
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 · 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