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Corey Hawkins
Arlington, Texas, USA
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 i…
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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.
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2026
The Odyssey
Movie Polybus
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2026
Crime 101
Movie Tillman
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2025
The Man in My Basement
Movie Charles Blakey
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2024
The Piano Lesson
Movie Avery
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2023
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Movie Self
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2023
The Color Purple
Movie Harpo
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2023
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Movie Clemens
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2023
Poker Face
TV show Bill Jackson
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Survive
Movie Paul
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2021
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Movie Macduff
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2021
In the Heights
Movie Benny
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2020
Survive
TV show Paul Hart
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2019
6 Underground
Movie Seven
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2019
Tamron Hall
TV show Self - Guest
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2019
Georgetown
Movie Daniel Volker
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2018
BlacKkKlansman
Movie Kwame Ture
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2017
The Raid
Movie Eric Carter
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2017
Kong: Skull Island
Movie Houston Brooks
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2017
24: Legacy
TV show Eric Carter
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self
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2015
Straight Outta Compton
Movie Dr. Dre
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2014
Non-Stop
Movie Travis Mitchell
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self
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2014
Romeo and Juliet
Movie Tybalt
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2013
Iron Man 3
Movie Navy Op
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2013
Golden Boy
TV show Evander
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2011
Wu Is Dead
Movie Chauncey
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2010
The Walking Dead
TV show Heath
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1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards
TV show Self - Presenter
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Nightwatching
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Death of a Salesman
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