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Corey Hawkins

1988-10-22

The Biography

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.

Corey Hawkins in

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Iron Man 3

6.9 average rating
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Kong: Skull Island

6.546 average rating
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter

6.8 average rating
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6 Underground

6.3 average rating
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Straight Outta Compton

7.8 average rating
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The Piano Lesson

6.026 average rating
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The Tragedy of Macbeth

6.9 average rating
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The Color Purple

7.1 average rating
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Non-Stop

6.8 average rating
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BlacKkKlansman

7.5 average rating
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In the Heights

7.2 average rating
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Georgetown

6 average rating
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Survive

4.7 average rating
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Oprah & The Color Purple Journey

4.5 average rating
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Crime 101

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The Raid

7 average rating
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The Man in My Basement

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