Cast & creator
Cole Hauser
Best known for The Kelly Clarkson Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Yellowstone
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.
44
film credits
18
television credits
58
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (62)
Showing 62 of 62 credits
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Yellowstone
Rip Wheeler
2018
ER
Steve Curtis
1994
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Dutton Ranch
Rip Wheeler
2026Dutton Ranch
Executive Producer
2026
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self
1999
Good Will Hunting
Billy McBride
1997
Olympus Has Fallen
Roma
2013
Rogue
Ethan Kelly
2013
Tears of the Sun
James 'Red' Atkins
2003
High Incident
Officer Randy Willitz
1996
TFI Unplugged
Self
2026
Dazed and Confused
Benny
1993
The Break-Up
Lupus Grobowski
2006
Chase
Jimmy Godfrey
2010
A Good Day to Die Hard
Mike Collins
2013
Transcendence
Colonel Stevens
2014
Hart's War
Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford
2002
The Ritual Killer
Detective Lucas Boyd
2023
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles
Charlie Siringo
2015
School Ties
Jack Connors
1992
K-Ville
Trevor Cobb
2007
Pitch Black
William J. Johns
2000
The Cave
Jack McAllister
2005
White Oleander
Ray
2002
Tigerland
Staff Sgt. Cota
2000
Dead Man's Hand
Marshal Roy McCutchen
2023
Acts of Violence
Deklan
2018
The Hi-Lo Country
Little Boy Matson
1998
Bad Country
Executive Producer
2014
Running with the Devil
The Executioner
2019
The Hit List
Allan Campbell
2011
Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Fox
2014
Higher Learning
Scott Moss
1995
2 Fast 2 Furious
Carter Verone
2003
Paparazzi
Bo Laramie
2004
A Matter of Justice
1993
The Minute You Wake Up Dead
Jason
2022
Dirty
Lieutenant
2005
Panama
James Becker
2022Panama
Executive Producer
2022
Like Dandelion Dust
Jack Campbell
2009
Tortured
Kevin
2008
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
William Cartwright
2008
A Shot at Glory
Kelsey O'Brian
2000
Dead Drop
Dwight
2013
Assassins Run
Roman
2013
The Stone Angel
Young Bram
2007Blood Aces
Benny Binion
Blood Aces
Executive Producer
The Last Champion
John Wright
2020
Gang Boys
Bentz
1994
Good Morning, Killer
Andrew Berringer
2011
All Over Me
Mark
1997
Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up
Cal
1994
Scotch and Milk
Johnny
1998The Tower
Sean Castleman
2008
Journey to Safety: Making 'Tears of the Sun'
Self
2003
The Prom
Stacker
1992