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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1986-10-15 (38 years old)

Place of Birth

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Paul Walter Hauser

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Americana as Lefty Ledbetter
The Naked Gun as Captain Ed
The Luckiest Man in America as Michael Larson
AEW Revolution: Zero Hour as Paul Walter Hauser

2024

Orion and the Dark as Dark (voice)
Inside Out 2 as Embarrassment (voice)
Eric Bischoff's One Shot as Paul Walter Hauser

2023

Old Dads as Tracy
Bupkis as Hauser

2022

The Afterparty as Travis
Black Bird as Larry Hall
Hey! (EW) as Paul Walter Hauser

2021

Silk Road as Curtis Clark Green
Cruella as Horace
Queenpins as Ken
Calls as Floyd (voice)
Wahl Street as Self (uncredited)
Calls as Floyd

2020

Da 5 Bloods as Simon
Eat Wheaties! as James Fisk
Adam as Trent
Songbird as Dozer

2019

Late Night as Mancusco
Richard Jewell as Richard Jewell
Beats as Terrence
7 Days to Vegas as Puppet Hank

2018

BlacKkKlansman as Ivanhoe
Super Troopers 2 as Lonnie Laloush
Cobra Kai as Raymond
Cobra Kai as Raymond 'Stingray' Porter

2017

I, Tonya as Shawn
The Corridor Defended as Local Yokel
A Midsummer's Nightmare as Nick Bottoms

2015

2014

Kingdom as Keith
The Night Shift as Oren Edwards

2013

iSteve as Pastey Jones

2012

Key & Peele as Person at People Park #3
Key & Peele as Overweight Guy

2011

Demoted as Bothered Salesman (uncredited)

2010

Virginia as Dale

2009

Community as Student #3

2005

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

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Production

2025

The Luckiest Man in America as Executive Producer