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".
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The Mentalist
2008 · Director
Supernatural
2005 · Director
Castle
2009 · Director
9-1-1
2018 · Director
Bones
2005 · Director
Prison Break
2005 · Director
The Good Wife
2009 · Director
24
2001 · Director
Person of Interest
2011 · Director
Lost
2004 · Director
The X-Files
1993 · Director
Monk
2002 · Director
ER
1994 · Director
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Director
NYPD Blue
1993 · Director
Ghost Whisperer
2005 · Director
Without a Trace
2002 · Director
Marvel's The Punisher
2017 · Director
Cold Case
2003 · Director
This Is Us
2016 · Director
Scorpion
2014 · Director
Las Vegas
2003 · Director
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Director
21 Jump Street
1987 · Director
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Director
The Orville
2017 · Director
Preacher
2016 · Director
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Director
Mr. Mercedes
2017 · Director
Hotel
1982 · Director
Drop Dead Diva
2009 · Director
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989 · Director
Castle Rock
2018 · Director
Fame
1982 · Director
Human Target
2010 · Director
Boomtown
2002 · Director
Alphas
2011 · Director
China Beach
1988 · Director
V
1984 · Director
The Young Riders
1989 · Director
The Finder
2012 · Director
Alien Nation
1989 · Director
Midnight Caller
1988 · Director
The Good Lord Bird
2020 · Director
Alias
2001 · Director
Prison Break: The Final Break
2009 · Director
The Good Cop
2018 · Director
I'll Fly Away
1991 · Director
Lincoln Heights
2007 · Director
Last Resort
2012 · Director
Necessary Roughness
2011 · Director
L.A. Dragnet
2003 · Director
Soul Food
2000 · Director
The Inside
2005 · Director
Detroit 1-8-7
2010 · Director
Passenger 57
1992 · Director
Heart of the City
1986 · Director
North Shore
2004 · Director
Equal Justice
1990 · Director
A Year in the Life
1987 · Director
Philly
2001 · Director
City of Angels
2000 · Director
Nightingales
1989 · Director
Madiba
2017 · Director
The Red Line
2019 · Director
Line of Fire
2003 · Director
Black Dog
1998 · Director
Rescue 77
1999 · Director
A Fine Romance
1989 · Director
Probe
1988 · Director
Fled
1996 · Director
Strictly Business
1991 · Director
The Color of Friendship
2000 · Director
Sounder
2003 · Director
Heat Wave
1990 · Director
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
1992 · Director
Teen Father
1986 · Director
Mutiny
1999 · Director
Irresistible Force
1993 · Director
Roots: The Gift
1988 · Director
Glory & Honor
1998 · Director
To My Daughter With Love
1994 · Director