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Cole Hauser Profile |
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Birth Date: March 22, 1975
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Birth Place: Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Birth Name: Cole Kenneth Hauser
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Height: 6'1"
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Biography |
Cole Kenneth Hauser is an American film and television
actor.
Hauser was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of
Cass Warner, who founded the film production company Warner
Sisters, and actor Wings Hauser. 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. His maternal
grandmother, Betty Mae Warner, a painter, sculptor,
political activist and gallery owner, is now married to
Stanley Sheinbaum, a noted political activist, economist,
philanthropist, and a former Los Angeles Police Department
commissioner. Cole Hauser is of Irish descent on his
father's side and Jewish on his mother's.
Cole's parents divorced in 1977 when he was two years old.
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. Prior to that, his restless but easy-going Mom
had moved Cole 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, young Cole delved
heavily and enthusiastically into sports, but he
half-heartedly pursued school. A good friend tried to lure
Cole into school acting classes since his interest in
studying was on the wane. 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. His parents gave him 6
months to make it.
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 2003, he played a Navy SEAL in Tears of the Sun alongside
Bruce Willis and a 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 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.
Hauser's wife is former actress and photographer Cynthia
Daniel, 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.
Cole founded Project American Spirit, an organization, which
strives for giving strong moral, logistical and financial
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Other Information |
Cole Hauser grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He became
friends with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon during shooting of
School Ties (1992).
Son of actor Wings Hauser
He is the grandson of a former police commissioner.
The son of Cass Warner, founder of Warner Sisters.
He's got three siblings: an older sister called Tao, a
younger sister called Vanessa and a younger brother called
Jesse.
Has a half sister called Bright Hauser
Cole's great-grandfather is Harry M. Warner, founder of
Warner Bros. Studios.
Grandson of writer Dwight Hauser.
Nephew of actor Erich Hauser.
Engaged to Cynthia Daniel
Dropped out of high school.
Father, with Cynthia Daniel, of a boy, Ryland (born
September, 2004).
Stepson of Cali Lili Hauser.
Cole attended the Samantha Smith World Peace Camp for Teens
(Poland Spring, ME) in the late 80s.
He and Cynthia Daniel welcomed their second child, a boy
named Colt Daniel, on June 12, 2008. |
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since September 13, 2008