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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1958-09-19 (66 years old)

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Kevin Hooks

Biography:

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  

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".

Known For

Acting

2000

Soul Food as Ginder T. Jones

1991

Strictly Business as Married Man

1987

Innerspace as Duane

1986

1980

1979

Take Down as Jasper MacGrudder

1978

The White Shadow as Morris Thorpe

1977

1976

1975

1972

Sounder as David Lee Morgan

1969

J.T. as J.T. Gamble

1961

Directing

2020

The Good Lord Bird as Director

2019

The Red Line as Director

2018

Castle Rock as Director
The Good Cop as Director
9-1-1 as Director

2017

Madiba as Director
The Orville as Director
Mr. Mercedes as Director

2016

This Is Us as Director
Preacher as Director

2014

Scorpion as Director

2012

The Finder as Director
Last Resort as Director

2011

Intercept as Director
Alphas as Director
Person of Interest as Director

2010

Human Target as Director
Detroit 1-8-7 as Director

2009

Castle as Director
Drop Dead Diva as Director
The Good Wife as Director

2008

The Mentalist as Director

2007

Lincoln Heights as Director

2005

The Inside as Director
Bones as Director
Prison Break as Director
Ghost Whisperer as Director
Supernatural as Director

2004

North Shore as Director
Lost as Director

2003

Sounder as Director
Line of Fire as Director
Cold Case as Director
Las Vegas as Director
L.A. Dragnet as Director

2002

Monk as Director
Boomtown as Director
Without a Trace as Director

2001

24 as Director
Alias as Director
Philly as Director

2000

City of Angels as Director
Soul Food as Director

1999

Mutiny as Director
Rescue 77 as Director

1998

Black Dog as Director
Glory & Honor as Director

1996

Fled as Director

1994

ER as Director

1993

Irresistible Force as Director
The X-Files as Director

1991

Strictly Business as Director
I'll Fly Away as Director

1990

Heat Wave as Director
Equal Justice as Director

1989

The Young Riders as Director
Alien Nation as Director
Nightingales as Director
A Fine Romance as Director

1988

Roots: The Gift as Director
Probe as Director
Midnight Caller as Director
China Beach as Director

1987

A Year in the Life as Director
21 Jump Street as Director
Mariah as Director

1986

Teen Father as Director
Heart of the City as Director

1984

V as Director

1983

Cutter to Houston as Director

1982

St. Elsewhere as Director
Fame as Director
Hotel as Director

Production

2017

Madiba as Executive Producer

2009

Prison Break: The Final Break as Executive Producer

2007

Lincoln Heights as Producer

2005

Blind Justice as Producer
Prison Break as Executive Producer
Prison Break as Co-Executive Producer

2003

L.A. Dragnet as Co-Executive Producer

2001

Philly as Executive Producer

2000

City of Angels as Producer

Creator

2017

Madiba as Creator