Meet New ’24’ Star Corey Hawkins: 5 Things to Know

The Julliard-trained actor is best known for playing Dr. Dre in “Straight Outta Compton”

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Move over, Kiefer Sutherland: Jack Bauer has been replaced. Fox has cast Corey Hawkins in its new reboot, “24: Legacy,” in the role of Eric Carter.

Hawkins will be most familiar to audiences who saw him as Dr. Dre in “Straight Outta Compton,” but here are five others things to know about the man who will be taking over Bauer’s clockwatching.

1. He’s already a breakout star
Hawkins played the role of Dr. Dre in Universal’s hit hip-hop epic “Straight Outta Compton.” Jason Mitchell as Easy E and O’Shea Jackson, Jr. as Ice Cube also broke out as a result of the critically acclaimed film.

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