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Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins

Birthday: 1988-10-22 | Place of Birth: 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2026
Crime 101

as    Tillman

2025
The Man in My Basement

as    Charles Blakey

2024
The Piano Lesson

as    Avery

2023
The Last Voyage of the Demeter

as    Clemens

2023
The Color Purple

as    Harpo

2022
Survive

as    Paul

2022
Survive

as    Paul

2021
In the Heights

as    Benny

2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth

as    Macduff

2020
Survive

as    Paul Hart

2019
Georgetown

as    Daniel Volker

2019
6 Underground

as    Seven

2018
BlacKkKlansman

as    Kwame Ture

2017
24: Legacy

as    Eric Carter

2017
The Raid

as    Eric Carter

2017
Kong: Skull Island

as    Houston Brooks

2015
Straight Outta Compton

as    Dr. Dre

2014
Romeo and Juliet

as    Tybalt

1
The Color Of Purple

as    Harpo