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Corey Antonio HawkinsΒ (born October 22, 1988) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the TV seriesΒ The Walking DeadΒ (2015β2016) and his portrayal ofΒ Dr. DreΒ in the 2015 filmΒ Straight Outta Compton, the latter of which earned him aΒ Screen Actors Guild AwardΒ nomination. He's also known for his performances onΒ Broadway, starring inΒ Six Degrees of SeparationΒ (2017) andΒ Topdog/UnderdogΒ (2022), which earned him nominations for theΒ Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play.
That same year, Hawkins starred in theΒ Fox networkΒ seriesΒ 24: LegacyΒ (2017), along withΒ Jordan Vogt-Roberts' monster filmΒ Kong: Skull Island. In 2018, he was featured inΒ Spike Lee's biographical crime-comedyΒ 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.
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