Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in films like Higher 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, and Transcendence. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in Tigerland.
Cole Hauser | |
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 Cole Hauser at the TCA 2010 on July 30, 2010 | |
| Born | Cole Kenneth Hauser March 22, 1975 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Wings Hauser |
| Relatives | Dwight Hauser (paternal grandfather) Milton Sperling (maternal grandfather) Harry Warner (great-grandfather) |
He starred as Officer Randy Willitz on the police crime drama series High Incident and Ethan Kelly on the police drama Rogue. He currently stars as Rip Wheeler on the Paramount Network western drama series Yellowstone.
Early life
Cole Kenneth Hauser was born on March 22, 1975, in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Cass Warner, who founded the film production company Warner Sisters,[1] and actor Wings Hauser.[2][3] His paternal grandfather was Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dwight Hauser. One of Cole's maternal great-grandfathers was film mogul Harry Warner, a founding partner of Warner Bros., and his maternal grandfather was Milton Sperling, a Hollywood screenwriter and independent film producer. Hauser's maternal grandmother, Betty Mae Warner, a painter, sculptor, political activist and gallery owner,[4] was married to Stanley Sheinbaum, a noted political activist, economist, philanthropist, and a former Los Angeles Police Department commissioner.[5] Hauser is of Irish and German descent on his father's side and Jewish on his mother's.[6][7]
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.[8] 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 named Dark of the Moon, which earned him standing ovations for his performance. At 16 years old he decided to leave high school to try to break into acting.[9]
Career
Hauser made his film debut in School Ties (1992), which starred many young and up-and-coming actors such as Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell and Ben Affleck. A role in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused also starring Affleck came along subsequently. In 1995, Hauser played the role of the leader of the campus neo-Nazi skinheads in the John Singleton film Higher Learning. Hauser would later re-team with Affleck and Damon when they appeared together in Good Will Hunting (1997). In 2000 he played William J. Johns in Pitch Black and voiced the character in the prequel video game.
In 2002, he played a racist American prisoner-of-war in Hart's War with Bruce Willis and Colin Farrell. Then in 2003, he played a Navy SEAL in Tears of the Sun alongside Bruce Willis. He also appeared as a mob boss in 2 Fast 2 Furious. He has since had several leading roles in Hollywood films, including the Mel Gibson-produced Paparazzi and The Cave.
In 2007, he starred with Anthony Anderson in the FOX series K-Ville. The show was canceled after ten episodes. That same year, Hauser starred in The Stone Angel adapted from a novel by Margaret 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 as Like Dandelion Dust from a novel by Karen Kingsbury, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys and the CBS television pilot The Tower.
Personal life
Hauser's wife is former actress and photographer Cynthia Daniel,[10][11] who played Elizabeth Wakefield in the TV series adaptation of Francine Pascal's hit novel series Sweet Valley High alongside her twin sister Brittany Daniel. Hauser and Daniel have three children: son Ryland (2004); son Colt (2008); and daughter Steely Rose (2012).
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Dr. Glidden | |
| 1992 | 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 | AKA White 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 | |
| TBA | Panama | Becker | |
| Multi | Detective Boyd | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | A Matter of Justice | Private Ralph G. "Rocky" Jackson | NBC TV-Movie |
| 1996 | High Incident | Officer Randy Willitz | 32 episodes[12] |
| 2004 | ER | Steve Curtis | Episode: Where There's Smoke There's Fire Episode: Just a Touch Episode: Midnight Episode: Drive |
| 2006 | Damages | Jack Shale | Unsold FOX TV-Pilot |
| 2007–2008 | K-Ville | Trevor Cobb | 11 episodes |
| 2008 | The Tower | Sean Castleman | CBS TV-Pilot |
| 2009 | Washington Field | SSA Raymond Stone | CBS TV-Pilot |
| 2010 | Chase | Jimmy Godfrey | NBC - 22 episodes |
| 2014–2017 | Rogue | Ethan Kelly | Audience Network - 20 episodes |
| 2015 | The Lizzie Borden Chronicles | Charles Siringo | Lifetime TV |
| 2018–present | Yellowstone | Rip Wheeler | Paramount - 29 episodes |
Video game
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay | William J. Johns | Voice role |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best Supporting Male | Independent Spirit Award | Nominated for Tigerland |
| 2003 | Breakthrough Performance - Male | Young Hollywood Awards | Won |
References
- ^ Cass Warner Archived 2008-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Warner Sisters, Inc. - The Brothers Warner Documentary
- ^ The Brothers Warner
- ^ "Betty Sheinbaum". Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ^ Stanley Sheinbaum
- ^ Interfaith Celebrities: Interfaith NFL-ers and Cole Hauser's Impressive Pedigree
- ^ "Vince Vaughn: scripts of his TV appearances". Archived from the original on 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2007-04-19.
- ^ The Fast And Furious Cole Hauser Archived 2008-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Cole Hauser Picture Pages
- ^ THE STONE ANGEL | Movie Web Site | Cast Archived 2008-07-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Cynthiadanielphotographer.com
- ^ Epguide.com Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine
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