Cole Hauser

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Cole Hauser (2010)

Cole Kenneth Hauser (born March 22, 1975 in Santa Barbara , California ) is an American actor .

Family background

Cole Hauser's parents are Cass Warner Sperling and Wings Hauser . Warner Sperling is the daughter of Betty Mae Warner from the Warner Brothers dynasty, a painter, gallery owner and political activist and the daughter of Milton Sperling , who produced films for Warner Brothers under his father-in-law Harry M. Warner and is also so successful as a screenwriter was active that he was nominated for an Oscar . In 2003 she founded the independent production company Warner Sisters, for which it the motto of the brothers Warner To Educate, Entertain, Enlighten ... took over. She is married to Stanley Sheinbaum, the former police chief of Los Angeles , a renowned diplomat and peace activist.

Cole Hauser's father is the actor Wings Hauser, who became known to the television audience as a character actor, B-movie icon, director and series actor in the 1970s and 1980s. Wings Hauser's parents and grandparents also achieved a certain degree of popularity, especially his father, Dwight Hauser , who was awarded an Oscar for screenwriting. Today the descendants of the Warners and Hausers reside in and around Hollywood.

Cole Hauser's parents divorced in 1977 when he was two years old. According to his own statement, he didn't meet his father until he was just under 15 when he moved to live with him in Los Angeles for a year. His mother moved family residence several times within the United States and moved from Santa Barbara to Oregon , to Florida , back to Santa Barbara - with him and his three half-siblings.

Career

Cole Hauser (2008)

For fun, Hauser applied for a prestigious New England talent summer camp and got the lead role in the play Dark of the Moon . His interest in acting was sparked, while his interest in school waned. At the age of 16 he confronted his liberal parents with the decision to leave high school and seek his fortune in acting. After countless, unsuccessful auditions, he succeeded in entering the film business in the early 1990s with The Outsiders and Confusion - Summer of the Freaky . During the filming, he made friends with a number of young actors who were still unknown at the time, such as Ben Affleck , Matt Damon , Rory Cochrane , Matthew McConaughey , Parker Posey and others. a.

He appeared in the drama Skins in 1994 under the direction of his father. In the early 2000s he was able to increase his fame with roles in films such as Pitch Black - Planet of Darkness , Tears of the Sun and 2 Fast 2 Furious and took over the lead roles in the films Paparazzi and The Cave . For his performance in the war drama Tigerland , he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award in 2000 in the Best Supporting Actor category. In 2003 he received a Young Hollywood Award in the Breakthrough Performance category . In 2007 he took on the lead role in the New Orleans television series K-Ville .

Private life

Hauser is married to the actress and photographer Cynthia Daniel and has two sons.

Hauser, who comes from a family with a high degree of ethics and a willingness to be socially committed and self-effective, launched his “Project American Spirit” in early 2007. The organization endeavors to provide moral, organizational and economic support for young war invalids .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Cole Hauser  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.warnersisters.com/
  2. ↑ Cole Hauser Biography
  3. ↑ http://www.moviehabit.com/essays/hauser02.shtml
  4. ↑ http://www.cynthiadanielphotographer.com/
  5. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / projectamericanspirit.org
personal data
SURNAME Hauser, Cole
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hauser, Cole Kenneth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Barbara , California