Cole Hauser

About

Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975) is an American actor. He is known for film roles in Higher Learning, School Ties, Dazed and Confused, Good Will Hunting, Pitch Black, Tigerland, Hart’s War, Tears of the Sun, The Family that Preys, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Cave, The Break-Up, A Good Day to Die Hard, Olympus Has Fallen, and Transcendence. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in Tigerland.
On television, he starred as Officer Randy Willitz on the police crime drama series High Incident, Ethan Kelly on the police drama Rogue, and as Rip Wheeler on the Paramount Network western drama series Yellowstone (2018-2024) and the Paramount+ series Dutton Ranch.

Cole Hauser is the son of Cass Warner, who founded the film production company Warner Sisters, and actor Wings Hauser. His paternal grandfather was screenwriter Dwight Hauser. One of Cole’s maternal great-grandfathers was 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…