Brian Hooks (born July 27, 1973) is an American actor, comedian, producer and director. He is best known for his roles as protagonist Rob Douglas in the screwball comedy 3 Strikes, and Nick Delaney on the UPN television sitcom Eve. He is also known for his role as DJ in the 2004 film Soul Plane.

Brian Hooks
Born (1973-07-27) July 27, 1973 (age 51)
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian, producer, director
Years active1996–present

Acting career

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Brian’s first acting role occurred as the central character in the film Phat Beach (1996), which was written and directed by Doug Ellin (creator of HBO’s Entourage). The success of Phat Beach led to roles in other films, including High School High (1996), Bulworth (1998), Beloved (1998) and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999). At the same time, he had guest starring roles in many television series in the late 1990s, such as Cracker, NYPD Blue, Moesha, ER and The Parkers.

In 2000, Hooks appeared as the central character in the comedy film 3 Strikes After that, he continued to star in, as well as executive produce, many low-budget straight-to-DVD films, including Nothin’ 2 Lose (2000), The Luau (2001), The Chatroom (2002) and Malibooty (2003).[1]

In the following years, he began to redirect some of his efforts to the off-camera aspects of production. After developing and producing a low-budget film which produced a remarkable five-thousand percent return (5000%) on investment, Q: The Movie, Brian was first able to observe the distinct advantages, and lucrative nature, of successfully creating and developing motion pictures. As a result, and backed by major film distributors such as MGM, Brian began to produce low-budget independent films in between his acting roles.

Brian’s procession of straight-to-DVD films led to him once being called “The King of DVD” by the urban media.[citation needed] In 2007, he produced, co-directed and co-wrote (with Deon Taylor) and starred in the horror film Dead Tone (originally titled 7eventy5ive). He produced the film I Do… I Did (2009). Hooks was the co-host of the relationship show According To Him & Her, which aired on Centric.

In 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Brian launched his own production company called Left of Bang Entertainment. Aside from producing in-house films, Left of Bang Entertainment will provide free educational programs and mentorship opportunities for inner-city kids.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Abused Again! Eric
Phat Beach Durrel Jackson
High School High Anferny Jefferson
1997 Runaway Car Dexter 'Dex' Strang TV movie
1998 Bulworth Marcus Garvey
Thursday Jary
Beloved Young Paul
1999 Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me Pilot
Q: The Movie Cedrick
2000 3 Strikes Rob Douglas
Nothin' 2 Lose Kwame Gatmon Video
Confessions of a Hustler: The Movie SB's Friend Video
Obstacles Caffeine
2002 Chat Room Max Video
2003 Malibooty! Donzelli Waters Video
The Entrepreneurs August
2004 Soul Plane DJ
2005 Wifey Trump Video
The Luau Cedric
2007 Dead Tone Marcus
Cutlass Leroy the Mechanic Short
2008 Fool's Gold Curtis
2011 Coming & Going Chad Collins
Laughing to the Bank with Brian Hooks Various
2013 The Love Section Joel Long
2014 Blood Lines Willy
Basketball 3:16 Derrion Nichols
2015 72 Hours Tyrann
Touched Eric
The Ghetto Hanz
2016 Diva Diaries Chris
What Are the Chances? Icy
LAPD African Cops Jamal
2017 Almost Amazing Dab
Jason's Letter Melvin Jacks
2018 Don't Get Caught Icy Video
All Between Us Ray
Pierre Jackson Rodney Chase
2019 The Dummy Jalonzo
2021 Clash Dr. Johnson
2022 Adam + Eve Adam

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1997 413 Hope St. - Episode: "A Better Place"
1998 Cracker Stone Episode: "If: Part 1 & 2"
NYPD Blue Michael Reed Episode: "Weaver of Hate"
Moesha Jerome Episode: "Mo's Money, Mo's Money, Mo's Money"
1999-2000 The Parkers Thomas Episode: "It's a Family Affair" & "Trading Places"
2000 ER Dylan Episode: "Family Matters"
2003 The Proud Family Igloo (voice) Episode: "Wedding Bell Blues" & "Thelma and Luis"
2003–06 Eve Nick Delaney Main cast
2009 Cold Case George Watson '48/'58 Episode: "Libertyville"
2012 The Ropes Ninja Black Episode: "Interrogation" & "Meet the Boys"
2017 Hand of God Big Jackie Episode: "Telling Me Your Dreams"
Grown Folks Cousin Leon Episode: "Cousin Leon"
2020 Family Reunion Marcellus Episode: "Remember When the Party Was Over?"
2023 The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder Igloo (voice) Episode: "BeBe" & "Juneteenth"

References

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  1. ^ McCluskey, Audrey Thomas (2007). Frame by Frame III: A Filmography of the African Diasporan Image, 1994-2004. Indiana University Press. p. 466. ISBN 978-0-253-34829-6.
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