Corey Hawkins
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
Acting
Movie
Iron Man 3
as Navy Op
2013
TV
The Walking Dead
as Heath
2010
Movie
Kong: Skull Island
as Houston Brooks
2017
Movie
BlacKkKlansman
as Kwame Ture
2018
Movie
Non-Stop
as Travis Mitchell
2014
Movie
6 Underground
as Seven
2019
Movie
Straight Outta Compton
as Dr. Dre
2015
Movie
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
as Clemens
2023
Movie
Crime 101
as Tillman
2026
Movie
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macduff
2021
Movie
In the Heights
as Benny
2021
TV
Poker Face
as Bill Jackson
2023
Movie
The Color Purple
as Harpo
2023
TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
TV
24: Legacy
as Eric Carter
2017
Movie
Georgetown
as Daniel Volker
2019
TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
Movie
The Piano Lesson
as Avery
2024
Movie
The Man in My Basement
as Charles Blakey
2025
Movie
Survive
as Paul
2022
TV
Survive
as Paul Hart
2020
TV
Golden Boy
as Evander
2013
TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
TV
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019