Corey Hawkins

Actor

Born: October 22, 1988 (37 years old)

Place of birth: 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

Filmography (21)

• Straight Outta Compton (2015, ★ 7.8)
• BlacKkKlansman (2018, ★ 7.5)
• The Walking Dead (2010, ★ 8.1)
• Iron Man 3 (2013, ★ 6.9)
• In the Heights (2021, ★ 7.1)
• The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021, ★ 6.9)
• The Color Purple (2023, ★ 7)
• Crime 101 (2026, ★ 7)
• Poker Face (2023, ★ 7.5)
• The Piano Lesson (2024, ★ 5.9)
• Non-Stop (2014, ★ 6.8)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017, ★ 6.6)
• Romeo and Juliet (2014, ★ 6)
• 6 Underground (2019, ★ 6.3)
• Survive (2022, ★ 5)
• Georgetown (2019, ★ 5.9)
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023, ★ 6.8)
• The Man in My Basement (2025, ★ 5.5)
• Golden Boy (2013, ★ 6.1)
• 24: Legacy (2017, ★ 6.2)
• Survive (2020, ★ 6.1)