8 Things You Didn’t Know About Corey Hawkins

Corey Hawkins is a very well-known American actor who was born on October 22, 1988, in Washington DC, United States of America. He is currently 34 years old and he initiated his acting career in the year 2011 he is active in acting till the present. He is an actor as well as a producer.

If you are getting curious to know more about this talented man, then you may find these 8 unknown facts interesting

8 Things You Didn’t Know About Corey Hawkins

1. Sent To Julliard Arts School

Being accepted at Julliard does not guarantee you a successful position in the fine arts. Corey Hawkins is about as skilled an actor as there is, despite the fact that many people are grateful that he appeared out of nowhere in Straight Outta Compton as Dr. Dre.

2. Several Award Nominations

For his performance as Dr. Dre in Straight Outta Compton, Hawkins received a Hollywood Breakthrough Ensemble Award. However, he was nominated for five other awards: the NAACP Image Award, the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award, the 2016 Black Reel Award, the Critics’ Choice Movie Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award. ^[1]

3. His Role In The Walking Dead 

Hawkins was cast in a role on The Walking Dead not long after his popularity in Straight Outta Compton. He played Heath in 2015 and 2016. ^[2]

4. His Other Film

The other film Kong: Skull Island from Legendary will feature Hawkins. Juilliard alumnus Hawkins previously appeared as Romeo in Juliet on Broadway. He is represented by Jackoway Tyerman and ICM Partners. ^[3]

5. Reaction Of Dr. Dre

“I must be honest, it freaked me out when I saw him,” Dre remarked of meeting Corey Hawkins (the actor who played him in the film), on his Beats 1 radio show, The Pharmacy. Our chat was. We went to this restaurant in Hollywood for dinner. ^[4]

6. John Housman Award

Hawkins received the prestigious John Houseman Prize for excellence in classical theatre from Julliard. After graduating, he started a career acting Off-Broadway and in television comedies. ^[5]

7. His Child Singing

Corey, the 28-year-old actor found his calling as a childhood singer for his loving and dearest grandmother and his mom, a Washington, D.C., policewoman. 

8. His Different Roles

Hawkins plays a Yale geologist in Kong: Skull Island, and he is secretly aware of the dangers that a military expedition to a recently found island in the Pacific will face.