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Corey Hawkins

ActorBorn October 22, 1988 (36 years)
Corey Hawkins (born October 22, 1988) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Dre in the 2015 biopic film, Straight Outta Compton. Hawkins was born in Washington, D.C. where he attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. He graduated from the Juilliard School in New York City, a member of the Drama Division's Group 40. While studying at Juilliard, Hawkins received the prestigious John Houseman Award for excellence in classical theatre. Upon graduation, he began a career starring Off-Broadway and guest starring on television. Hawkins garnered a brief role in Marvel Studios's Iron Man 3 and went on to star opposite Liam Neeson andJulianne Moore in Universal Pictures' action-thriller Non-Stop.

In 2013, Hawkins made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in the revival of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. And in 2015, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Hawkins would join the cast of AMC's The Walking Dead as Heath, a key character from Robert Kirkman's comic series. Hawkins played Dr. Dre in the biopic Straight Outta Compton, from Universal Pictures, which was theatrically released on August 14, 2015. He has been cast in Kong: Skull Island, alongside Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson and Tom Hiddleston.
Known For
  • Straight Outta Compton
  • The Last Voyage of the Demeter
  • Kong: Skull Island
  • 6 Underground
  • In the Heights
  • 24: Legacy
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Poker Face
  • The Color Purple
  • Georgetown
  • Survive
  • Survive
  • The Piano Lesson
  • Allegiance

Filmography

2024
The Piano Lesson · as Avery
2023
The Color Purple · as Harpo
2023
2023
Poker Face (TV Series) · as Cast
2022
Survive · as Paul
2021
2021
In the Heights · as Benny
2020
Survive (TV Series) · as Paul Hart
2019
6 Underground · as Seven
2019
Georgetown · as Daniel Volker
2018
BlacKkKlansman · as Kwame Ture
2017
Kong: Skull Island · as Houston Brooks
2016
24: Legacy (TV Series) · as Eric Carter
2015
2014
Romeo and Juliet · as Tybalt
2014
Non-Stop · as Travis Mitchell
2013
Iron Man 3 · as Navy Op
2013
Golden Boy (2013) (TV Series) · as Evander
2012
Allegiance · as Specialist 'willie' Williams
2012
2010
The Walking Dead (TV Series) · as Heath
2010
Futurestates (TV Series) · as Kai
2009
Royal Pains (TV Series) · as Busboy

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