Paul Walter Hauser
October 15, 1986 (39 years old) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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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Credits
- 2025 · Playdate as Zach G
- 2025 · Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere as Mike Batlan
- 2025 · Americana as Lefty Ledbetter
- 2025 · The Naked Gun as Ed Hocken Jr.
- 2025 · The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Harvey Elder / Mole Man
- 2025 · The Luckiest Man in America as Michael
- 2024 · Inside Out 2 as Embarrassment (voice)
- 2024 · Orion and the Dark as Dark (voice)
- 2023 · Old Dads as Tracy
- 2023 · All Elite Wrestling: Collision as Paul Walter Hauser (Commentary)
- 2022 · Black Bird as Larry Hall
- 2022 · Hey! (EW) as Paul Walter Hauser
- 2022 · The Afterparty as Travis
- 2021 · Cruella as Horace
- 2021 · Calls as Floyd (voice)
- 2021 · Silk Road as Curtis Clark Green
- 2021 · Celebrity Wheel of Fortune as Self
- 2019 · 7 Days to Vegas as Puppet Hank
- 2018 · BlacKkKlansman as Ivanhoe
- 2018 · Cobra Kai as Raymond
- 2018 · Cobra Kai as Raymond 'Stingray' Porter
- 2018 · Super Troopers 2 as Lonnie Laloush
- 2017 · I, Tonya as Shawn
- 2015 · Superstore as Vince
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2015 · Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Tripp Knob
- 2014 · Kingdom as Keith
- 2014 · The Night Shift as Oren Edwards
- 2012 · Key & Peele as Overweight Guy
- 2012 · Key & Peele as Person at People Park #3
- 2009 · Community as Student #3
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Richie
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- Future · Behind the Lines as Self
- 2026 · Resident Evil as
- 2025 · The Chosen Adventures as Sheep (voice)
- 2025 · ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025 as Paul Walter Hauser
- 2025 · Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere as Self - 'Harvey Elder' / 'Mole Man'
- 2025 · Clint Eastwood : la légende as Self
- 2025 · AEW Revolution 2025: Zero Hour as Paul Walter Hauser
- 2025 · MLW SuperFight 6 as Paul Walter Hauser
- 2025 · MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025 as Paul Walter Hauser
- 2024 · Eric Bischoff's One Shot as Paul Walter Hauser
- 2024 · The Instigators as Booch
- 2023 · Bupkis as Hauser
- 2022 · The Magic Of Passion as Howard
- 2022 · Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm as Elmer (voice)
- 2022 · Delia's Gone as Bo
- 2022 · Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair as Self
- 2021 · Queenpins as Ken
- 2021 · Wahl Street as Self (uncredited)
- 2020 · Songbird as Dozer
- 2020 · Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw as Self
- 2020 · Eat Wheaties! as James Fisk
- 2020 · Adam as Trent
- 2020 · Da 5 Bloods as Simon
- 2020 · Reno 911! as Jeffy Renee Chisholm
- 2019 · Richard Jewell as Richard Jewell
- Future · Balls Up as Elijah
- 2019 · Heirloom as Ralph
- 2019 · Beats as Terrence
- 2019 · Late Night as Mancusco
- 2017 · A Midsummer's Nightmare as Nick Bottoms
- 2017 · The Corridor Defended as Local Yokel
- 2013 · iSteve as Pastey Jones
- 2011 · Demoted as Bothered Salesman (uncredited)
- 2010 · Virginia as Dale
- Future · The Very Best People as
- Future · A Chris Farley Story as Chris Farley
- Future · Fruitcake as
- Future · Deep Eddy as Pug Browder