
Director
Kevin Hooks
Born 1958 · 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".
Directed

Supernatural
Director · 2005

Prison Break
Director · 2005

The Mentalist
Director · 2008

The X-Files
Director · 1993

Scorpion
Director · 2014

Lost
Director · 2004

Bones
Director · 2005

Marvel's The Punisher
Director · 2017

9-1-1
Director · 2018

Person of Interest
Director · 2011

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director · 2013

Castle
Director · 2009

This Is Us
Director · 2016

Ghost Whisperer
Director · 2005

24
Director · 2001

Monk
Director · 2002

The Orville
Director · 2017

Tales from the Crypt
Director · 1989
Acting

Innerspace
Duane · 1987

Sounder
David Lee Morgan · 1972

The White Shadow
Morris Thorpe · 1978

Soul Food
Ginder T. Jones · 2000

Strictly Business
Married Man · 1991

J.T.
J.T. Gamble · 1971

Friendly Fire
Polk · 1980

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Tiger · 1977

Just an Old Sweet Song
Junior · 1976

The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1961

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Hoover Sissle · 1977

Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Nat Blake · 1979

Aaron Loves Angela
Aaron · 1975

Take Down
Jasper MacGrudder · 1979

Glory & Honor
Sam June · 1998