Corey Hawkins
Biography
Corey Hawkins is an American actor who was born in Washington, D.C., and studied at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and the Juilliard School. He began his career Off-Broadway and in television guest roles before making his Broadway debut as Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet in 2013. He gained prominence for playing Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton (2015), a role that brought a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and for playing Heath on The Walking Dead. His film work includes Non-Stop (2014), Kong: Skull Island (2017), BlacKkKlansman (2018), 6 Underground (2019), In the Heights (2021), The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), and The Color Purple (2023). He starred on Broadway in Six Degrees of Separation and Topdog/Underdog, earning Tony Award nominations for both, and received an Emmy nomination for Survive. He appeared in The Odyssey (2026).
38years old
Turns 39 on October 22in 346 days
- Born Washington, D.C.
- Star sign: LibraLast day of the sign, on the Scorpio cusp
- Also credited as Corey Antonio Hawkins
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 12 years2014 to 2026
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Early training
While he was a student at Juilliard, Hawkins received the John Houseman Award, which is given for excellence in classical theater.
First role
In 2013, Hawkins played Tybalt in a Broadway revival of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, sharing the stage with Orlando Bloom and Geoffrey Owens.
A role that slipped away
In January 2024, word came that Hawkins would take over the role from Jonathan Majors in The Man in My Basement.
Corey Hawkins movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Corey Hawkins's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.0 billion
12 of the 15 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 15 films: 12 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 12Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$1.7B57.1% of the total
- 2$567M18.8% of the total
- 3$223M7.4% of the total
- 4$202M6.7% of the total
- 5$93M3.1% of the total
- 6$73M2.4% of the total
- 7$69M2.3% of the total
- 8$45M1.5% of the total
$22.7 millionfrom the other 4 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
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