Corey Hawkins

Born: 1988-10-22

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.


See
Placeholder

as Navy Op
Released: 2013-04-18

When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts...

Movie page
See!

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

as Clemens
Released: 2023-08-09

The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to...

Movie page

Straight Outta Compton

as Dr. Dre
Released: 2015-08-11

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration...

Movie page

Kong: Skull Island

as Houston Brooks
Released: 2017-03-08

Explore the mysterious and dangerous home of the king of the apes as a team of explorers...

Movie page
as Seven
Released: 2019-12-10

After faking his death, a tech billionaire recruits a team of international operatives for a...

Movie page
Don't See

The Tragedy of Macbeth

as Macduff
Released: 2021-12-05

Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will...

Movie page

The Color Purple

as Harpo
Released: 2023-12-25

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie...

Movie page

Non-Stop

as Travis Mitchell
Released: 2014-02-26

Bill Marks is a burned-out veteran of the Air Marshals service. He views the assignment not as a...

Movie page
as Kwame Ture
Released: 2018-08-09

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip...

Movie page
See!

In the Heights

as Benny
Released: 2021-06-10

The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner who has mixed feelings about closing his store and retiring...

Movie page

The Piano Lesson

as Avery
Released: 2024-11-08

A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how...

Movie page

Georgetown

as Daniel Volker
Released: 2019-05-14

Ulrich Mott is an eccentric and versatile social climber with grandiose plans to affect United...

Movie page

Survive

as Paul
Released: 2022-05-12

When their plane crashes on a remote snow-covered mountain, Jane and Paul have to fight for...

Movie page

Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

as Self
Released: 2023-12-28

A behind-the-scenes look into the making of the new feature film “The Color Purple,” and the...

Movie page

Romeo and Juliet

as Tybalt
Released: 2014-02-13

In this Broadway stage production, Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad take on the title characters...

Movie page

The Raid

as Eric Carter
Released: 2017-12-12

Set nine months before 24: Legacy begins, The Raid puts us at the center of a Special Forces...

Movie page

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

TV Show page

The Walking Dead

as Heath
First aired: 2010-10-31

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by...

TV Show page

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

TV Show page

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self
First aired: 2022-09-12

Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

TV Show page

Sherri

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2022-09-12

Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears...

TV Show page

Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2019-09-09

Former news host and journalist Tamron Hall discusses all things topical and engages those she...

TV Show page

24: Legacy

as Eric Carter
First aired: 2017-02-05

The story of military hero Eric Carter’s return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him...

TV Show page

Golden Boy

as Evander
First aired: 2013-02-26

Golden Boy is an American crime drama series created by Nicholas Wootton, which is produced by...

TV Show page

Survive

as Paul Hart
First aired: 2020-04-06

Jane's plane crashes on a remote snow-covered mountain and she, along with Paul, the only...

TV Show page