
Paul Walter Hauser
Actor
Born: October 15, 1986 (39 years old)
Place of birth: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Biography
Paul Walter Hauser (born October 15, 1986) is an American actor and wrestler. He is best known for portraying Stingray in the Netflix series Cobra Kai and providing the voice of Embarrassment in Pixar's Inside Out 2 (2024). He played supporting roles in the films Super Troopers 2 (2018), Beats (2019), Adam (2020), Cruella (2021) and Old Dads (2023). In 2019, Hauser had his breakout performance as the title character in Clint Eastwood's drama film Richard Jewell. Hauser starred as murderer Larry Hall in the 2022 miniseries Black Bird, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. As an occasional professional wrestler, Hauser is signed to Major League Wrestling.
Filmography (47)
- Inside Out 2 (2024, ★ 7.5)
- I, Tonya (2017, ★ 7.5)
- BlacKkKlansman (2018, ★ 7.5)
- Cruella (2021, ★ 8)
- Superstore (2015, ★ 7.6)
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005, ★ 8.3)
- Community (2009, ★ 8)
- The Night Shift (2014, ★ 7.5)
- Key & Peele (2012, ★ 7.7)
- Reno 911! (2020, ★ 8.4)
- Richard Jewell (2019, ★ 7.4)
- Black Bird (2022, ★ 8.1)
- Cobra Kai (2018, ★ 8.2)
- All Elite Wrestling: Collision (2023, ★ 7.7)
- The Instigators (2024, ★ 6.1)
- Americana (2025, ★ 6.3)
- Orion and the Dark (2024, ★ 6.5)
- Old Dads (2023, ★ 6.2)
- Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm (2022, ★ 6.3)
- The Naked Gun (2025, ★ 6.4)
- The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025, ★ 7)
- The Luckiest Man in America (2025, ★ 6.3)
- Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025, ★ 6.7)
- Late Night (2019, ★ 6.4)
- Da 5 Bloods (2020, ★ 6.4)
- Beats (2019, ★ 6.6)
- Silk Road (2021, ★ 6.3)
- Adam (2020, ★ 6.4)
- Songbird (2020, ★ 6.2)
- Queenpins (2021, ★ 6.5)