Yellowstone heartthrob Cole Hauser comes from one of the most illustrious families in Hollywood… but can you guess the name?

Hollywood heartthrob Cole Hauser won the hearts of fans across America with his charismatic turn as the rugged Rip Wheeler on Yellowstone.

But many of his admirers probably won’t know that Cole’s real-life roots go back to one of Hollywood’s most illustrious families.

In a showbiz climate full of discussions about ‘fake babies’, Cole himself has not proclaimed himself an entertainment legacy.

On his father’s side alone, he can claim descent from a screenwriter who wrote an Oscar-winning film for Disney.

However, it is on his mother’s side that Cole has roots in one of Hollywood’s founding fathers, with a surname known around the world.

Which family is it then?

But many of his admirers probably won’t know that Cole’s real-life roots go back to one of Hollywood’s most illustrious families.

One of Cole’s great-grandfathers on his mother’s side is none other than Harry Warner, one of the Warner Brothers who founded the studio of the same name.

Harry, a Polish Jew born in the late 19th century in what was then the Russian Empire, arrived in Baltimore as a child with his family.

He and his younger brothers Albert, Sam and Jack Warner eventually headed west and in 1923 launched the movie house that bears their names to this day.

Harry’s daughter Betty married a working screenwriter and producer named Milton Sperling and welcomed a daughter named Cass Warner – who became Cole’s mother.

As Harry’s son-in-law, Milton returned to Warner Bros, where he had worked as a personal secretary years earlier in the early days of his career.

During his career as a writer and producer at Warner Bros, Milton worked with entertainment heavyweights such as Metropolis director Fritz Lang.

He earned an Oscar nomination for helping write the screenplay for Otto Preminger’s 1955 film The Court-Martial Of Billy Mitchell.

Meanwhile, Cole Hauser’s grandfather was Dwight Hauser, a screenwriter who worked on the Oscar-winning 1958 Disney documentary short Ama Girls about female pearl floaters off the Japanese coast.

One of Cole’s great-grandfathers on his mother’s side is none other than Harry Warner, one of the Warner Brothers who founded the studio of the same name

(from left) Harry and his younger brothers Jack, Sam and Albert Warner eventually headed west and in 1923 launched the movie house that bears their name to this day

Cole’s maternal grandfather, Milton Sterling, earned an Oscar nomination for helping write the screenplay for Otto Preminger’s 1955 film, The Court-Martial Of Billy Mitchell (pictured)

Cole’s father is actor Wings Hauser, whose work includes a supporting turn in Norman Mailer’s 1987 film Tough Guys Don’t Dance, portraying Ryan O’Neal and Isabella Rossellini.

Dwight’s son – Cole’s father – is the actor Wings Hauser, whose work includes a critically acclaimed supporting role in Norman Mailer’s 1987 film Tough Guys Don’t Dance.

About a year ago, a furor broke out on social media over “fake babies” who were allegedly given showbiz careers because of family connections.

Critics pointed to a huge glut of rising starlets with famous parents, from Johnny Depp’s daughter Lily-Rose Depp to Andie MacDowell’s daughter Margaret Qualley.

Maude Apatow, whose father is Judd Apatow, and Maya Hawke, whose parents are Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, have also risen to fame in recent years.

Madonna’s daughter Lourdes Leon, Heidi Klum’s daughter Leni Klum and Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough are among others.

Online chatter surrounding “fake babies” reached a fever pitch in December 2022 after New York magazine published a viral cover story on the phenomenon.

Dakota Johnson, whose parents are Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith and whose grandmother is the Hitchcock blonde Tippi Hedren, was one of the faces on the cover.

Jamie Lee Curtis, the daughter of Psycho actress Janet Leigh and Some Like It Hot dreamboat Tony Curtis, then waded into the debate. Calling herself the “OG Nepo Baby,” she complained, “The current conversation about nepo babies is only meant to belittle, denigrate, and hurt.”