Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American film and television actor. He's best known for his movie roles as Col. Stevens in Transcendence, Roma in Olympus Has Fallen, Mike Collins in A Good Day to Die Hard, William Cartwright in Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys, Lupus Grobowski in The Break-up, Carter Verone in 2 Fast 2 Furious, James 'Red' Atkins in Tears of the Sun, Staff Sgt. Vic Bedford in Hart's War, William Johns in Pitch Black, Billy McBride in Good Will Hunting, Benny O'Donnell in Dazed and Confused, and Jack Connors in School Ties. His best known TV roles are as Rip Wheeler on Paramount TV's western drama Yellowstone, Charlie Siringo on Lifetime TV's The Lizzie Borden Chronicles, Ethan Kelly on Audience Network's drama Rogue, US Marshall Jimmy Godfrey on NBC's drama Chase, and Officer Randy Willitz on ABC's police drama High Incident. His paternal grandfather was Dwight Hauser, a screenwriter, actor and film producer. His maternal grandfather was Milton Sperling, a screenwriter and film producer for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. His great-grandfather was Harry Warner, who was a studio executive, one of the founders of Warner Bros.(with his 3 younger brothers), and a major contributor to the development of the film industry.

Filmography

• Dutton Ranch — Rip Wheeler, Executive Producer
• 2023Dead Man's Hand — Marshal Roy McCutchen
• 2023The Ritual Killer — Detective Lucas Boyd
• 2022Panama — James Becker, Executive Producer
• 2022The Minute You Wake Up Dead — Jason
• 2020The Last Champion — John Wright
• 2019Running with the Devil — The Executioner
• 2018Acts of Violence — Deklan
• Yellowstone — Rip Wheeler
• The Lizzie Borden Chronicles — Charlie Siringo
• 2014Bad Country — Executive Producer
• 2014Jarhead 2: Field of Fire — Fox
• 2014Transcendence — Colonel Stevens
• 2013A Good Day to Die Hard — Mike Collins
• 2013Assassins Run — Roman
• 2013Dead Drop — Dwight
• 2013Olympus Has Fallen — Roma
• Rogue — Ethan Kelly
• 2011Good Morning, Killer — Andrew Berringer
• 2011The Hit List — Allan Campbell
• Chase — Jimmy Godfrey
• 2009Like Dandelion Dust — Jack Campbell
• 2008The Tower — Sean Castleman
• 2008Tortured — Kevin
• 2008Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys — William Cartwright
• K-Ville — Trevor Cobb
• 2007The Stone Angel — Young Bram
• 2006The Break-Up — Lupus Grobowski
• 2005Dirty — Lieutenant
• 2005The Cave — Jack McAllister
• 2004Paparazzi — Bo Laramie
• 20032 Fast 2 Furious — Carter Verone
• 2003Tears of the Sun — James 'Red' Atkins
• 2002Hart's War — Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford
• 2002White Oleander — Ray
• 2000A Shot at Glory — Kelsey O'Brian
• 2000Pitch Black — William J. Johns
• 2000Tigerland — Staff Sgt. Cota
• 1998Scotch and Milk — Johnny
• 1998The Hi-Lo Country — Little Boy Matson
• 1997All Over Me — Mark
• 1997Good Will Hunting — Billy McBride
• High Incident — Officer Randy Willitz
• 1995Higher Learning — Scott Moss
• ER — Steve Curtis
• 1994Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up — Cal
• 1994Gang Boys — Bentz
• A Matter of Justice
• 1993Dazed and Confused — Benny
• 1992School Ties — Jack Connors
• 1992The Prom — Stacker
• Blood Aces — Benny Binion, Executive Producer

Appearances as themselves (7)

• TFI Unplugged — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• 2003Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun' — Self
• Good Day Live — Self
• The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter