Corey Hawkins
Born
October 22, 1988 (36 years old)
Known For
Acting
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
The Odyssey
2026
Crime 101
2026
The Piano Lesson
Avery
2024
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023
The Color Purple
Harpo
2023
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Clemens
2023
Sherri
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2022
Survive
Paul
2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macduff
2021
In the Heights
Benny
2021
Survive
Paul Hart · (12 episodes)
2020
6 Underground
Seven
2019
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2019
Georgetown
Daniel Volker
2019
BlacKkKlansman
Kwame Ture
2018
Kong: Skull Island
Houston Brooks
2017
Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre
2015
Non-Stop
Travis Mitchell
2014
The Man in My Basement
Charles Blakey
The Raid
Eric Carter
2017
24: Legacy
Eric Carter · (12 episodes)
2017
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (1 episode)
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
2014
Iron Man 3
Navy Op
2013
Golden Boy
Evander · (1 episode)
2013
The Walking Dead
Heath · (6 episodes)
2010