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".
Filmography
Woke
2025 · Movie
The Good Lord Bird
2020 · Series
The Red Line
2019 · Series
The Good Cop
2018 · Series
Castle Rock
2018 · Series
9-1-1
2018 · Series
Marvel's The Punisher
2017 · Series
The Orville
2017 · Series
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · Series
Madiba
2017 · Series
This Is Us
2016 · Series
Preacher
2016 · Series
Scorpion
2014 · Series
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Series
Last Resort
2012 · Series
The Finder
2012 · Series
Intercept
2011 · Movie
Person of Interest
2011 · Series
Alphas
2011 · Series
Necessary Roughness
2011 · Series
Detroit 1-8-7
2010 · Series
Human Target
2010 · Series
The Good Wife
2009 · Series
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009 · Movie
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · Series
Castle
2009 · Series
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
Lincoln Heights
2007 · Series
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Series
Supernatural
2005 · Series
Bones
2005 · Series
Prison Break
2005 · Series
The Inside
2005 · Series
Blind Justice
2005 · Series
Lost
2004 · Series
North Shore
2004 · Series
Line of Fire
2003 · Series
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Las Vegas
2003 · Series
L.A. Dragnet
2003 · Series
Sounder
2003 · Movie
Boomtown
2002 · Series
Without a Trace
2002 · Series
Monk
2002 · Series
24
2001 · Series
Alias
2001 · Series
Philly
2001 · Series
Soul Food
2000 · Series
The Color of Friendship
2000 · Movie
City of Angels
2000 · Series
Rescue 77
1999 · Series
Mutiny
1999 · Movie
Black Dog
1998 · Movie
Glory & Honor
1998 · Movie
Fled
1996 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
To My Daughter With Love
1994 · Movie
NYPD Blue
1993 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Irresistible Force
1993 · Movie
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
Passenger 57
1992 · Movie
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992 · Movie
Strictly Business
1991 · Movie
I'll Fly Away
1991 · Series
Heat Wave
1990 · Movie
Equal Justice
1990 · Series
The Young Riders
1989 · Series
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · Series
Alien Nation
1989 · Series
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
Nightingales
1989 · Series
A Fine Romance
1989 · Series
Roots: The Gift
1988 · Movie
Midnight Caller
1988 · Series
China Beach
1988 · Series
Probe
1988 · Series
A Year in the Life
1987 · Series
Innerspace
1987 · Movie
21 Jump Street
1987 · Series
Mariah
1987 · Series
Class Act: A Teacher's Story
1987 · Movie
Teen Father
1986 · Movie
Heart of the City
1986 · Series
He's the Mayor
1986 · Series
V
1984 · Series
Cutter to Houston
1983 · Series
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
Hotel
1982 · Series
Fame
1982 · Series
Friendly Fire
1980 · Movie
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979 · Movie
Take Down
1979 · Movie
The White Shadow
1978 · Series
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977 · Movie
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977 · Movie
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976 · Movie
Aaron Loves Angela
1975 · Movie
Sounder
1972 · Movie
The Rookies
1972 · Series
J.T.
1971 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series