Corey Hawkins
Actor
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
Filmography
Kong: Skull Island
as Houston Brooks 2017
BlacKkKlansman
as Kwame Ture 2018
Non-Stop
as Travis Mitchell 2014
6 Underground
as Seven 2019
Straight Outta Compton
as Dr. Dre 2015
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
as Clemens 2023
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macduff 2021
In the Heights
as Benny 2021
The Color Purple
as Harpo 2023
Georgetown
as Daniel Volker 2019
The Piano Lesson
as Avery 2024
The Man in My Basement
as Charles Blakey 2025
Survive
as Paul 2022
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt 2014
The Raid
as Eric Carter 2017
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self 2023