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Corey Hawkins

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Corey Hawkins

Born October 22, 1988 in Arlington, Texas, USA21 films

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.

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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.

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BlacKkKlansman posterFirst watchBlacKkKlansman20187.5as Kwame TureColorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.View film

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Filmography

21 films as actor
  1. TBANightwatching
  2. TBADeath of a Salesman
  3. 2026The OdysseyPolybus
  4. 2026Crime 101Tillman
  5. 2025The Man in My BasementCharles Blakey
  6. 2024The Piano LessonAvery
  7. 2023The Color PurpleHarpo
  8. 2023The Last Voyage of the DemeterClemens
  9. 2022SurvivePaul
  10. 2021The Tragedy of MacbethMacduff
  11. 2021In the HeightsBenny
  12. 20196 UndergroundSeven
  13. 2019GeorgetownDaniel Volker
  14. 2018BlacKkKlansmanKwame Ture
  15. 2017The RaidEric Carter
  16. 2017Kong: Skull IslandHouston Brooks
  17. 2015Straight Outta ComptonDr. Dre
  18. 2014Non-StopTravis Mitchell
  19. 2014Romeo and JulietTybalt
  20. 2013Iron Man 3Navy Op
  21. 2011Wu Is DeadChauncey