Cole Mitchell Sprouse is a cinema and tv actor from the US.
He became famous acting, along with his twin brother Dylan, in the well known Disney tv
series Zack & Codie.
The Sprouse brothers were born on August 4th 1992 in Italy.
Their parents, Matthew and Melanie were working as English teachers at a language school in
Tuscany.
It was in Arezzo, a town in the Northwest.
Cole is the little brother, since he was born 15min after Dylan, and they chose his name
in honor to the singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole.
Four months later, they moved back to their parents home town, Long Beach, in California.
There, their grandma Jonine, theater teacher and actress, saw the potential her grandchildren
had, and decided to introduce them to the world of acting.
Cole shared almost all of his first roles with his brother, for practical reasons.
Child labor laws are very strict in California, and the amount of hours a kid can film are
very limited.
Production companies usually contract twins for just one role, so that they have more
time to film.
When they were only 8 months old, they debuted in an ad for a diapers brand, but they soon
took the leap to fiction with the sitcom Grace Under Fire, where they played the role of
the little son of the protagonist for 5 years.
After the sitcom, they went on to the big screen, with nothing less than Adam Sandler.
With him, they starred in the comedy film Big Daddy in 1999.
It was in 2000 that Cole would have his first role on his own, playing Ben, Ross Geller’s
son, in the renowned sitcom Friends.
For the following years, the Sprouse twins had jobs on TV, in the comedy That 70s Show,
and on the big screen, in movies such as “The Master of Disguise”, and Eight Crazy Night,
both in 2002.
Cole and his brother Dylan were chosen as protagonists of the series The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody.
In it, they played 2 brothers who lived in a luxury hotel.
This sitcom was a total success.
Even tho it only lasted for 3 seasons, it was nominated to several Emmy and Nickelodeon
Kids’s Choice Awards, and it turned the twins into a media phenomenon.
It was the most watched tv series by kids in 2008 and 2009.
In 2008, a sequel of the series came out, The Suite Life on Deck, also starred by them.
During another 3 seasons, all the action was moved to a luxury cruise that travelled around
the planet.
In 2010, the Sprouses became the best paid children actors in Disney, and the richest
teenage twins in the world.
It was precisely then, in the top of their career, that Dylan and Cole decided to stop
their work.
In 2011 they left TV and cinema, and they enrolled in NYU, the University of New York.
They chose different paths.
Cole, even tho he was at first interested in Audiovisual Production, finally decided
to study Archaeology.
He graduated with his brother in May 2015, and put what he had learned into practise
working for some time in archaeology excavations and laboratories.
But once he finished his studies, the TV world didnt take long to contact him again, and
the CW channel offered him the role of Jughead Jones in the series Riverdale.
This project mixed the teenage characters of the classic american comic Archie, with
a plot of mystery and murder.
The series became a new success, and they are soon releasing the 3rd season.
Gracias a su papel en Riverdale, Cole ha ganado hasta seis premios Teen Choice Awards en los
últimos años.
Aunque anteriormente ya había estado nominado a otros como los MTV Movie Awards, los Young
Artist Awards o los Kids’ Choice Awards.
Thanks to his role in Riverdale, Cole has won up to 6 Teen Choice Awards in these last
years.
However, he had already been nominated in the past to other awards such as the MTV Movie
Awards, the Young Artist Awards or the Kid’s Choice Awards.
Apart from his proffesional life, his other passion is photography.
During his studies at University, Cole learned how to properly use the camera, and soon after
he opened his own webpage to share his works.
With time, he has become a fashion photographer, and has had his work published in very famous
magazines such as Teen Vogue, The Sunday Times Style or W Magazine.
He has also used his fame to get involved in several charity causes.
For example, he is an international ambassador of the Koyamada Foundation, which tries to
empower youth in Japan, and help them maintain close links with their fellows in the States.
He is also a big fan of comics, he even worked at a store in Los Angeles, city where he lives
nowadays.
His favorite actor, also a good friend, is obviously Adam Sandler.
He has confessed that his first love at first sight hapened with Jennifer Aniston, when
they were working together in Friends.
It got to the point where it was difficult for him to act in front of her and remember
his lines!
Cole Sprouse is full of talent!