Cole Hauser
Actor
Biography
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
2 Fast 2 Furious
as Carter Verone 2003
Olympus Has Fallen
as Roma 2013
A Good Day to Die Hard
as Mike Collins 2013
Transcendence
as Colonel Stevens 2014
Pitch Black
as William J. Johns 2000
The Break-Up
as Lupus Grobowski 2006
Tears of the Sun
as James 'Red' Atkins 2003
Dazed and Confused
as Benny 1993
Hart's War
as Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford 2002
The Cave
as Jack McAllister 2005
Tigerland
as Staff Sgt. Cota 2000
Acts of Violence
as Deklan 2018
School Ties
as Jack Connors 1992
White Oleander
as Ray 2002
The Ritual Killer
as Detective Lucas Boyd 2023
Running with the Devil
as The Executioner 2019