Paul Walter Hauser
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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
Cruella
as Horace
BlacKkKlansman
as Ivanhoe
Inside Out 2
as Embarrassment (voice)
I, Tonya
as Shawn
The Fantastic 4: First Steps
as Harvey Elder / Mole Man
Richard Jewell
as Richard Jewell
The Naked Gun
as Ed Hocken Jr.
Da 5 Bloods
as Simon
Late Night
as Mancusco
Songbird
as Dozer
Orion and the Dark
as Dark (voice)
The Instigators
as Booch
Playdate
as Zach G
Super Troopers 2
as Lonnie Laloush
Queenpins
as Ken
Old Dads
as Tracy
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
as Mike Batlan
Beats
as Terrence
Silk Road
as Curtis Clark Green
Balls Up
as Elijah