In the United States, Corey Antonio Hawkins (born on October 22, 1988) is an actor. For his performances on the shows The Walking Dead and 24 Legacy, and for his depiction of Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton (2015), he is widely recognised. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the Broadway musical Six Degrees of Separation in 2017.
Along with these films and others, he has appeared in Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ monster movie Kong: Skull Island (2017), Spike Lee’s biographical crime comedy BlacKkKlansman (2018), Michael Bay’s action comedy 6 Underground, and Jon M. Chu’s musical drama In the Heights (2021).
Hawkins was reared by his mother, a police officer in Washington, D.C., where he was born. After attending the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, he attended the Juilliard School in New York City, where he was a member of Group 40 in the Drama Division.
Hawkins was awarded the renowned John Houseman Award for excellence in classical theatre while studying at Juilliard. After graduating, he launched a career on the Off-Broadway stage.
the occasional cameo on television, etc. Prior to starring with Liam Neeson and Julianne Moore in Universal Pictures’ action film Non-Stop, Hawkins had a small appearance in Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 3.
When Romeo and Juliet was remade in 2013, Hawkins made his Broadway debut as Tybalt. He also joined the cast of The Walking Dead in 2015 as Heath, a major character from Robert Kirkman’s comic book series. His casting was revealed by The Hollywood Reporter.
The biopic Straight Outta Compton, in which Hawkins starred as Dr. Dre, was released in theatres on August 14, 2015 and took in $201 million in ticket sales.
Up Fox’s 24 remake, 24: Legacy, Hawkins took on the role of the male protagonist in 2017.
The next year, he played opposite Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tom Hiddleston in Kong: Skull Island. On Broadway in the spring of 2017, Hawkins appeared with Allison Janney and John Benjamin Hickey in the play Six Degrees of Separation for a short engagement. He was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in the play.
Why Everyone Is Talking About Him Now-a-days?
Iconic Joel Coen’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” which stars Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, deals with an important issue: time. Lord and Lady Macduff, played by Corey Hawkins and Moses Ingram, are the prolific young couple who embody all that has escaped the Macbeths — a bushel of offspring to perpetuate their lineage and the promise for upward mobility in their political futures. They are the embodiment of time.
Aside from its modern black-and-white photography, the Apple and A24 production stands out in the pantheon of cinematic adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Scottish drama by its inclusion of a diverse assortment of Black performers.
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Washington’s December has been a great one for fans, with the actor starring in “The Tragedy of Macbeth” and directing Sony’s “A Journal for Jordan,” as well as the late Whitney Houston in “The Preacher’s Wife” (which was spotted on OWN and other cable networks before it is set to begin streaming on Amazon Prime Video in January).
In select cinemas and on Apple TV Plus, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” begins streaming on Jan. 14.
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