Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser
Paul Walter Hauser
	Hauser in 2019
Born	October 15, 1986; Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, comedian
Years active	2005-present
Spouse(s)	Amy Elizabeth Boland Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser (born October 15, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. He played supporting roles in the films I, Tonya, BlacKkKlansman, and Da 5 Bloods, and in 2019 had his breakout performance as the title character in the film Richard Jewell, leading the National Board of Review to award him for best Breakthrough Performance. He portrayed Stingray in Season 2 of Cobra Kai. In 2020 he starred in Songbird, a film based on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Life and career

Hauser was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and raised in Saginaw, the son of Deborah and The Rev. Paul Hauser, a Lutheran minister.[1][2] He attended Valley Lutheran High School, a private parochial school in Saginaw.[2]

Hauser portrayed Shawn Eckhardt in the 2017 film I, Tonya, Dale in the 2010 film Virginia, and Keith in the television series Kingdom. He had the recurring role of Deshawn in the Amazon web series Betas, and in 2018 appeared as Lonnie Laloush in Super Troopers 2 and as Ivanhoe in BlacKkKlansman.[3][4] He has also appeared as a guest star on the television series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Too Late with Adam Carolla, The Night Shift, Superstore, Key & Peele, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Community, Blunt Talk. Cobra Kai.In 2019, he starred in Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell, portraying the title role, Richard Jewell, the real life security guard who spotted the bomb at the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.[5]

Hauser married Amy Elizabeth Boland of Thomasville, Georgia, on July 23, 2020, in Los Angeles. He is a fan of professional wrestling.[6]

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Virginia	Dale
2011	Demoted	Bothered Salesman	Uncredited
2013	iSteve	Pastey Jones
2017	Locked Away	DJ #1
	I, Tonya	Shawn Eckhardt
	Kiss Me When I’m Down	Robert	Short film
2018	Super Troopers 2	Lonnie Laloush
2018	BlacKkKlansman	Ivanhoe
2019	Late Night	Eugene Mancuso
	Beats	Terrence
	Richard Jewell	Richard Jewell
2020	Adam	Trent
	Da 5 Bloods	Simon
	Eat Wheaties!	James Fisk
	Songbird	Michael Dozer
2021	Silk Road	Curtis Clark Green	Completed
2021	Cruella	Horace Badun	Post-production
TBA	Delia's Gone	Bo	Post-production
TBA	Queenpins	Ken Miller	Post-production

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Too Late with Adam Carolla	Various Characters (voice)	2 episodes
2010	Community	Student #3	Episode: "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples"
	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Richie	Episode: "Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth"
	Lee Mathers	Keanu	Pilot
2013	Key & Peele	Various roles	2 episodes
2013–2014	Betas	Dashawn	4 episodes
2014–2017	Kingdom	Keith	27 episodes
2015	The Night Shift	Oren Edwards	Episode: "Ghosts"
2015	Blunt Talk		Episode: "Who Kisses So Early in the Morning?"
2017	Superstore	Vince	Episode: "Rebranding"
2017	A Midsummer's Nightmare	Nick Bottoms	Television movie
2018–2019	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Tripp Knob	2 episodes
2018	No Apologies	Daniel Cohen	Pilot
2019	Cobra Kai	Raymond "Stingray"	8 episodes
2020	Reno 911!	Jeffy Renee Chisholm	6 episodes

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work	Result
2019	CinEuphoria Awards	Best Ensemble - International Competition	BlacKkKlansman	Nominated
2019	Detroit Film Critics Society	Breakthrough Performance	Richard Jewell	Nominated
			Late Night
			Beats
2019	National Board of Review	Breakthrough Performance	Richard Jewell	Won
2020	Hollywood Critics Association	Game Changer Award		Won
2020	Hollywood Critics Association	Best Breakthrough Performance (Actor)		Nominated

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