Acting credits
15
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Kevin Hooks
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 26Series: 70Crew credits: 83
TMDB ID: 40230
IMDb ID: nm0393661
Known for: Directing
Born: September 19, 1958
Age: 67
Place of birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2025
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 7.32
Wikidata: Q2453153
Other jobs
Director (80)Producer (2)Associate Producer (1)
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".
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Kevin Hooks.
Woke
Associate Producer
2025 Movie
7.5
Prison Break: The Final Break
Director
2009 Movie
7.0
Sounder
Director
2003 Movie
6.7
The Color of Friendship
Producer
2000 Movie
4.3
Mutiny
Director
1999 Movie
6.4
Black Dog
Director
1998 Movie
Glory & Honor
Director
1998 Movie
5.6
Fled
Director
1996 Movie
8.0
To My Daughter With Love
Director
1994 Movie
5.2
Irresistible Force
Director
1993 Movie
6.0
Passenger 57
Director
1992 Movie
5.6
Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story
Director
1992 Movie
5.3
Strictly Business
as Married Man
1991 Movie
6.2
Heat Wave
Director
1990 Movie
6.8
Roots: The Gift
Director
1988 Movie
6.8
Innerspace
as Duane
1987 Movie
Teen Father
Director
1986 Movie
7.5
Friendly Fire
as Polk
1980 Movie
6.0
Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
as Nat Blake
1979 Movie
3.3
Take Down
as Jasper MacGrudder
1979 Movie
5.4
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Tiger
1977 Movie
The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
as Hoover Sissle
1977 Movie
7.0
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Junior
1976 Movie
4.3
Aaron Loves Angela
as Aaron
1975 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Kevin Hooks.
6.7
The Good Lord Bird
Director • 2 eps
2020 Series
7.3
The Red Line
Director • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.1
The Good Cop
Director • 2 eps
2018 Series
7.2
Castle Rock
Director • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.2
9-1-1
Director • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.1
Marvel's The Punisher
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.6
The Orville
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.1
Mr. Mercedes
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.8
Madiba
Director • 3 eps
2017 Series
8.2
This Is Us
Director • 5 eps
2016 Series
7.5
Preacher
Director • 3 eps
2016 Series
8.2
Scorpion
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director • 3 eps
2013 Series
6.8
Last Resort
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
7.1
The Finder
Director • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.8
Alphas
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.8
Necessary Roughness
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.5
Detroit 1-8-7
Director • 3 eps
2010 Series
7.2
Human Target
Director • 2 eps
2010 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
Director • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.7
Drop Dead Diva
Director • 2 eps
2009 Series
8.0
Castle
Director • 2 eps
2009 Series
8.4
The Mentalist
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series