Kevin Hooks
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".
Known For
Credits
- 2000 · Soul Food as Ginder T. Jones
- 1991 · Strictly Business as Married Man
- 1987 · Innerspace as Duane
- 1986 · He's the Mayor as
- 1980 · Friendly Fire as Polk
- 1979 · Can You Hear the Laughter? The Freddie Prinze Story as Nat Blake
- 1979 · Take Down as Jasper MacGrudder
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Morris Thorpe
- 1977 · A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich as Tiger
- 1977 · The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened as Hoover Sissle
- 1976 · Just an Old Sweet Song as Junior
- 1975 · Aaron Loves Angela as Aaron
- 1972 · Sounder as David Lee Morgan
- 1972 · The Rookies as
- 1969 · J.T. as J.T. Gamble
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self