Corey Hawkins
Known for ActingBorn 1988-10-22Arlington, 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
Known for
The Odyssey
2026 · as Polybus
Crime 101
2026 · as Tillman
Kong: Skull Island
2017 · as Houston Brooks
Iron Man 3
2013 · as Navy Op
6 Underground
2019 · as Seven
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · as Macduff
Straight Outta Compton
2015 · as Dr. Dre
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023 · as Clemens
Non-Stop
2014 · as Travis Mitchell
BlacKkKlansman
2018 · as Kwame Ture
The Color Purple
2023 · as Harpo
In the Heights
2021 · as Benny
Survive
2022 · as Paul
The Piano Lesson
2024 · as Avery
Georgetown
2019 · as Daniel Volker
The Man in My Basement
2025 · as Charles Blakey
Nightwatching
Romeo and Juliet
2014 · as Tybalt