Kevin Hooks
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 19, 1958
- Birthplace
- 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".
Filmography
Woke 2025
Associate Producer
- Intercept
Intercept 2011
Director
Prison Break: The Final Break 2009
Director, Executive Producer
Sounder 2003
Director
The Color of Friendship 2000
Director, Producer
Mutiny 1999
Director
Black Dog 1998
Director
Glory & Honor 1998
as Sam June, Director
Fled 1996
Director
To My Daughter With Love 1994
Director
Irresistible Force 1993
Director
Passenger 57 1992
Director
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story 1992
Director
Strictly Business 1991
as Married Man, Director
Heat Wave 1990
Director
Roots: The Gift 1988
Director
Innerspace 1987
as Duane
- Class Act: A Teacher's Story
Class Act: A Teacher's Story 1987
Director
Teen Father 1986
Director
Friendly Fire 1980
as Polk
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story 1979
as Nat Blake
Take Down 1979
as Jasper MacGrudder
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 1977
as Tiger
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened 1977
as Hoover Sissle
Just an Old Sweet Song 1976
as Junior
Aaron Loves Angela 1975
as Aaron
Sounder 1972
as David Lee Morgan
J.T. 1971
as J.T. Gamble
Credits from TMDB.