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.

Filmography

• 2026Crime 101 — Tillman
• 2026The Odyssey — Polybus
• 2025The Man in My Basement — Charles Blakey, Executive Producer
• 2024The Piano Lesson — Avery
• Poker Face — Bill Jackson
• 2023The Color Purple — Harpo
• 2023The Last Voyage of the Demeter — Clemens
• 2022Survive — Paul
• 2021In the Heights — Benny
• 2021The Tragedy of Macbeth — Macduff
• Survive — Paul Hart
• 20196 Underground — Seven
• 2019Georgetown — Daniel Volker
• 2018BlacKkKlansman — Kwame Ture
• 24: Legacy — Eric Carter
• 2017Kong: Skull Island — Houston Brooks
• 2017The Raid — Eric Carter
• 2015Straight Outta Compton — Dr. Dre
• 2014Non-Stop — Travis Mitchell
• 2014Romeo and Juliet — Tybalt
• Golden Boy — Evander
• 2013Iron Man 3 — Navy Op
• 2012The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America — Chick Webb (voice)
• 2011Wu Is Dead — Chauncey
• The Walking Dead — Heath
• Death of a Salesman
• Nightwatching

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2023Oprah & The Color Purple Journey — Self
• Sherri — Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• The Tamron Hall Show — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter