Corey Hawkins
Born: 1988-10-22
• 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
Filmography
The Odyssey
Crime 101
The Man in My Basement
The Piano Lesson
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
The Color Purple
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Survive
The Tragedy of Macbeth
In the Heights
6 Underground
Georgetown
BlacKkKlansman
The Raid
Kong: Skull Island
Straight Outta Compton
Non-Stop
Romeo and Juliet
Iron Man 3
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Nightwatching
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Death of a Salesman