Paul Walter Hauser

Acting · Born 1986-10-15 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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

• Inside Out 2 as Embarrassment (voice)
• The Fantastic 4: First Steps as Harvey Elder / Mole Man
• I, Tonya as Shawn
• BlacKkKlansman as Ivanhoe
• Richard Jewell as Richard Jewell
• Cruella as Horace
• The Instigators as Booch
• Americana as Lefty Ledbetter
• Orion and the Dark as Dark (voice)
• Old Dads as Tracy

TV

• It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Richie
• Community as Student #3
• Black Bird as Larry Hall
• Key & Peele as Person at People Park #3
• Key & Peele as Overweight Guy
• Cobra Kai as Raymond
• Cobra Kai as Raymond 'Stingray' Porter
• Superstore as Vince
• Calls as Floyd (voice)
• Kingdom as Keith