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Corey Hawkins

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Corey Hawkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 22, 1988 In Arlington, Texas, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
20
First Appeared:
In the movie The Man in My Basement
Latest Project:
Movie Oprah & The Color Purple Journey 2023-12-28
Known For
Poster of Georgetown
Poster of Straight Outta Compton
Poster of Non-Stop
Poster of The Walking Dead
Filmography
Movie The Man in My Basement Charles Blakey 2025
Movie Oprah & The Color Purple Journey Self 2023-12-28
Movie The Last Voyage of the Demeter Clemens 2023-08-09
Movie The Color Purple Harpo 2023-12-25
Movie Survive Paul 2022-05-12
Movie The Tragedy of Macbeth Macduff 2021-12-05
Movie In the Heights Benny 2021-06-10
Series Survive Paul Hart 2020-04-06
Movie 6 Underground Seven 2019-12-10
Movie Georgetown Daniel Volker 2019-05-14
Movie BlacKkKlansman Kwame Ture 2018-08-09
Movie The Raid Eric Carter 2017-12-12
Series 24: Legacy Eric Carter 2017-02-05
Movie Kong: Skull Island Houston Brooks 2017-03-08
Movie Straight Outta Compton Dr. Dre 2015-08-11
Movie Romeo and Juliet Tybalt 2014-02-13
Movie Non-Stop Travis Mitchell 2014-02-26
Series Golden Boy Evander 2013-02-26
Movie Iron Man 3 Navy Op 2013-04-18
Series The Walking Dead Heath 2010-10-31