Corey Hawkins
Acting
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
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Crime 101
The Walking Dead
Poker Face
Iron Man 3
Kong: Skull Island
24: Legacy
BlacKkKlansman
6 Underground
Straight Outta Compton
Non-Stop
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Georgetown
The Tragedy of Macbeth
The Color Purple
In the Heights
The Man in My Basement
The Piano Lesson
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