves Angela
as Aaron
1975
Movie
Take Down
as Jasper MacGrudder
1979
Movie
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
as Nat Blake
1979
Movie
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Junior
1976
Movie
Friendly Fire
as Polk
1980
Movie
J.T.
as J.T. Gamble
1971
Movie
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Hoover Sissle
1977
Movie
Glory & Honor
as Sam June
1998
He's the Mayor
1986
Crew
TV
Supernatural
Director
2005
TV
Prison Break
Director
2005
TV
Lost
Director
2004
TV
The Mentalist
Director
2008
TV
Scorpion
Director
2014
TV
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director
2013
TV
The X-Files
Director
1993
TV
Bones
Director
2005
TV
Marvel's The Punisher
Director
2017
TV
9-1-1
Director
2018
TV
Castle
Director
2009
TV
Person of Interest
Director
2011