The Enforcer

Cole Hauser, who plays the tough-as-nails cowboy Rip on the hit show “Yellowstone,” has been around horses since he was a little boy

BY DAVID SAVONA

Cole Hauser looks like he can kick your ass. And kicking ass is the specialty of his most famous character, Rip Wheeler from the hit series “Yellowstone.” He’s the show’s man in black, his dark cowboy hat often coated in trail dust, shades hiding his intense eyes, black beard covering a mouth that seldom smiles. The absolute opposite of a pretty boy, he’s never chatty—and when he does talk it’s often with a bit of menace in his voice. He’s not the kind of guy to take a back seat to anything. “Yellowstone” is a modern-day Western and the most popular scripted series on television. It debuted in 2018 on Paramount, an unlikely network to spawn a hit, but quickly garnered an audience that now enjoys a viewership just shy…

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