Kevin Hooks

Director · Born September 19, 1958 · 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".

Directed 82

2020s

2020
The Good Lord Bird
Director
73

2010s

2019
The Red Line
Director
62
2018
The Good Cop
Director
68
Castle Rock
Director
74
9-1-1
Director
79
2017
Marvel's The Punisher
Director
83
The Orville
Director
79
Mr. Mercedes
Director
75
Madiba
Director
2016
This Is Us
Director
86
Preacher
Director
78
2014
Scorpion
Director
74
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director
75
2012
Last Resort
Director
72
The Finder
Director
75
2011
Person of Interest
Director
84
Alphas
Director
71
Necessary Roughness
Director
70
2010
Detroit 1-8-7
Director
73
Human Target
Director
76

2000s

2009
The Good Wife
Director
81
Prison Break: The Final Break
Director
78
Drop Dead Diva
Director
76
Castle
Director
81
2008
The Mentalist
Director
83
2007
Lincoln Heights
Director
80
2005
Ghost Whisperer
Director
70
Bones
Director
79
Supernatural
Director
84
Prison Break
Director
82
The Inside
Director
77
2004
Lost
Director
82
North Shore
Director
2003
Line of Fire
Director
Cold Case
Director
77
Las Vegas
Director
73
L.A. Dragnet
Director
71
Sounder
Director
2002
Boomtown
Director
76
Without a Trace
Director
71
Monk
Director
80
2001
24
Director
82
Alias
Director
74
Philly
Director
2000
Soul Food
Director
73
The Color of Friendship
Director
78
City of Angels
Director

1990s

1999
Rescue 77
Director
Mutiny
Director
1998
Black Dog
Director
46
Glory & Honor
Director
1996
Fled
Director
45
1994
ER
Director
79
To My Daughter With Love
Director
1993
NYPD Blue
Director
76
The X-Files
Director
85
Irresistible Force
Director
Homicide: Life on the Street
Director
85
1992
Passenger 57
Director
51
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Director
1991
Strictly Business
Director
43
I'll Fly Away
Director
1990
Heat Wave
Director
Equal Justice
Director

1980s

Acted in 15

2000s

2000
Soul Food
Ginder T. Jones · 1 episode
73

1990s

1998
Glory & Honor
Sam June
1991
Strictly Business
Married Man
43

1980s

1987
Innerspace
Duane
71
1980
Friendly Fire
Polk

1970s

1979
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Nat Blake
Take Down
Jasper MacGrudder
1978
The White Shadow
Morris Thorpe · 54 episodes
77
1977
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Tiger
65
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Hoover Sissle
1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
Junior
1975
Aaron Loves Angela
Aaron
1972
Sounder
David Lee Morgan
79
The Rookies
TV · 4 Seasons · Drama · Crime
69
1971
J.T.
J.T. Gamble

Produced 10

2020s

2025
Woke
Associate Producer

2010s

2017
Madiba
Executive Producer

2000s

2009
Prison Break: The Final Break
Executive Producer
78
2007
Lincoln Heights
Producer
80
2005
Prison Break
Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer
82
Blind Justice
Producer
65
2003
L.A. Dragnet
Co-Executive Producer
71
2001
Philly
Executive Producer
2000
The Color of Friendship
Producer
78
City of Angels
Producer

Created 1

2010s

2017
Madiba
Creator

Appearances1

1960s

1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 episode
69