Corey Hawkins
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
Acted in
The Odyssey
2026
The Piano Lesson
2024
as Avery
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023
as Self
The Color Purple
2023
as Harpo
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023
as Clemens
Survive
2022
as Paul
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021
as Macduff
In the Heights
2021
as Benny
Survive
2020
as Paul Hart
6 Underground
2019
as Seven
Georgetown
2019
as Daniel Volker
BlacKkKlansman
2018
as Kwame Ture
The Raid
2017
as Eric Carter
Kong: Skull Island
2017
as Houston Brooks
24: Legacy
2017
as Eric Carter
Straight Outta Compton
2015
as Dr. Dre
Non-Stop
2014
as Travis Mitchell
Romeo and Juliet
2014
as Tybalt
Iron Man 3
2013
as Navy Op
Golden Boy
2013
as Evander
The Walking Dead
2010
as Heath
The Man in My Basement
as Charles Blakey