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Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins

Actor, also producer · Born October 22, 1988 (38) · Arlington, Texas, USA

Primetime Emmy nominee · Screen Actors Guild Award nominee

Corey Antonio Hawkins (born October 22, 1988) is an American actor. He rose to prominence for his role in the TV series The Walking Dead (2015–2016) and his portrayal of Dr. Dre in the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, the latter of which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. He's also known for his performances on Broadway, starring in Six Degrees of Separation (2017) and Topdog/Underdog (2022), which earned him nominations for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. That same year, Hawkins starred in the Fox network series 24: Legacy (2017), along with Jordan Vogt-Roberts' monster film Kong: Skull Island. In 2018, he was featured in Spike Lee's biographical crime-comedy 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Corey Hawkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
October 22, 1988 (38)
From
Arlington, Texas, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 27 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 1% in 30 days

What are Corey Hawkins' films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Self.

Genres

What they feel like to watch

their average across 16 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 10

Grounded 4 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 5

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 14

Steady 3 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced 11 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 3

Casual 0 · Engaged 12 · Full focus 4

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 9

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Hero
3 of 8
Ally
2 of 8
Shadow
1 of 8
Threshold guardian
1 of 8
Herald
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Melancholic
10
Dread
4
Thrilling
4
Hopeful
3
Other
15

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Corey Hawkins' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Corey Hawkins' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

27 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Odyssey(2026)

    as Polybus

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Crime 101(2026)

    as Tillman

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • The Man in My Basement(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Charles Blakey

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • The Piano Lesson(2024)

    as Avery

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
  • The Color Purple(2023)

    as Harpo

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Poker Face(2023)

    Show 1 episode · as Bill Jackson

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
  • Survive(2022)

    as Paul

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth(2021)

    as Macduff

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • In the Heights(2021)

    as Benny

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
  • Survive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Show 12 episodes · as Paul Hart

  • 6 Underground(2019)

    as Seven

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Georgetown(2019)

    as Daniel Volker

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
  • BlacKkKlansman(2018)

    as Kwame Ture

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • The Raid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Eric Carter

  • Kong: Skull Island(2017)

    as Houston Brooks

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • 24: Legacy(2016)

    Show 12 episodes · as Eric Carter

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
  • Straight Outta Compton(2015)

    as Dr. Dre

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Non-Stop(2014)

    as Travis Mitchell

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Romeo and Juliet(2014)

    as Tybalt

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
  • Iron Man 3(2013)

    as Navy Op

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Golden Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Evander

  • Allegiance(2012)

    as Specialist 'Willie' Williams

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Wu Is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Chauncey

  • The Walking Dead(2010)

    Show 6 episodes · as Heath

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • Death of a Salesman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Nightwatching (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 26 titles, 24 of them dated from 2010 to 2026; peak year 2022.

Film career

MilestoneNomination
20102026

Peak 2022 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 7 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting26 of 26: 25 only acting, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score74thProducing1 of 26: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

2010s13 · acting2020s11 · 11 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 6th · top billed in 13% of 15 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2016–2024.

  1. 2024
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  2. 2020
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series
  3. 2019
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  4. 2016
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Corey Hawkins' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 16 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Reach · how many have seen their films

97thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 16

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed7

Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Corey Hawkins' work okay for kids?

Across up to 14 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles48–87 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity14 titles13–60 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles35–91 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs10 titles21–57 · median 34 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles56–84 · median 67 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Corey Hawkins work with?

People who share at least 2 of Corey Hawkins' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William Shakespeare shares the most, 2.

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles