Cole Hauser

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Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American film and television actor.

Contents [show] Family background[edit] Hauser was born in Santa Barbara, California, 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. Cole Hauser's maternal great-grandfather was famous 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] is now 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]

Early life[edit] Hauser's parents divorced in 1977, when he was two years old.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10]

Career[edit]

Hauser in 2008 Hauser made his film debut, 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[edit] Hauser's wife is former actress and photographer Cynthia Daniel,[11][12] 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 two sons; Ryland Hauser, born in September 2004, and Colt Daniel Hauser born June 12, 2008. Their daughter Steely Rose was born in 2013.

Filmography[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1992 School Ties Jack Connors 1993 Dazed and Confused Benny O'Donnell 1994 Skins Bentz 1995 Higher Learning Scott Moss 1996 Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up Dr. Glidden 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 Sgt. Cota 2002 Hart's War Staff Sgt. 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 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 Assassins Run (AKA White Swan) Roman A Good Day to Die Hard Mike Collins Olympus Has Fallen Roma 2014 Transcendence Colonel Stevens Jarhead 2: Field of Fire Special Operations Senior Chief Fox Television[edit] Year Title Role Notes 1993 A Matter of Justice Rocky Jackson NBC TV-Movie 1996 High Incident Officer Randy Willitz 32 episodes[13] 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 2015 The Lizzie Borden Chronicles Charles Siringo Lifetime TV Awards and nominations[edit] Year Recipient Award Result 2001 Best Supporting Male Independent Spirit Award Nominated for Tigerland 2003 Breakthrough Performance - Male Young Hollywood Awards Won