Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 22, 1988
Place of Birth
Arlington, Texas, USA
Credits
33 titles
Corey Hawkins
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 earned him a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. Hawkins received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for his portrayal of Paul in the Quibi series Survive (2020). His other roles include Michael Bay's action-comedy 6 Underground (2019), Jon M. Chu's musical film In the Heights (2021), and Joel Coen's historical thriller film The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). He starred in the 2023 film adaptation of The Color Purple. Description above from the Wikipedia article Corey Hawkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Odyssey
Polybus
Crime 101
Tillman
The Man in My Basement
Charles Blakey
The Piano Lesson
Avery
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
The Color Purple
Harpo
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Clemens
Poker Face
Bill Jackson
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Sherri
Self - Guest
Survive
Paul
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Macduff
In the Heights
Benny
Survive
Paul Hart
6 Underground
Seven
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
Georgetown
Daniel Volker
BlacKkKlansman
Kwame Ture
The Raid
Eric Carter
Kong: Skull Island
Houston Brooks
24: Legacy
Eric Carter
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
Straight Outta Compton
Dr. Dre
Non-Stop
Travis Mitchell
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
Romeo and Juliet
Tybalt
Iron Man 3
Navy Op
Golden Boy
Evander
Wu Is Dead
Chauncey
The Walking Dead
Heath
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self - Presenter
Nightwatching
Death of a Salesman