Corey Hawkins
Known For
Acting
Born
1988-10-22 in Arlington, Texas, USA
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
Most Known For
The Walking Dead
as Heath
Crime 101
as Tillman
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Poker Face
as Bill Jackson
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
MTV Movie & TV Awards
as Self - Presenter
Iron Man 3
as Navy Op
Kong: Skull Island
as Houston Brooks
The Odyssey
24: Legacy
as Eric Carter
6 Underground
as Seven
Georgetown
as Daniel Volker
BlacKkKlansman
as Kwame Ture
Straight Outta Compton
as Dr. Dre
Non-Stop
as Travis Mitchell
Survive
as Paul
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
as Clemens