
Kevin Hooks
Born
1958-09-19
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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 A...
Known for

Innerspace
Duane

Sounder
David Lee Morgan

Strictly Business
Married Man

The Rookies
TV Series

The White Shadow
Morris Thorpe

Soul Food
Ginder T. Jones

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Tiger

The Mike Douglas Show
Self

Aaron Loves Angela
Aaron

Take Down
Jasper MacGrudder

Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story
Nat Blake

Friendly Fire
Polk

Just an Old Sweet Song
Junior

J.T.
J.T. Gamble

The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Hoover Sissle