Kevin Hooks

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".

Directed

1. Supernatural (2005) — Director
2. Prison Break (2005) — Director
3. Lost (2004) — Director
4. The Mentalist (2008) — Director
5. Scorpion (2014) — Director
6. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) — Director
7. The X-Files (1993) — Director
8. Bones (2005) — Director
9. Marvel's The Punisher (2017) — Director
10. 9-1-1 (2018) — Director
11. Castle (2009) — Director
12. Person of Interest (2011) — Director
13. Ghost Whisperer (2005) — Director
14. 24 (2001) — Director
15. This Is Us (2016) — Director
16. The Orville (2017) — Director
17. Preacher (2016) — Director
18. Monk (2002) — Director
19. Passenger 57 (1992) — Director
20. Tales from the Crypt (1989) — Director
21. ER (1994) — Director
22. Prison Break: The Final Break (2009) — Director
23. Alias (2001) — Director
24. Castle Rock (2018) — Director
25. The Good Wife (2009) — Director
26. Cold Case (2003) — Director
27. Mr. Mercedes (2017) — Director
28. Alphas (2011) — Director
29. Black Dog (1998) — Director
30. Without a Trace (2002) — Director
31. Drop Dead Diva (2009) — Director
32. Las Vegas (2003) — Director
33. Fled (1996) — Director
34. V (1984) — Director
35. 21 Jump Street (1987) — Director
36. Last Resort (2012) — Director
37. The Finder (2012) — Director
38. NYPD Blue (1993) — Director
39. Human Target (2010) — Director
40. Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Innerspace (1987) — Duane
2. Sounder (1972) — David Lee Morgan
3. Strictly Business (1991) — Married Man
4. The Rookies (1972)
5. The White Shadow (1978) — Morris Thorpe
6. Soul Food (2000) — Ginder T. Jones
7. A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977) — Tiger
8. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self
9. Aaron Loves Angela (1975) — Aaron
10. Take Down (1979) — Jasper MacGrudder
11. Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story (1979) — Nat Blake
12. Just an Old Sweet Song (1976) — Junior
13. Friendly Fire (1980) — Polk
14. J.T. (1971) — J.T. Gamble
15. The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (1977) — Hoover Sissle
16. Glory & Honor (1998) — Sam June
17. He's the Mayor (1986)