Corey Hawkins

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

Known For

The Walking Dead

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Crime 101

The Odyssey

Sherri

Tamron Hall

All Movies (22)

• The Odyssey2026
• Crime 1012026 · as Tillman
• The Man in My Basement2025 · as Charles Blakey
• The Piano Lesson2024 · as Avery
• Oprah & The Color Purple Journey2023 · as Self
• The Color Purple2023 · as Harpo
• The Last Voyage of the Demeter2023 · as Clemens
• Survive2022 · as Paul
• The Tragedy of Macbeth2021 · as Macduff
• In the Heights2021 · as Benny
• 6 Underground2019 · as Seven
• Georgetown2019 · as Daniel Volker
• BlacKkKlansman2018 · as Kwame Ture
• The Raid2017 · as Eric Carter
• Kong: Skull Island2017 · as Houston Brooks
• Straight Outta Compton2015 · as Dr. Dre
• Non-Stop2014 · as Travis Mitchell
• Romeo and Juliet2014 · as Tybalt
• Iron Man 32013 · as Navy Op
• Wu Is Dead2011 · as Chauncey
• Nightwatching—
• Death of a Salesman—

All TV Shows (11)

• Poker Face2023 · as Bill Jackson
• Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Survive2020 · as Paul Hart
• Tamron Hall2019 · as Self - Guest
• 24: Legacy2017 · as Eric Carter
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Golden Boy2013 · as Evander
• The Walking Dead2010 · as Heath
• MTV Movie & TV Awards1992 · as Self - Presenter