Kevin Hooks
Directing
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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tvThe Good Lord Bird
2020
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tvThe Red Line
2019
Director
tvThe Good Cop
2018
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tvCastle Rock
2018
Director
tv9-1-1
2018
Director
tvMarvel's The Punisher
2017
Director
tvThe Orville
2017
Director
tvMr. Mercedes
2017
Director
tvMadiba
2017
Director
tvThis Is Us
2016
Director
tvPreacher
2016
Director
tvScorpion
2014
Director
tvLast Resort
2012
Director
tvThe Finder
2012
Director
Intercept
2011
Director
tvPerson of Interest
2011
Director
tvAlphas
2011
Director
tvNecessary Roughness
2011
Director
tvDetroit 1-8-7
2010
Director
tvHuman Target
2010
Director
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Director
tvDrop Dead Diva
2009
Director
tvCastle
2009
Director
tvThe Mentalist
2008
Director
tvLincoln Heights
2007
Director
tvGhost Whisperer
2005
Director
tvBones
2005
Director
tvSupernatural
2005
Director
tvPrison Break
2005
Director
tvThe Inside
2005
Director
tvLost
2004
Director
tvNorth Shore
2004
Director
tvLine of Fire
2003
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tvCold Case
2003
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tvLas Vegas
2003
Director
tvL.A. Dragnet
2003
Director
movieSounder
2003
Director
tvBoomtown
2002
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tvWithout a Trace
2002
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tvMonk
2002
Director
tv24
2001
Director
tvAlias
2001
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tvPhilly
2001
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tvSoul Food
2000
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movieThe Color of Friendship
2000
Director
tvCity of Angels
2000
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tvRescue 77
1999
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movieMutiny
1999
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movieBlack Dog
1998
Director
movieGlory & Honor
1998
Director
movieFled
1996
Director
tvER
1994
Director
tvNYPD Blue
1993
Director
tvThe X-Files
1993
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movieIrresistible Force
1993
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moviePassenger 57
1992
Director
movieStrictly Business
1991
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tvI'll Fly Away
1991
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movieHeat Wave
1990
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tvEqual Justice
1990
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tvThe Young Riders
1989
Director
tvDoogie Howser, M.D.
1989
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tvAlien Nation
1989
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tvTales from the Crypt
1989
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tvNightingales
1989
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tvA Fine Romance
1989
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movieRoots: The Gift
1988
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tvMidnight Caller
1988
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tvChina Beach
1988
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tvProbe
1988
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tvA Year in the Life
1987
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tv21 Jump Street
1987
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Mariah
1987
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movieTeen Father
1986
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tvHeart of the City
1986
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tvV
1984
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tvSt. Elsewhere
1982
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tvHotel
1982
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tvFame
1982
Director
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tvSoul Food
2000
Ginder T. Jones
movieGlory & Honor
1998
Sam June
movieStrictly Business
1991
Married Man
movieInnerspace
1987
Duane
movieTake Down
1979
Jasper MacGrudder
tvThe White Shadow
1978
Morris Thorpe
movieThe Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
1977
Hoover Sissle
movieSounder
1972
David Lee Morgan
movieJ.T.
1971
J.T. Gamble
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movieWoke
2025
Associate Producer
tvMadiba
2017
Executive Producer
moviePrison Break: The Final Break
2009
Executive Producer
tvLincoln Heights
2007
Producer
tvPrison Break
2005
Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer
tvBlind Justice
2005
Producer
tvL.A. Dragnet
2003
Co-Executive Producer
tvPhilly
2001
Executive Producer
movieThe Color of Friendship
2000
Producer
tvCity of Angels
2000
Producer
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tvMadiba
2017
Creator