Directing · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · Born September 19, 1958
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".
TVSoul Food
2000
as Ginder T. Jones
MovieGlory & Honor
1998
as Sam June
MovieStrictly Business
1991
as Married Man
MovieInnerspace
1987
as Duane
He's the Mayor
1986
MovieFriendly Fire
1980
as Polk
MovieCan You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
1979
as Nat Blake
MovieTake Down
1979
as Jasper MacGrudder
TVThe White Shadow
1978
as Morris Thorpe
MovieA Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
1977
as Tiger
MovieThe Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
as Hoover Sissle
MovieJust an Old Sweet Song
1976
as Junior
MovieAaron Loves Angela
1975
as Aaron
MovieSounder
1972
as David Lee Morgan
TVThe Rookies
1972
MovieJ.T.
1971
as J.T. Gamble
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
