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Corey Hawkins
Actor

Corey Hawkins

Born October 22, 1988 in Arlington, Texas, USA

12 films

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 12

Crime 101 (2026) movie poster
Crime 1012026
The Man in My Basement (2025) movie poster
The Man in My Basement2025
The Piano Lesson (2024) movie poster
The Piano Lesson2024
The Color Purple (2023) movie poster
The Color Purple2023
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) movie poster
The Last Voyage of the Demeter2023
In the Heights (2021) movie poster
In the Heights2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) movie poster
The Tragedy of Macbeth2021
6 Underground (2019) movie poster
6 Underground2019
Georgetown (2019) movie poster
Georgetown2019
BlacKkKlansman (2018) movie poster
BlacKkKlansman2018
Kong: Skull Island (2017) movie poster
Kong: Skull Island2017
Straight Outta Compton (2015) movie poster
Straight Outta Compton2015