Cole Hauser
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| Cole Hauser | |
|---|---|
| Born | Cole Kenneth Hauser March 22, 1975 Santa Barbara, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia Daniel (2006-present) |
Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American film and television actor.
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[edit] Family background
Hauser was born in Santa Barbara, California, son of Cass Warner, who founded the film production company Warner Sisters,[1] and actor Wings Hauser.[2][3] His paternal grandfather was Academy Award-winning screenwriter Dwight Hauser. Cole Hauser's maternal great-grandfather was famous film mogul Harry Warner, a founding partner of Warner Bros., and his maternal grandfather was Milton Sperling, a Hollywood screenwriter and independent film producer. Hauser's maternal grandmother, Betty Mae Warner, a painter, sculptor, political activist and gallery owner,[4] is now married to Stanley Sheinbaum, a noted political activist, economist, philanthropist, and a former Los Angeles Police Department commissioner.[5] Hauser is of Irish descent on his father's side and Jewish on his mother's.[6][7]
[edit] Early life
Hauser's parents divorced in 1977 when he was two years old.[8] According to him, at roughly fifteen, he first met his father after the relocation-induced years of separation. His father took him in for a year and taught him about auditioning.[9] Prior to that, his restless but easy-going Mom had moved Hauser and his half brother and sisters from Santa Barbara to Oregon to Florida and then back to Santa Barbara within a 12-year-span. At the time, he delved heavily and enthusiastically into sports, but he half-heartedly pursued school. A good friend tried to lure Hauser into school acting classes since his interest in studying was on the wane.[10] Just for the fun of it, the two boys applied for a renowned talent summer camp in New England. They were admitted to the short-listed circle of hopeful, elitist talents. A very clueless, insouciant and stunned Cole got the leading role of the stage play named Dark of the Moon, which earned him standing ovations for his performance. Bug-bitten, he turned all energy to this wondrous craft. His interest in school faded more. He was about 16 years old when he faced his liberal but wary parents with a strong determination to leave behind high school to try to break into acting.[11] His parents gave him six months to make it.
[edit] Career
After endless, unsuccessful auditions he finally got his break and was invited to fill out the first credited role for the movie School Ties (1992) which starred many young and up-and-coming actors such as Ben Affleck. A role in Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused came along subsequently. On the respective sets, he met plenty of fresh-faced actors and actresses, largely unknown to the public at the time. Hauser would later re-team with Affleck when they appeared together in Good Will Hunting (1997).
In 2002, he played a racist American prisoner-of-war in Hart's War with Bruce Willis and Collin Farrell. Then in 2003, he played a Navy SEAL in Tears of the Sun alongside Bruce Willis. He also appeared as a mob boss in 2 Fast 2 Furious. He has since had several leading roles in Hollywood films, including Mel Gibson's Paparazzi and The Cave.
In 2007 he starred with Anthony Anderson in the FOX series K-Ville. The show was canceled after ten episodes. That same year, Hauser starred in The Stone Angel adapted from a novel by Margaret Laurence. The film played in various festival circles and had a limited release in Canadian theaters in May 2008. During that same year, Cole filmed other indie productions such as Like Dandelion Dust from a novel by Karen Kingsbury, Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys and the CBS television pilot The Tower.
[edit] Personal life
Hauser's wife is former actress and photographer Cynthia Daniel,[12][13] who played Elizabeth Wakefield in the TV series adaptation of Francine Pascal's hit novel series, Sweet Valley High. Hauser and Daniel have two sons; Ryland Hauser, born in September 2004 and Colt Daniel Hauser born June 12, 2008.
In 1999, Hauser was in the company of Matthew McConaughey the night McConaughey was arrested for playing the bongos in the nude and pot possession.[14]
[edit] Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1992 | School Ties | Jack Connors | |
| 1993 | Dazed and Confused | Benny O'Donnell | |
| 1994 | Skins | Bentz | |
| 1995 | Higher Learning | Scott Moss | |
| 1996 | Frame-Up II: The Cover-Up | Dr. Glidden | |
| 1997 | All Over Me | Mark | |
| Good Will Hunting | Billy McBride | ||
| 1998 | Scotch and Milk | Johnny | |
| The Hi-Lo Country | Little Boy Matson | ||
| 2000 | Pitch Black | William J. Johns | |
| A Shot at Glory | Kelsey O'Brian | ||
| Tigerland | Staff Sgt. Cota | ||
| 2002 | Hart's War | Staff Sgt. Vic W. Bedford | |
| White Oleander | Ray Pruitt | ||
| 2003 | Tears of the Sun | James "Red" Atkins | |
| 2 Fast 2 Furious | Carter Verone | ||
| 2004 | Paparazzi | Bo Laramie | |
| 2005 | The Cave | Jack McAllister | |
| Dirty | Lieutenant | ||
| 2006 | The Break-Up | Lupus Grobowski | |
| 2007 | The Stone Angel | Young Bram | |
| 2008 | Tortured | Kevin Cole | |
| The Family That Preys | William Cartwright | ||
| 2009 | Like Dandelion Dust | Jack Campbell | awaiting release |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | A Matter of Justice | Rocky Jackson | NBC TV-Movie |
| 1996 | High Incident | Officer Randy Willitz | 32 episodes[15] |
| 2004 | ER | Steve Curtis | Episode: Where There's Smoke There's Fire Episode: Just a Touch Episode: Midnight Episode: Drive |
| 2006 | Damages | Jack Shale | Unsold FOX TV-Pilot |
| 2007-2008 | K-Ville | Trevor Cobb | 11 episodes |
| 2008 | The Tower | Sean Castleman | CBS TV-Pilot |
| 2009 | Washington Field | SSA Raymond Stone | post-production CBS TV-Pilot |
[edit] Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Independent Spirit Award | Nominated | Best Supporting Male | Tigerland |
| 2003 | Young Hollywood Awards | Won | Breakthrough Performance - Male |
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[edit] References
- ^ Cass Warner
- ^ Warner Sisters, Inc. - The Brothers Warner Documentary
- ^ The Brothers Warner
- ^ Betty Sheinbaum
- ^ Stanley Sheinbaum
- ^ Interfaith Celebrities: Interfaith NFL-ers and Cole Hauser's Impressive Pedigree
- ^ Vince Vaughn: scripts of his TV appearances
- ^ Cole Hauser Biography
- ^ The Fast And Furious Cole Hauser
- ^ Movie Habit: Interview with Cole Hauser
- ^ The Cole Hauser Picture Pages
- ^ THE STONE ANGEL | Movie Web Site | Cast
- ^ http://www.cynthiadanielphotographer.com/
- ^ 2 Fast 2 Furious 2 Scene Stealers
- ^ epguide
[edit] External links
- Cole Hauser at the Internet Movie Database
- Cole Hauser at Allmovie
- Cole Hauser at TV.com
