Directed credits
80
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Kevin Hooks
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
Low visibility
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Directed movies: 14Directed series: 66All crew 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
Frequent 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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Kevin Hooks.
7.5
Prison Break: The Final Break
Director
2009 Movie
7.0
Sounder
Director
2003 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
Director
1991 Movie
6.2
Heat Wave
Director
1990 Movie
6.8
Roots: The Gift
Director
1988 Movie
Teen Father
Director
1986 Movie
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by 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
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Kevin Hooks.
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Kevin Hooks.
8.4
The X-Files
Director • 2 eps
1993 Series
8.4
The Mentalist
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.3
Supernatural
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.2
This Is Us
Director • 5 eps
2016 Series
8.2
9-1-1
Director • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.2
Scorpion
Director • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.2
Bones
Director • 4 eps
2005 Series
8.1
Marvel's The Punisher
Director • 1 eps
2017 Series
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
Director • 1 eps
1993 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
Director • 1 eps
2011 Series
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
8.1
Prison Break
Director • 15 eps
2005 Series
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Kevin Hooks.
8.3
Supernatural
Director • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Lost
Director • 2 eps
2004 Series
8.4
The X-Files
Director • 2 eps
1993 Series
8.2
Bones
Director • 4 eps
2005 Series
8.4
The Mentalist
Director • 1 eps
2008 Series
8.1
Prison Break
Director • 15 eps
2005 Series
7.8
24
Director • 4 eps
2001 Series
8.2
This Is Us
Director • 5 eps
2016 Series
8.0
Castle
Director • 2 eps
2009 Series
8.2
9-1-1
Director • 1 eps
2018 Series
7.9
Monk
Director • 1 eps
2002 Series
7.5
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Director • 3 eps
2013 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Kevin Hooks.
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Kevin Hooks.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Kevin Hooks.
5.3
Strictly Business
as Married Man
1991 Movie
6.8
Innerspace
as Duane
1987 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
7.5
Sounder
as David Lee Morgan
1972 Movie
J.T.
as J.T. Gamble
1971 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Kevin Hooks.
