Corey Hawkins
October 22, 1988 (36 years old) in Arlington, Texas, USA
Corey Antonio Hawkins (born October 22, 1988) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the TV series The Walking Dead (2015–2016) and his portrayal of Dr. Dre in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, the latter of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. He's also known for his performances on Broadway, starring in Six Degrees of Separation (2017) and Topdog/Underdog (2022), which earned him nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. That same year, Hawkins starred in the Fox network series 24: Legacy (2017), along with Jordan Vogt-Roberts' monster film Kong: Skull Island. In 2018, he was featured in Spike Lee's biographical crime-comedy BlacKkKlansman, which earn
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- 2026 · The Odyssey as
- 2024 · The Piano Lesson as Avery
- 2023 · Oprah & The Color Purple Journey as Self
- 2023 · The Color Purple as Harpo
- 2023 · The Last Voyage of the Demeter as Clemens
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Survive as Paul
- 2021 · The Tragedy of Macbeth as Macduff
- 2021 · In the Heights as Benny
- 2020 · Survive as Paul Hart
- 2019 · 6 Underground as Seven
- 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
- 2019 · Georgetown as Daniel Volker
- 2018 · BlacKkKlansman as Kwame Ture
- 2017 · The Raid as Eric Carter
- 2017 · Kong: Skull Island as Houston Brooks
- 2017 · 24: Legacy as Eric Carter
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Straight Outta Compton as Dr. Dre
- 2014 · Non-Stop as Travis Mitchell
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Romeo and Juliet as Tybalt
- 2013 · Iron Man 3 as Navy Op
- 2013 · Golden Boy as Evander
- 2010 · The Walking Dead as Heath
- Future · Crime 101 as
- Future · The Man in My Basement as Charles Blakey