Brian Hooks
Biography
Brian Hooks, who was born in Bakersfield, is an American actor and comedian and also works behind the camera as a producer and director. His first acting job was the lead in Phat Beach (1996), written and directed by Doug Ellin, and the film's success brought parts in High School High (1996) and Beloved (1998), plus a role in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). He also took guest spots on television series such as NYPD Blue, Moesha, ER and The Parkers. He played the central character in the comedy 3 Strikes (2000) and Nick Delaney on the UPN sitcom Eve, and he was DJ in Soul Plane (2004). He starred in and executive produced several low-budget straight-to-DVD features, and in 2007 he produced, co-directed, co-wrote and acted in the horror film Dead Tone. He founded Left of Bang Entertainment in 2021.
53years old
Turns 54 on July 27in 287 days
- Born Bakersfield
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 15 years1996 to 2011
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First role
Doug Ellin, who went on to create HBO's Entourage, wrote and directed Phat Beach (1996), the film in which Hooks landed his first acting job as its central character. That movie's success opened the door to parts in Bulworth, Beloved, High School High and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Behind the camera
In 2007, Hooks produced, co-directed and co-wrote the horror film Dead Tone with Deon Taylor, and he starred in it. The movie was originally titled 7eventy5ive.
A first
Because of the many straight-to-DVD films he made in a row, Brian Hooks was once given the name "The King of DVD" by the urban media.
Brian Hooks movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Brian Hooks shares two films with Kevin Hart, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Jay RoachDirector, 1 film, 1999
All films by Jay Roach
All films by Andy Tennant
Jessy TerreroDirector, 1 film, 2004
All films by Jessy Terrero
Box office
What Brian Hooks's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$493 million
8 of the 11 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 11 films: 8 worldwide figure; 3 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$312M63.3% of the total
- 2$111M22.6% of the total
- 3$23M4.6% of the total
- 4$21M4.3% of the total
- 5$15M3.0% of the total
- 6$9.0M1.8% of the total
- 7$1.4M0.3% of the total
- 8$3K0.0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.