Kevin Hooks
Directing
Born: September 19, 1958 (age 68) · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Highest Rated
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".
Known for
Supernatural
2005
Prison Break
2005
Lost
2004
The Mentalist
2008
Scorpion
2014
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
The X-Files
1993
Bones
2005
Marvel's The Punisher
2017
9-1-1
2018
Castle
2009
Person of Interest
2011
Photos (4)
Movies (12)
Innerspace
Duane
Strictly Business
Married Man
Friendly Fire
Polk
Sounder
David Lee Morgan
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Tiger
Just an Old Sweet Song
Junior
J.T.
J.T. Gamble
Glory & Honor
Sam June
Aaron Loves Angela
Aaron
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Hoover Sissle
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Nat Blake
Take Down
Jasper MacGrudder
TV Shows (3)
Self / Appearances (1)
Directing (82)
The Mentalist
Director
Supernatural
Director
Bones
Director
Prison Break
Director
Castle
Director
9-1-1
Director
Lost
Director
Monk
Director
The X-Files
Director
24
Director
Person of Interest
Director
The Good Wife
Director
Without a Trace
Director
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director
ER
Director
This Is Us
Director
NYPD Blue
Director
Cold Case
Director
Ghost Whisperer
Director
Marvel's The Punisher
Director
Las Vegas
Director
Scorpion
Director
The Orville
Director
Homicide: Life on the Street
Director
St. Elsewhere
Director
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Director
21 Jump Street
Director
Hotel
Director
Drop Dead Diva
Director
Tales from the Crypt
Director
Preacher
Director
Fame
Director
Castle Rock
Director
Human Target
Director
Mr. Mercedes
Director
V
Director
China Beach
Director
Alphas
Director
The Red Line
Director
Alien Nation
Director
The Finder
Director
Midnight Caller
Director
Passenger 57
Director
Alias
Director
The Young Riders
Director
Boomtown
Director
The Good Cop
Director
L.A. Dragnet
Director
Lincoln Heights
Director
Necessary Roughness
Director
The Good Lord Bird
Director
I'll Fly Away
Director
A Year in the Life
Director
Last Resort
Director
The Inside
Director
City of Angels
Director
Soul Food
Director
Equal Justice
Director
Philly
Director
Detroit 1-8-7
Director
Heart of the City
Director
Prison Break: The Final Break
Director
North Shore
Director
The Color of Friendship
Director
Line of Fire
Director
Madiba
Director
Fled
Director
Nightingales
Director
Black Dog
Director
A Fine Romance
Director
Rescue 77
Director
Probe
Director
Strictly Business
Director
Roots: The Gift
Director
Heat Wave
Director
Irresistible Force
Director
Sounder
Director
Mutiny
Director
Glory & Honor
Director
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Director
Teen Father
Director
To My Daughter With Love
Director
Producing (11)
Prison Break
Executive Producer
Prison Break
Co-Executive Producer
Blind Justice
Producer
L.A. Dragnet
Co-Executive Producer
Lincoln Heights
Producer
City of Angels
Producer
Philly
Executive Producer
Prison Break: The Final Break
Executive Producer
The Color of Friendship
Producer
Madiba
Executive Producer
Woke
Associate Producer