Corey Hawkins
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
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Full filmography
- The Walking Dead (2010) as Heath
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015) as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self
- Crime 101 (2026) as Tillman
- The Odyssey (2026)
- Sherri (2022) as Self - Guest
- Tamron Hall (2019) as Self - Guest
- Iron Man 3 (2013) as Navy Op
- Poker Face (2023) as Bill Jackson
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter
- Kong: Skull Island (2017) as Houston Brooks
- 6 Underground (2019) as Seven
- 24: Legacy (2017) as Eric Carter
- Straight Outta Compton (2015) as Dr. Dre
- Golden Boy (2013) as Evander
- The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) as Clemens
- Non-Stop (2014) as Travis Mitchell
- BlacKkKlansman (2018) as Kwame Ture
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) as Macduff
- Survive (2020) as Paul Hart
- In the Heights (2021) as Benny
- The Color Purple (2023) as Harpo
- The Piano Lesson (2024) as Avery