Corey Hawkins

Acting · Born 1988-10-22 in Arlington, Texas, USA

Biography

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

Filmography

• Straight Outta Compton as Dr. Dre
• Iron Man 3 as Navy Op
• BlacKkKlansman as Kwame Ture
• In the Heights as Benny
• The Tragedy of Macbeth as Macduff
• The Color Purple as Harpo
• Crime 101 as Tillman
• The Piano Lesson as Avery
• Survive as Paul
• Non-Stop as Travis Mitchell

TV

• The Walking Dead as Heath
• Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
• Golden Boy as Evander
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
• 24: Legacy as Eric Carter
• Sherri as Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
• Survive as Paul Hart
• Poker Face as Bill Jackson