Paul Walter Hauser
Birthdate: Oct 15, 1986
Birthplace: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Paul Walter Hauser is a highly acclaimed actor who has particularly shone in his portrayal of actual characters, first appearing on the big screen in a supporting role in director/writer Dustin Lance Black’s indie drama, Virginia (2010), starring Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris, Emma Roberts, Carrie Preston and Toby Jones, produced by Killer Films and released by Entertainment One after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival.
Hauser made a strong return to the big screen after a seven-year absence with his first real-life portrayal as Tonya Harding’s bodyguard in the Oscar-winning Craig Gillespie-directed biopic, I, Tonya (2017), starring Margot Robbie (who also produced), Allison Janney (who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar), Sebastian Stan, Julianne Nicholson and Bobby Cannavale, launching at the Toronto Film Festival and grossing $54 million for distributor Neon.
Hauser went from a small role in director/star Jay Chandrasekhar and the Broken Lizard comedy team’s long-delated sequel, Super Troopers 2 (2018), earning $32 million for Fox Searchlight Pictures, to working with filmmaker Spike Lee (twice, consecutively) on the successful, Oscar-winning, $93.4-grossing Civil Rights drama-comedy, BlacKkKlansman (2018), starring John David Washington and Adam Driver and winning the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar (Lee’s first Oscar win); and then Lee’s $45 million-budgeted Vietnam drama, Da 5 Bloods (2020), co-starring Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isaiah Whitlock Jr., Jean Reno and Chadwick Boseman, and released by Netflix.
Hauser played a late-night TV show writer in the comedy-drama, Late Night (2019), with Emma Thompson, Mindy Kaling, Amy Ryan, Hugh Dacy, John Lithgow, and Denis O’Hare under Nisha Ganatra’s direction, and making money for Amazon Studios with a return of $22.4 million globally.
Paul Walter Hauser received the best reviews of his career to that point in the title role (as the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics bomber) of director/producer Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell (2019), written by Billy Ray, co-starring Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates (Oscar-nominated for Best Supporting Actress), Jon Hamm and Olivia Wilde, and with Hauser winning the National Board of Review’s Best Breakthrough Performance award.
Hauser co-starred with Tony Hale and Elisha Cuthbert in director/writer/producer Scott Abramovitch’s Canadian comedy, Eat Wheaties! (2020), and then Hauser’s next big-screen appearance was as a thief in Disney’s 101 Dalmations (1961) live-adaption, Cruella (2021), starring Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, and Mark Strong under Craig Gillespie’s direction, grossing a mild $233.5 million global gross on a $100 million budget.
Hauser played opposite Marisa Tomei in director/writer/producer Robert Budreau’s Canadian/American crime drama, Delia’s Gone (2022), with Stephen James, Travis Fimmel and Genelle Williams and released by Vertical Entertainment, and then Hauser co-starred with Sydney Sweeney and Halsey in director/writer Tony Tost’s acclaimed crime movie, Americana (2025), with Eric Dane, Zahn McClarnon and Simon Rex, and released by Lionsgate to rave reviews after a South by Southwest premiere.
Hauser was one of the new voice actors (as Embarrassment) joining the existing cast of Disney/Pixar’s long-awaited sequel, Inside Out 2 (2024), starring Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Kensington Tallman, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Ayo Edebiri, Adele Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, June Squibb, Paula Poundstone, Bobby Moynihan, John Ratzenberger and Flea, and grossing a knockout global take of $1.7 billion.
Paul Walter Hauser was for the first time the star and an executive producer for the biopic of game show cheater Michael Larson, The Luckiest Man in America (2024), directed and co-written by Samir Oliveros (with Maggie Briggs), co-starring Walton Goggins, Shamier Anderson, Brian Geraghty, Maisie Williams, Johnny Knoxville and David Strathairn, and released by IFC Films after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. Hauser then co-starred opposite a comedic Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson in the reboot/remake, The Naked Gun (2025), with Kevin Durand, Danny Huston, CCH Pounder, and Busta Rhymes, and released wide by Paramount Pictures.
Hauser took on the role of Harvey Elder/Mole Man, the ruler of a subterranean society in Marvel/Disney’s second reboot in the series, The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner and Natasha Lyonne under Matt Shakman’s direction, and released wide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
Hauser shifted styles dramatically for director/writer/producer Scott Cooper’s dramatization of the making Bruce Springsteen’s 1982 Nebraska album, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025), starring Jeremy Allen White (as The Boss), Jeremy Strong, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffman, Marc Maron, David Krumholtz and Johnny Cannizzaro and released by 20th Century Studios.
Paul Walter Hauser co-starred with Mark Wahlberg in director Peter Farrelly’s World Cup-themed comedy, Balls Up (date to be announced), with Molly Shannon, Eva De Dominici, Benjamin Bratt, Daniela Melchior, and Eric Andre, and released by Amazon and MGM Studios. Hauser once again took on the double roles of co-star and executive producer for director/co-writer Brian Swibel’s comedy thriller, The Very Best People (date to be announced), based on John Lavelle’s novel, and co-starring Jaimie Alexander, Tim Roth, Jai Courtney, Chloe Fineman, and Cathy Moriarty.
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Personal life
Paul Walter Hauser was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in Saginaw, Michigan, by his parents, Deborah and Paul Hauser (Lutheran minister). Hauser has a brother, also a Lutheran minister, as was Hauser’s grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather. Hauser attended Valley Lutheran High School in Saginaw and then studied at Concordia University Chicago before dropping out to start his acting career. Hauser has been married to Amy Boland since 2020; the couple has two children. Hauser’s height is 5’ 9”. ’s estimated net worth is $4 million.
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- 2025 |
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
asMike Batlan
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Bruce Springsteen's journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes' book.
- 2025 |
- 2025 |
The Naked Gun
asEd Hocken Jr.
Only one man has the particular set of skills - to lead Police Squad and save the world.
- 2025 |
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
asMole Man
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer.
- 2025 |
The Luckiest Man in America
asMichael Larson
May 1984. An unemployed ice cream truck driver steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret: the key to endless money. But his winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives uncover his real motivations.
- 2024 | Orion and the Darkas Dark
- 2024 | The Instigators
- 2023 | Americanaas Lefty Ledbetter
- 2022 | Aqua Teen Forever: Plantasmas Elmer
- 2022 |
Delia’s Gone
asBo
A convicted man embarks on a journey of violence and redemption to find out the truth about his sister's death.
- 2021 |
- 2021 |
- 2020 | Adamas Trent
- 2020 | Da 5 Bloodsas Simon
- 2020 | Eat Wheaties!as James Fisk
- 2020 | Songbirdas Dozer
- 2019 | 7 Days to Vegasas Puppet Hank
- 2019 |
Richard Jewell
asRichard Jewell
Security guard Richard Jewell is an instant hero after foiling a bomb attack at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but his life becomes a nightmare when the FBI leaks to the media that he is a suspect in the case.
- 2019 |
- 2017 |
- 2013 | iSteveas Pastey Jones
- 2010 | Virginiaas Dale
Facts About Paul Walter Hauser
Rapper: Paul Walter Hauser launched a career as a rap artist in 2022 as Signet Ringer, releasing his first EP, Murder for Higher, that year.
Wrestler: Hauser is one of the few successful working actors to join the pro wrestling circuit during his acting career, appearing first in November 2023 and then signing with Major League Wrestling in June 2024.
Filmmaker: Paul Walter Hauser was director/writer/producer of two short films, Kiss Me When I’m Down (2017) and Messy (2018), and director/writer of a subsequent short, Heirloom (2019).
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