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Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for film roles in 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.
On television, he starred as Officer Randy Willitz on the police crime drama series High Incident, Ethan Kelly on the police drama Rogue and Rip Wheeler on the Paramount Network western drama series Yellowstone.
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. The Fast And Furious Cole Hauser 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. The Cole Hauser Picture Pages
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.
He later played CIA Agent Mike Collins in A Good Day to Die Hard, Secret Service Special Agent Roma in Olympus Has Fallen, and Colonel Stevens in Transcendence.
He starred as Ethan Kelly on the police drama series Rogue and Rip Wheeler on the Paramount Network Western drama series Yellowstone.
| 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 | aka White Swan | |
| 2014 | Transcendence | Colonel Stevens | |
| 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 |
| 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 () |
| 2006 | Damages | Jack Shale | Unsold television 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 |
| 2001 | Independent Spirit Award | Best Supporting Male | Tigerland | ||
| 2003 | Young Hollywood Awards | Breakthrough Performance – Male | Himself | ||
| 2024 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Yellowstone |
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