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Kevin Hooks

Kevin Hooks

Known For Directing
Birthday Sep 19, 1958 (66)
Birthplace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Popularity 0.4 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   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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Filmography

Strictly Business

Strictly Business

1991

as Married Man

Innerspace

Innerspace

1987

as Duane

Friendly Fire

Friendly Fire

1980

as Polk

Take Down

Take Down

1979

as Jasper MacGrudder

Just an Old Sweet Song

Just an Old Sweet Song

1976

as Junior

Aaron Loves Angela

Aaron Loves Angela

1975

as Aaron

Sounder

Sounder

1972

as David Lee Morgan

J.T.

J.T.

1969

as J.T. Gamble

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Intercept

Intercept

2011

Director

Sounder

Sounder

2003

Director

The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000

Director

Mutiny

Mutiny

1999

Director

Black Dog

Black Dog

1998

Director

Glory & Honor

Glory & Honor

1998

Director

Fled

Fled

1996

Director

To My Daughter With Love

To My Daughter With Love

1994

Director

Irresistible Force

Irresistible Force

1993

Director

Passenger 57

Passenger 57

1992

Director

Strictly Business

Strictly Business

1991

Director

Heat Wave

Heat Wave

1990

Director

Roots: The Gift

Roots: The Gift

1988

Director

Prison Break: The Final Break

Prison Break: The Final Break

2009

Executive Producer

The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000

Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The White Shadow

as Morris Thorpe

Episodes: 54

First Aired: Nov 27, 1978

Soul Food

as Ginder T. Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 28, 2000

He's the Mayor

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Jan 10, 1986

The Rookies

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1972

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 11, 1961

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