Biography
Paul Walter Hauser is an American actor and professional wrestler. Born on 15 October 1986 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he was raised in Saginaw and attended Concordia University Chicago before pursuing acting.
Hauser’s breakout role came as the title character in Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell (2019). He is also known for playing Shawn Eckhardt in I, Tonya (2017), Ivanhoe in BlacKkKlansman (2018), Stingray in the series Cobra Kai (2018–), Larry Hall in the miniseries Black Bird (2022), for which he won a Golden Globe and a Primetime Emmy, and the voice of Embarrassment in Inside Out 2 (2024).
In 2025 he appeared as Mike Batlan in Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Ed Hocken Jr. in The Naked Gun and Harvey Elder / Mole Man in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Hauser is signed to Major League Wrestling.
