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 Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Self

Sherri

Self - Guest

The Walking Dead

Heath

Poker Face

Bill Jackson

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Self

Iron Man 3

Navy Op

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2026	Crime 101
2026	The Odyssey
2024	The Piano Lesson	Avery
2023	Oprah & The Color Purple Journey	Self
2023	The Last Voyage of the Demeter	Clemens
2023	The Color Purple	Harpo
2022	Survive	Paul
2021	In the Heights	Benny
2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Macduff
2019	Georgetown	Daniel Volker
2019	6 Underground	Seven
2018	BlacKkKlansman	Kwame Ture
2017	Kong: Skull Island	Houston Brooks
2017	The Raid	Eric Carter
2015	Straight Outta Compton	Dr. Dre
2014	Non-Stop	Travis Mitchell
2014	Romeo and Juliet	Tybalt
2013	Iron Man 3	Navy Op
	The Man in My Basement	Charles Blakey

Year	TV Show	Role
2023	Poker Face	Bill Jackson
2022	Sherri	Self - Guest
2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self
2020	Survive	Paul Hart
2019	Tamron Hall	Self - Guest
2017	24: Legacy	Eric Carter
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self
2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self
2013	Golden Boy	Evander
2010	The Walking Dead	Heath