Cole Sprouse
Birthdate: Aug 4, 1992
Birthplace: Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
Cole Sprouse (birthname: Cole Mitchell Sprouse) grew up in a highly successful child acting career with his identical twin brother-actor, Dylan, and is best known as Cody Martin in 158 episodes of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005-2008) and The Suite Life on Deck (2008-2011), and across 136 episodes of Riverdale (2017-2023), but became his own man as an adult actor.
Cole, with Dylan, launched his feature career—capped with the poster image of one of the Sprouse twins peeing in public alongside star Adam Sandler—in Big Daddy (1999), and continued in twins' performances in The Astronaut’s Wife (1999) and The Master of Disguise (2002). Sprouse and brother Dylan then reunited with Sandler, playing KB Toy soldiers in
Eight Crazy Nights (2002), co-written and produced by star Sandler. The first serious feature film credit for Sprouse was, again alongside brother Dylan (for the first time playing the older and not younger versions of characters), in Asia Argento’s twisted drama, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004), based on JT LeRoy’s novel, with Marilyn Manson, Peter Fonda, Ornella Muti, Jeremy Renner, and Winona Ryder, and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Cole Sprouse earned his first starring role with Dylan in Sony Pictures’ kid-oriented Mark Twain adaptation, A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper (2007), with Kay Panabaker, Vincent Spano, and Sally Kellerman.
Sprouse’s first adult starring role was in director-producer Justin Baldoni’s Five Feet Apart (2019), with Haley Lu Richardson and Claire Forlani, produced by CBS Films and released by Lionsgate to an outstanding $92.6 million box office. Director-writer-producer Tommy Dorfman cast Sprouse in a co-starring role in the indie drama, I Wish You All the Best (2023), co-starring Alexandra Daddario and Corey Fogelmanis, which premiered at the South by Southwest film festival.
Cole Sprouse’s first movie character in Big Daddy was nicknamed “Frankenstein,” and 25 years later, Sprouse co-starred as Dr. Frankenstein’s Creature in the Zelda Williams-directed and Diablo Cody-written horror-comedy, Lisa Frankenstein (2024), starring Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest, and Carla Gugino, and which was released by Focus Features (U.S.) and Universal Pictures (ex-U.S.). Sprouse co-starred with Zachary Levi in the music-themed comedy, Undercover (date to be announced), directed by Steve Pink and produced by Disney-based Mandeville Films.
Personal Details
Cole Sprouse was born in the Italian Tuscan city of Arezzo and was raised in Long Beach, California, by parents Melanie Wright and Matthew Sprouse. Sprouse has an identical twin brother, actor Dylan Sprouse, who both started acting at eight months old. Sprouse was largely home-schooled during his childhood and teen years as a young actor but also attended and graduated from Laurel Springs School in 2010.
Sprouse then enrolled at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study, with an emphasis on humanities and archaeology, from which he graduated in 2015. Following his graduation, Sprouse worked for a period in the archaeology field, including working on digs and in labs in Europe and Asia, specializing in geographical information systems and satellite imaging. From 2018 to 2020, Sprouse was in a relationship with Lili Reinhart, his co-star on the TV series, Riverdale. Sprouse’s height is 5’ 11¾ ”. Sprouse’s estimated net worth is $8 million.
Filmography
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- 2024 | I Wish You All the BestasThomas
I Wish You All the Best
It follows a teen who after being kicked out of the house by their parents, embarks upon a journey of self-discovery that teaches them about love, friendship, and family.
- 2024 | Lisa FrankensteinasThe Creature
Lisa Frankenstein
A coming of RAGE love story about a teenager and her crush, who happens to be a corpse. After a set of horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a journey to find love, happiness - and a few missing body parts.
- 2019 | Five Feet ApartasWill
Five Feet Apart
A pair of teenagers with cystic fibrosis meet in a hospital and fall in love, though their disease means they must avoid close physical contact.
Some Facts About Cole Sprouse
Hobbies: Cole Sprouse has been an avid snowboarder since he was four years old, and is an enthusiastic fashion and travel photographer (contributing to L’Uomo Vogue, The Sunday Times Style, W Magazine, and Teen Vogue) as well as being a fan of comic books (including working at the Los Angeles comics store, Meltdown).
Journaling: Sprouse writes entries in a daily journal, encouraging brother Dylan to start his own.
On Acting and Life: Cole Sprouse has commented, “Acting requires a great amount of empathy for real, lived human experiences. I hadn’t lived any real human experiences outside of home school and being on a sound stage, and there was no other option. I couldn’t continue to live in a bubble and hope to be an empathetic actor.”
Archaeologist: Sprouse uncovered a mask of Dionysus during an archaeological dig he was working on in Bulgaria.
