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Corey Hawkins
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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 Blac…
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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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The Odyssey
as Polybus
Crime 101
as Tillman
The Man in My Basement
as Charles Blakey
The Piano Lesson
as Avery
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
as Self
The Color Purple
as Harpo
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
as Clemens
Survive
as Paul
The Tragedy of Macbeth
as Macduff
In the Heights
as Benny
6 Underground
as Seven
Georgetown
as Daniel Volker
BlacKkKlansman
as Kwame Ture
The Raid
as Eric Carter
Kong: Skull Island
as Houston Brooks
Straight Outta Compton
as Dr. Dre
Non-Stop
as Travis Mitchell
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
Iron Man 3
as Navy Op
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
as Chick Webb (voice)
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Wu Is Dead
as Chauncey
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Nightwatching
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