Biography
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.
Filmography (12)
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
as Mike Batlan
Americana
as Lefty Ledbetter
The Naked Gun
as Ed Hocken Jr.
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Harvey Elder / Mole Man
Orion and the Dark
as Dark (voice)
Cruella
as Horace
Songbird
as Dozer
Da 5 Bloods
as Simon
Richard Jewell
as Richard Jewell
Late Night
as Mancusco
BlacKkKlansman
as Ivanhoe
I, Tonya
as Shawn