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Kevin Hooks

Director, Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn September 19, 1958 (66 years)
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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".

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • V
  • 21 Jump Street
  • Sounder
  • The Young Riders
  • Friendly Fire
  • A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
  • CBS Schoolbreak Special

Known For

  • Prison Break
  • Lost
  • Passenger 57
  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
  • Marvel's The Punisher
  • 24
  • Preacher
  • Prison Break: The Final Break
  • This Is Us
  • Last Resort
  • The Orville
  • Person of Interest
  • Black Dog
  • Supernatural
  • Fled
  • The X-Files
  • Castle (2009)
  • Backstrom
  • Human Target (2010)
  • Mr. Mercedes
  • Genius (2017)
  • The Color of Friendship
  • Bones
  • Alphas

Filmography

2020
The Good Lord Bird (TV Series)
2019
The Red Line (TV Series)
2018
2018
Castle Rock (TV Series)
2018
9-1-1 (TV Series)
2017
2017
The Orville (TV Series)
2017
Mr. Mercedes (TV Series)
2017
Genius (2017) (TV Series)
2017
Madiba (TV Series)
2016
This Is Us (TV Series)
2016
Preacher (TV Series)
2015
Backstrom (TV Series)
2014
Scorpion (TV Series)
2014
The Night Shift (TV Series)
2013
2012
Last Resort (TV Series)
2012
The Finder (TV Series)
2012
2011
Person of Interest (TV Series)
2011
Alphas (TV Series)
2011
2010
Detroit 1-8-7 (TV Series)
2010
2009
The Good Wife (TV Series)
2009
Drop Dead Diva (TV Series)
2009
2009
Castle (2009) (TV Series)
2008
The Mentalist (TV Series)
2006
Lincoln Heights (TV Series)
2005
Ghost Whisperer (TV Series)
2005
Supernatural (TV Series)
2005
Bones (TV Series)
2005
Prison Break (TV Series)
2005
The Inside (TV Series)
2004
Lost (TV Series)
2004
North Shore (TV Series)
2003
Line of Fire (TV Series)
2003
Cold Case (TV Series)
2003
Las Vegas (TV Series)
2003
L.A. Dragnet (TV Series)
2003
2002
Boomtown (TV Series)
2002
Without a Trace (TV Series)
2002
Monk (TV Series)
2001
24 (TV Series)
2001
Alias (TV Series)
2001
Philly (TV Series)
2000
Soul Food (TV Series)
2000
2000
City of Angels (TV Series)
1999
The Hoop Life (TV Series)
1999
1999
Rescue 77 (TV Series)
1998
Any Day Now (TV Series)
1998
1998
1996
Profiler (TV Series)
1996
1994
ER (TV Series)
1994
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series)
1993
The X-Files (TV Series)
1993
1993
1992
1992
1991
1991
I'll Fly Away (TV Series)
1990
1990
Equal Justice (TV Series)
1989
1989
1989
Alien Nation (TV Series)
1989
1989
Nightingales (TV Series)
1989
1988
1988
Almost Grown (TV Series)
1988
Midnight Caller (TV Series)
1988
China Beach (TV Series)
1988
Probe (TV Series)
1987
Once a Hero (TV Series)
1987
A Year in the Life (TV Series)
1987
Vietnam War Story (TV Series)
1987
1986
Heart of the City (TV Series)
1984
V (TV Series)
1984
1983
Cutter to Houston (TV Series)
1983
Hotel (TV Series)
1982
St. Elsewhere (TV Series)
1982
Fame (TV Series)
1972

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