Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#328
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Corey Hawkins works on versatility rather than volume, and the catalogue keeps proving that the quieter choice was the correct one.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Corey Hawkins appears in 17 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Corey. The Odyssey is the clearest case: a film rated 8.9 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for adventure, drama, fantasy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Christopher Nolan, Bart Layton, André Øvredal and others, Corey Hawkins helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
The Odyssey (2026) as Polybus · The Odyssey (2026) as Polybus · BlacKkKlansman (2018) as Kwame Ture
Career snapshot
Ranked #328 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
17
2013–2026
Career length
13 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.9
The Odyssey
Average Nutevio score
6.5
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.4
The Odyssey
Most frequent director
Christopher Nolan
2 films together
Longest collaboration
2×
With Christopher Nolan
Most common genre
Drama
8 titles
Average runtime
2h 4m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
6.9
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.5
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
6.7 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Georgetown, 6 Underground, BlacKkKlansman — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
6.7
Across 6 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
6.7
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2010s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Georgetown, 6 Underground, BlacKkKlansman.
Most productive era
2020s
11 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.72 films | 6.76 films |
| Action | 6.74 films | 8.01 film |
| Thriller | 6.52 films | 5.73 films |
| Comedy | 6.92 films | — |
| Crime | 6.72 films | 7.01 film |
| Romance | — | 7.11 film |
| Horror | — | 6.12 films |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2013Iron Man 3
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Navy Op.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2026The Odyssey
8.9 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026The Odyssey
The current state of the argument, as Polybus.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
17 of 17 films
as Polybus
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Polybus
Directed by Christopher Nolan
as Benny
Directed by Jon M. Chu
as Kwame Ture
Directed by Spike Lee
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
Showing 17 of 17 titles · 18 total credits · active 2013–2026
Crime 101
2026 · Tillman
The Odyssey
2026 · Polybus
The Man in My Basement
2025 · Charles Blakey · Executive Producer
The Piano Lesson
2024 · Avery
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
2023 · Self
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
2023 · Clemens
The Color Purple
2023 · Harpo
Survive
2022 · Paul
In the Heights
2021 · Benny
The Tragedy of Macbeth
2021 · Macduff
Georgetown
2019 · Daniel Volker
6 Underground
2019 · Seven
BlacKkKlansman
2018 · Kwame Ture
Kong: Skull Island
2017 · Houston Brooks
24: Legacy
2017 · TV · Eric Carter
Non-Stop
2014 · Travis Mitchell
Iron Man 3
2013 · Navy Op
The defining work
#1
Polybus
The Odyssey (2026)
Performance score8.5
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Polybus gives Corey Hawkins a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Polybus
The Odyssey (2026)
Performance score7.8
The Odyssey asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Polybus is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Benny
In the Heights (2021)
Performance score7.5
In the Heights asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Benny is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Clemens
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Performance score7.4
The Last Voyage of the Demeter asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Clemens is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Polybus
Start here. The Odyssey is the clearest statement of what Corey Hawkins does — accessible, 165 minutes, and rated 8.9 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Corey at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Keeps the drama register of The Odyssey but asks for a colder reading of it.
In the Heights (2021)
Keeps the drama register of BlacKkKlansman but asks for a colder reading of it.
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
A deliberate change of key after In the Heights — same instrument, unfamiliar tuning, and the reason range gets mentioned.
The Odyssey (2026)
Keeps the fantasy register of The Last Voyage of the Demeter but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Christopher Nolan
Director
2 films together
Notably The Odyssey
Shane Black
Director
1 film together
Notably Iron Man 3
Jaume Collet-Serra
Director
1 film together
Notably Non-Stop
Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Director
1 film together
Notably Kong: Skull Island
Spike Lee
Director
1 film together
Notably BlacKkKlansman
Michael Bay
Director
1 film together
Notably 6 Underground
Joel Coen
Director
1 film together
Notably The Tragedy of Macbeth
Jon M. Chu
Director
1 film together
Notably In the Heights
Mark Pellington
Director
1 film together
Notably Survive
Blitz Bazawule
Director
1 film together
Notably The Color Purple
André Øvredal
Director
1 film together
Notably The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Bart Layton
Director
1 film together
Notably Crime 101
Anne Hathaway
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Matt Damon
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Elliot Page
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Jamie Harris
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Tom Holland
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Robert Pattinson
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Himesh Patel
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
John Leguizamo
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Charlize Theron
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Travis Scott
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Jarreth J. Merz
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Niko Nicotera
Actor
1 film together
Notably The Odyssey
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Christopher Nolan
Director
2 films together · 8.4 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
The OdysseySpike Lee
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
BlacKkKlansmanJon M. Chu
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
In the HeightsBart Layton
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Crime 101Blitz Bazawule
Director
1 film together · 7.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Color PurpleJoel Coen
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Tragedy of MacbethShane Black
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Iron Man 3Jaume Collet-Serra
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Non-StopAndré Øvredal
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Last Voyage of the DemeterJordan Vogt-Roberts
Director
1 film together · 6.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Kong: Skull IslandMichael Bay
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
6 UndergroundMark Pellington
Director
1 film together · 4.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SurviveSix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
The Odyssey
as Polybus
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
The Odyssey
as Polybus
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
The Odyssey
as Polybus
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Iron Man 3
as Navy Op
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
The Odyssey
as Polybus
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Corey Hawkins has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
| Nutevio Performer Score | 8.0 | 8.9 |
|---|---|---|
| Career ranking | #476 of 681 | #2 of 681 |
| Awards on file | Unknown | 4 recorded |
| Oscar wins | Unknown | 2 |
| Oscar nominations | Unknown | 6 |
| Average Nutevio score | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| Genres | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy | Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Directors | Christopher Nolan | Christopher Nolan |
| Performance DNA | Emotional range, Drama, Screen presence | Transformation, Screen presence, Rewatchability |
| Career timeline | 2026–2026 | 2006–2014 |
| Most iconic role | Polybus — The Odyssey | Professor Brand — Interstellar |
| Most rewatchable film | The Odyssey | The Dark Knight |
| Filmography | 1 catalogue film | 4 catalogue films |
Films together
Nothing in common in the library yet.
Shared directors
Christopher Nolan
Shared collections
Adventure Movies, Christopher Nolan Movies Ranked, Drama Movies
Collaborators in common
Christopher Nolan · Anne Hathaway · Matt Damon
Michael Caine edges ahead here — a higher floor across a comparable body of work.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Drama Legend
Awarded
8 catalogue titles in drama, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
The Odyssey
as Polybus
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
The Odyssey
as Polybus
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
The Odyssey
as Polybus
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
The Man in My Basement
as Charles Blakey
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
The Odyssey
as Polybus
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Odyssey
as Polybus
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
BlacKkKlansman
as Kwame Ture
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
The Odyssey
as Polybus
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
Across the library
Every Nutevio collection this name turns up in, and how high they rank there.
Collection footprint
Appears in 4 Nutevio collections
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