Cole Hauser | |
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| Born | Cole Kenneth Hauser (1975-03-22)March 22, 1975 (age 50) Santa Barbara,California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
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| Children | 3 |
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Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975)[1][2] is an American actor. He is known for film roles inHigher Learning,School Ties,Dazed and Confused,Good Will Hunting,Pitch Black,Tigerland,Hart's War,Tears of the Sun,The Family that Preys,2 Fast 2 Furious,The Cave,The Break-Up,A Good Day to Die Hard,Olympus Has Fallen, andTranscendence. He was nominated for theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance inTigerland.
On television, he starred as Officer Randy Willitz on the police crime drama seriesHigh Incident, Ethan Kelly on the police dramaRogue and Rip Wheeler on theParamount Network western drama seriesYellowstone.
Cole Hauser is the son of Cass Warner, who founded the film production company Warner Sisters,[3] and actorWings Hauser.[4][5] His paternal grandfather was screenwriterDwight Hauser. One of Cole's maternal great-grandfathers was film mogulHarry Warner, a founding partner ofWarner Bros., and his maternal grandfather wasMilton Sperling, a Hollywood screenwriter and independent film producer. Hauser's maternal grandmother, Betty Mae Warner, a painter, sculptor, political activist and gallery owner,[6] was married toStanley Sheinbaum, a political activist, economist, philanthropist, and a formerLos Angeles Police Department commissioner.[7] Hauser is ofGerman andIrish descent on his father's side andJewish on his mother's.[8][9]
Hauser's parents divorced in 1977, when he was two years old. According to him, at roughly fifteen, he first met his father after the relocation-induced years of separation. His father took him in for a year and taught him about auditioning.[10] Prior to that, his mother had moved Hauser and his half-brother and sisters from Santa Barbara to Oregon to Florida and then back to Santa Barbara within a 12-year span. At the time, he participated heavily in sports, but half-heartedly pursued school. He was admitted to the short-listed circle of talent at a talent summer camp in New England, then won the leading role of the stage play namedDark of the Moon, which earned him standing ovations for his performance. At 16 years old, he decided to leave high school to act.[11]
Hauser made his film debut inSchool Ties (1992), which starred many young and up-and-coming actors such asBrendan Fraser,Matt Damon,Chris O'Donnell andBen Affleck. A role inRichard Linklater'sDazed and Confused, also starring Affleck, came along subsequently. In 1995, Hauser played the role of the leader of the campusneo-Nazi skinheads in theJohn Singleton filmHigher Learning. Hauser would later re-team with Affleck and Damon when they appeared together inGood Will Hunting (1997). In 2000 he played William J. Johns inPitch Black and voiced the character in the prequelvideo game.
In 2002, he played a racist American prisoner-of-war inHart's War withBruce Willis andColin Farrell. Then in 2003, he played aNavy SEAL inTears of the Sun alongside Bruce Willis. He also appeared as a mob boss in2 Fast 2 Furious. He has since had several leading roles inHollywood films, including theMel Gibson-producedPaparazzi andThe Cave.
In 2007, he starred withAnthony Anderson in theFOX seriesK-Ville. The show was canceled after ten episodes. That same year, Hauser starred inThe Stone Angel adapted from a novel byMargaret Laurence. The film played in various festival circles and had a limited release in Canadian theaters in May 2008. During that same year, Cole filmed other indie productions such asLike Dandelion Dust from a novel byKaren Kingsbury,Tyler Perry'sThe Family That Preys and theCBStelevision pilotThe Tower.
He later played CIA Agent Mike Collins inA Good Day to Die Hard, Secret Service Special Agent Roma inOlympus Has Fallen, and Colonel Stevens inTranscendence.
He starred as Ethan Kelly on the police drama seriesRogue and Rip Wheeler on theParamount Network Western drama seriesYellowstone.
Hauser is married toCynthia Daniel,[12] a photographer and actress. She is known for having played Elizabeth Wakefield in the 1990s television seriesSweet Valley High, but is mostly retired from acting as an adult. Hauser and Daniel began dating in the 1990s and wed in 2006. As of 2024, they have three children.[13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1992 | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Cal | |
| School Ties | Jack Connors | ||
| 1993 | Dazed and Confused | Benny O'Donnell | |
| 1994 | Skins | Bentz | |
| 1995 | Higher Learning | Scott Moss | |
| 1997 | All Over Me | Mark | |
| Good Will Hunting | Billy McBride | ||
| 1998 | Scotch and Milk | Johnny | |
| The Hi-Lo Country | Little Boy Matson | ||
| 2000 | Pitch Black | William J. Johns | |
| A Shot at Glory | Kelsey O'Brian | ||
| Tigerland | Staff Sergeant Cota | ||
| 2002 | Hart's War | Staff Sergeant Vic W. Bedford | |
| White Oleander | Ray Pruitt | ||
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | James "Red" Atkins | |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | Carter Verone | ||
| 2004 | Paparazzi | Bo Laramie | |
| 2005 | The Cave | Jack McAllister | |
| Dirty | Lieutenant | ||
| 2006 | The Break-Up | Lupus Grobowski | |
| 2007 | The Stone Angel | Young Bram Shipley | |
| 2008 | Tortured | Kevin Cole | |
| The Family That Preys | William Cartwright | ||
| 2009 | Like Dandelion Dust | Jack Campbell | |
| 2010 | Shadows of the White Nights | Borris | |
| 2011 | The Hit List | Allan Campbell | |
| 2013 | A Good Day to Die Hard | CIA Agent Mike Collins | |
| Olympus Has Fallen | Secret Service Special Agent Roma | ||
| Assassins Run | Roman | akaWhite Swan | |
| 2014 | Transcendence | Colonel Stevens | |
| Jarhead 2: Field of Fire | Special Operations Senior Chief Fox | ||
| 2018 | Acts of Violence | Deklan MacGregor | |
| 2019 | Running with the Devil | The Executioner | |
| 2020 | The Last Champion | John Wright | |
| 2022 | Panama | Becker | |
| The Minute You Wake Up Dead | Russ Potter | ||
| 2023 | The Ritual Killer | Detective Boyd | |
| Dead Man's Hand | Roy McCutheon |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1993 | A Matter of Justice | Private Ralph G. "Rocky" Jackson | Television film (NBC) |
| 1996 | High Incident | Officer Randy Willitz | Main role |
| 2004 | ER | Steve Curtis | 4 episodes (season 10) |
| 2006 | Damages | Jack Shale | Unsoldtelevision pilot (FOX) |
| 2007–2008 | K-Ville | Trevor Cobb | Main role |
| 2008 | The Tower | Sean Castleman | Unsold television pilot (CBS) |
| 2009 | Washington Field | SSA Raymond Stone | Television film (CBS) |
| 2010 | Chase | Jimmy Godfrey | Main role |
| 2014–2017 | Rogue | Ethan Kelly | Main role (seasons 2–4) |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | Charles Siringo | Main role |
| 2018–2024 | Yellowstone | Rip Wheeler | Main role |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
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| 2001 | Independent Spirit Award | Best Supporting Male | Tigerland | Nominated | |
| 2003 | Young Hollywood Awards | Breakthrough Performance – Male | Himself | Won | |
| 2024 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Yellowstone | Nominated |
