Paul Walter Hauser

Actor

Paul Walter Hauser

Born October 15, 1986 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA51 films

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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Richard Jewell posterFirst watchRichard Jewell20197.4as Richard JewellA leading role.Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be…View film

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Ranked by role, acclaim and reach
Cruella poster8.0Cruella2021Resident Evil poster7.3Resident Evil2026I, Tonya poster7.5I, Tonya2017Americana poster6.2Americana2025The Luckiest Man in America poster6.3The Luckiest Man in America2025The Naked Gun poster6.3The Naked Gun2025Balls Up poster5.8Balls Up2026Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere poster6.6Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere2025

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Filmography

51 films as actor
  1. TBAFruitcake
  2. TBAA Chris Farley StoryChris Farley
  3. TBAThe Very Best People
  4. TBADeep EddyPug Browder
  5. TBATommy KarateJim Hunt
  6. TBAThe Official MistressKing Louis XVI
  7. TBATurpentine
  8. 2026Resident EvilPaul
  9. 2026Maple Leaf Pro: Multiverse 2026Paul Walter Hauser
  10. 2026PROGRESS Chapter 193: PROGRESS Las Vegas IIPaul Walter Hauser
  11. 2026Balls UpElijah
  12. 2026MLW Battle Riot VIIIPaul Walter Hauser
  13. 2026Orange Crush & JCW: Superpower Slam 2026Paul Walter Hauser
  14. 2025PlaydateZach G
  15. 2025Springsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereMike Batlan
  16. 2025ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025Paul Walter Hauser
  17. 2025AmericanaLefty Ledbetter
  18. 2025The Naked GunEd Hocken Jr.
  19. 2025The Fantastic 4: First StepsHarvey Elder / Mole Man
  20. 2025The Luckiest Man in AmericaMichael
  21. 2025AEW Revolution 2025: Zero HourPaul Walter Hauser
  22. 2025MLW SuperFight 6Paul Walter Hauser
  23. 2025MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025Paul Walter Hauser
  24. 2024Eric Bischoff's One ShotPaul Walter Hauser
  25. 2024The InstigatorsBooch
  26. 2024Inside Out 2Embarrassment (voice)
  27. 2024Orion and the DarkDark (voice)
  28. 2023Old DadsTracy
  29. 2022The Magic Of PassionHoward
  30. 2022Aqua Teen Forever: PlantasmElmer (voice)
  31. 2022Delia's GoneBo
  32. 2021QueenpinsKen
  33. 2021CruellaHorace
  34. 2021Silk RoadCurtis Clark Green
  35. 2020SongbirdDozer
  36. 2020Eat Wheaties!James Fisk
  37. 2020AdamTrent
  38. 2020Da 5 BloodsSimon
  39. 2019Richard JewellRichard Jewell
  40. 20197 Days to VegasPuppet Hank
  41. 2019HeirloomRalph
  42. 2019BeatsTerrence
  43. 2019Late NightMancuso
  44. 2018BlacKkKlansmanIvanhoe
  45. 2018Super Troopers 2Lonnie Laloush
  46. 2017I, TonyaShawn
  47. 2017A Midsummer's NightmareNick Bottoms
  48. 2017The Corridor DefendedLocal Yokel
  49. 2013iStevePastey Jones
  50. 2011DemotedBothered Salesman (uncredited)
  51. 2010VirginiaDale
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