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

• 2026Balls Up — Elijah
• 2026MLW Battle Riot VIII — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2026Maple Leaf Pro: Multiverse 2026 — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2026Orange Crush & JCW: Superpower Slam 2026 — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2026PROGRESS Chapter 193: PROGRESS Las Vegas II — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2026Resident Evil — Paul
• 2025AEW Revolution 2025: Zero Hour — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2025Americana — Lefty Ledbetter
• 2025MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025 — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2025MLW SuperFight 6 — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2025Playdate — Zach G
• 2025ROH Death Before Dishonor 2025 — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2025Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere — Mike Batlan
• The Chosen Adventures — Sheep (voice)
• 2025The Fantastic 4: First Steps — Harvey Elder / Mole Man
• 2025The Luckiest Man in America — Michael, Executive Producer
• 2025The Naked Gun — Ed Hocken Jr.
• 2024Eric Bischoff's One Shot — Paul Walter Hauser
• 2024Inside Out 2 — Embarrassment (voice)
• 2024Orion and the Dark — Dark (voice)
• 2024The Instigators — Booch
• All Elite Wrestling: Collision — Paul Walter Hauser
• Bupkis — Hauser
• 2023Old Dads — Tracy
• 2022Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasm — Elmer (voice)
• Black Bird — Larry Hall
• 2022Delia's Gone — Bo
• Hey! (EW) — Paul Walter Hauser
• The Afterparty — Travis
• 2022The Magic Of Passion — Howard
• Calls — Floyd (voice)
• 2021Cruella — Horace
• 2021Queenpins — Ken
• 2021Silk Road — Curtis Clark Green
• 2020Adam — Trent
• 2020Da 5 Bloods — Simon
• 2020Eat Wheaties! — James Fisk
• Reno 911! — Jeffy Renee Chisholm
• 2020Songbird — Dozer
• 20197 Days to Vegas — Puppet Hank
• 2019Beats — Terrence
• 2019Heirloom — Ralph, Director, Writer, Producer
• 2019Late Night — Mancuso
• 2019Richard Jewell — Richard Jewell
• 2018BlacKkKlansman — Ivanhoe
• Cobra Kai — Raymond, Raymond 'Stingray' Porter
• 2018Super Troopers 2 — Lonnie Laloush
• 2017A Midsummer's Nightmare — Nick Bottoms
• 2017I, Tonya — Shawn
• 2017The Corridor Defended — Local Yokel
• Superstore — Vince
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt — Tripp Knob
• Kingdom — Keith
• The Night Shift — Oren Edwards
• Betas — Dashawn
• 2013iSteve — Pastey Jones
• Key & Peele — Person at People Park #3, Overweight Guy
• 2011Demoted — Bothered Salesman (uncredited)
• 2010Virginia — Dale
• Community — Student #3
• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — Richie
• A Chris Farley Story — Chris Farley
• Deep Eddy — Pug Browder
• Fruitcake
• The Official Mistress — King Louis XVI
• The Very Best People — Executive Producer
• Tommy Karate — Jim Hunt
• Turpentine

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2026Jackass: Best and Last — Self
• The Pete Davidson Show — Self - Guest
• 2025Clint Eastwood : la légende — Self
• 2025Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere — Self - 'Harvey Elder' / 'Mole Man'
• 2024Behind the Lines — Self
• 2022Starrcast V: The Roast of Ric Flair — Self
• Celebrity Wheel of Fortune — Self - Contestant
• 2020Clint Eastwood: Hollywood Outlaw — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self, Self - Guest
• CMT Music Awards — Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee