Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins is one of those actors who makes you stop and pay attention every single time he's on screen. His turn as Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton was genuinely impressive — he nailed the quiet confidence of a young genius without tipping into imitation — and it's no surprise it earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. His arc on The Walking Dead showed he could carry dramatic weight in a completely different register. What I find most interesting is that he's also a serious stage actor, and that theatrical grounding shows: there's a precision and presence to his work that a lot of Hollywood actors just don't have. Washington D.C. raised, late-80s born, right in the prime of his career — I think the best Corey Hawkins performances are still ahead of him.

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Name (English)

Corey Hawkins

Name (Japanese)

コーリー・ホーキンズ

Reading

こーりー・ほーきんず

Born

October 22, 1988 (age 37)

Origin

Washington, D.C., United States

Occupation

film actor / stage actor / television actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dragon

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey%20Hawkins
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20740941

Tags

• film actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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