Cobra Kai Season 4 marked the return of Stingray, one of the Cobra Kai dojo's most committed -- and comedically out-of-place -- karate students. After Cobra Kai Season 2's climactic high school brawl, Stingray finds himself as a pawn of Terry Silver in the returning villain's rise to power until the older karate student exposed Silver for his lies and allowed him to be sent to prison at the end of Season 5. Portrayed by Paul Walter Hauser, the Stingray actor brings much of the award-winning bravado that has propelled much of his career to the role, with Season 5 of Cobra Kai taking Stingray to new dramatic heights.

Here are other must-see performances from Hauser that audiences should check out following Cobra Kai's chart-topping success, showcasing the Stingray actor's range with some truly incredible acting roles that are well worth a viewing to underscore how Hauser is one of the best actors in the game today.

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Paul Walter Hauser Takes a Dark Turn in BlacKkKlansman

Paul Walter Hauser in BlacKkKlansman

One of Hauser's earliest major feature film roles was in Spike Lee's Academy Award-winning 2018 film BlacKkKlansman, appearing as the dimwitted white supremacist Ivanhoe. The movie follows police detective Ron Stallworth as he infiltrates a Colorado Springs chapter of the Ku Klux Klan and exposes their plot for a planned terrorist attack. Hauser's performance at Ivanhoe shows a darker, more sinister turn than many of his other performances.

Hauser later reunited with Lee in the filmmaker's 2020 Netflix original film Da 5 Bloods, with Hauser portraying Simon, a man working for a volunteer organization removing landmines from Vietnam only to find himself drawn into a heist by Vietnam War veterans seeking a hidden cache of gold.

Late Night Shows Off Hauser's Comedic Side

Paul Walter Hauser and Mindy Kaling looking at a TV in Late Night

Hauser proves he can hold his own with rapid-fire, dialogue-driven comedy in the 2019 film Late Night, portraying a late-night talk show writer named Eugene Mancuso. Sharing scenes with acting heavyweights Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson, Hauser provides a more sardonic edge than many of his other roles as he trades witty observations while deconstructing the late-night television scene.

While Late Night itself isn't among Kaling and Thompson's best work, it does show a different side to Hauser's comedic stylings rather than the neo-slapstick that he brings to the majority of his other comical roles. Hopefully, future projects will take advantage of this versatility because, as good as Hauser can be committing hyperactive pratfalls, he definitely holds his own with verbal comedy as well.

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Richard Jewell Highlights Hauser's Acting Range

Paul Walter Hauser as Richard Jewell

Hauser's biggest starring role was in the 2019 biographical drama Richard Jewell, directed by Clint Eastwood. Following the eponymous security guard that discovered the bomb planted at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Jewell quickly is perceived from a national hero to a prime suspect by the media as his life crumbles around him.

Richard Jewell features a tour-de-force performance from Hauser, with the actor delivering a performance of raw vulnerability that takes a public stand on the injustice that he is forced to endure. Hauser more than proves he is ready for center stage with his role, culminating in Hauser delivering an impassioned speech as he begins to take his life back.

Hauser Holds His Own in Reno 911!

Paul Walter Hauser with the cast of Reno 911

While Hauser previously portrayed a comedically inept police officer in 2018's Super Troopers 2, he one-ups himself in the seventh season of Reno 911! (which recently premiered an eighth season) as Officer Jeffy Renee Chisholm. The latest officer in the Reno Police Department, Jeffy fits right in seamlessly with the usual high jinks his partners on the force normally engage in.

Hauser's performance as Jeffy shows not only what sort of madcap energy he can bring with hilarious effectiveness but also how well he holds his own with an established cast of longtime improv comedians. Reno 911!'s cast referred to Hauser as "a stone-cold genius" and complimented his willingness to try different levels of ridiculousness along with his brilliant, comedic sensibilities.

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Hauser Gives a High-Profile Performance in Cruella

Paul Walter Hauser as Horace in Disney's Cruella

One of Hauser's most high-profile roles was in Cruella as the iconic Disney villain's loyal henchman, Horace. Often paired with his fellow lackey Jasper, Hauser's Horace could have been a one-note goon, but he elevates the character's potential with his performance.

While Horace is the butt of many a joke in Cruella, Hauser brings a manic sense of exuberance and unwavering sense of earnestness to the proceedings that helps sell the role no matter how outlandish the story becomes. Hauser's Horace is just an unbridled delight whenever he appears on-screen all while sporting a campy Cockney accent that helps underscore how much Hauser brings to what could've been a more limited role.