Corey Hawkins

Corey Antonio Hawkins (born October 22, 1988) is an American actor. He gained recognition for his role in the TV series The Walking Dead (2015–2016) and for portraying Dr. Dre in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton. Hawkins received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for his performance in Straight Outta Compton. He has also showcased his talent on Broadway, earning Tony Award nominations for his roles in Six Degrees of Separation (2017) and Topdog/Underdog (2022). Hawkins has appeared in various other projects such as the Fox series 24: Legacy (2017), the film Kong: Skull Island (2017), and Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman (2018), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. He received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his portrayal of Paul in the Quibi series Survive (2020). Hawkins has further demonstrated his versatility in films like Michael Bay's 6 Underground (2019) and Jon M. Chu's In the Heights (2021).