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  • Born: Sep 19, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Occupation: Director, Actor
  • Active: '70s, '90s-2000s
  • Major Genres: Drama
  • Career Highlights: Passenger 57, Sounder, Vietnam War Story 1
  • First Major Screen Credit: Sounder (1972)

Biography

The son of African American actor Robert Hooks, Kevin Hooks was 14 years old when he received a "Best Newcomer" Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Sounder (1972). Three years later, he played the title role in Aaron Loves Angela (1974), which featured his dad. On TV, Hooks was seen as high-schooler Morris Thorpe in The White Shadow (1978-81), and 25-year-old urban mayor Carl Burke in He's the Mayor (1986). In recent years busier as a director, Kevin Hooks has helmed such made-for-TV movies as Heat Wave (1990), Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story (1992), and such theatrical-feature fare as Passenger 57 (1994). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Kevin Hooks
Born September 19, 1958 (1958-09-19) (age 51)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation actor, director

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 is most well known as the ever-lovable Morris Thorpe from TV's The White Shadow. He directed Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57 and also Laurence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin in Fled. Hooks is working as a director and producer on the cult TV series Prison Break. He considers his most important and life-changing role to be He's the Mayor.

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."[1]

Prison Break

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References

  1. ^ Kevin Hooks Biography (1958-)

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