Cole Sprouse. Life after Disney

The Sprouse brothers are twins from America, who gained popularity thanks to the main roles in the famous comedy television series. The whole world knows these boys, in 2000 they were recognized as one of the richest twin children in the world of cinema.

Biography

Twins Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse were born in 1992, on the fourth of August, in one of the Italian cities - Arezzo. The eldest of the brothers is Dylan, he was born fifteen minutes earlier than Cole. Almost immediately after the birth of the children, the family moved to America, and four years later the boys' parents divorced, and the twins remained in the care of their father. The whole family lives in Los Angeles with their pets. They have three bulldogs, one of which, named Bubba, belongs to the twins. In 2010, both brothers successfully enter the University of New York, where each of them does what he likes.

Career

The career of the twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse began from a very young age. At the age of six months, they first hit the television screen, starring in an advertisement for diapers. At the age of seven, Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse first starred in a feature film, where they played one role, replacing each other. After that, they starred in many films, where they played small episodic roles. But for real worldwide success Cole and Dylan Sprouse were brought in by the American Disney television series All Tip-Top, or The Life of Zack and Cody. In addition, based on the series, a series of books about the adventures of the brothers in the hotel was created. In 2005, twins Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse launched their own clothing line, Sprouse Bros. Fashion collections are intended for teenagers, but after three years the production of products is discontinued.

"All Tip-Top, or The Life of Zack and Cody"

The famous television series "Everything is Tip-Top, or the Life of Zack and Cody" tells the story of two twin brothers who live in an expensive Tip-Top hotel, where their mother works as a singer. The life of boys is never boring, they always get into funny situations and find adventure. Cody and Zach, the Martin brothers, were played by Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse, respectively.

Cody Martin is the most intelligent and calm of the brothers, he has a sensitive nature and is one of the best students in school. Zach is the complete opposite of his brother, he does not like to study and often acts rashly, guided only by emotions.

Cole and Dylan Sprouse: movies

Most of the films with the participation of Cole and Dylan Sprouse are films in which they were filmed as children.

One of the first films for the twins was the film "Big Daddy", where they starred together with the tape won quite good feedback, and through this they landed their next role in The Astronaut's Wife, where they played the children of the Armstrong family.

After several episodic roles in films, Cole Sprouse gets lucky - a role in one of the episodes of the Friends series. He plays the role of Ross's son from ex-wife. Thanks to this role, the young actor met a large number of Hollywood stars. The following films, where both twin brothers played, are: "I saw how my mother kissed Santa Claus", "Blow, another blow."

In 2005, the project “All Tip-Top, or the Life of Zack and Cody” was released. The series was a huge success. In this regard, the directors decided to shoot a sequel, and in 2008 new series- "All Tip Top, or Life on Board," which also starred Cole and Dylan Sprouse. In addition, in 2007 a new film "The Prince and the Pauper: Modern history featuring Cole and Dylan. The film is about two teenagers who live absolutely different lives, but very similar in appearance.

Further creative career of the brothers

Today, looking at the photo of Cole and Dylan Sprouse, you no longer recognize those mischievous boys who starred in children's comedy films. They grew up, and each of them chose their own path.

Dylan Sprouse did not appear on the screens of the world so often, but in 2017 he played one of the main roles in the thriller Lesson Over, where he plays the perfect, but frightening, excellent student Lucas. Cole Sprouse also did not leave the world of cinema, but besides this, the actor began to seriously get involved in photography. He is currently collaborating with one of the major modeling agencies as a photographer. In 2017, Dylan began acting in the drama series Riverdale, where he plays the role close friend one of the main characters. Both brothers successfully graduated from the university and continue to work in show business.

Personal life

Both twin brothers are very popular with girls due to their charisma and visual appeal. The chosen one of Dylan Sprouse was a pretty brunette named Dinah Fraser. Cole Sprouse is a bigger heartthrob than his brother. During his student life, he dated film actress Bree Morgan. To date, he has a relationship with Lili Reinhart, who, like Cole, starred in the American teenage television series Riverdale.

Dylan Sprouse is an American actor whose biography is very unusual. The fact is that Dylan began acting in films with early childhood. Most often, the boy got the roles that he played together with his twin brother. Talent and spontaneity helped the boys become famous and become real favorites of the audience. And although Dylan Sprouse is still very young, it's safe to say that the actor is waiting for successful career on the screen.

Childhood and youth

Dylan Sprouse and his twin brother Cole were born on August 4, 1992 in Italian city Arezzo. Full name Actor - Dylan Thomas Sprouse. It is known that the boy was named after the popular poet Dylan Thomas. It is noteworthy that Dylan's brother also got a name with meaning: Nat King Cole, a popular jazz performer, was very liked by the father and mother of the boys.

The twins' parents are from the United States, so some time later, the Sprouse family returned to their homeland. The family settled in California, in the city of Long Beach. Unfortunately, in 1997, Dylan's parents divorced. The boys stayed with their father and his new wife.

Movies

Dylan and Cole appeared on the screens for the first time at 6 months in an advertisement for diapers. The producers noticed the twins and almost immediately offered the parents of Dylan and Cole to agree to shoot the boys in the popular television series Grace on Fire. The brothers played the same role - a boy named Patrick Kelly. The fact is that American law clearly regulates the number of hours during which minor children can work for film set.

For five years, children starred in this series about the vicissitudes of fate (actress Brett Butler), growing up with their on-screen hero. Dylan got a more serious role already in 1999. It was the film "Big Daddy", in which he played the main role. In the picture, Dylan again shared the hero with his brother Cole.

The plot of this touching comedy for children and adults is simple: the main character, Sunny Koufax, will spend some time looking after someone else's child (who was played by the Sprouse brothers). However, Sunny, although he celebrated his 30th birthday a couple of years ago, is not yet out of his teens. Whether a grown child will cope with raising a little one is a question that kept the audience at the screen until the last frame. The comedy fell in love with film fans and received positive reviews from strict critics.

After Big Daddy, young Dylan's career took a turn for the worse. Boys were only occasionally invited to bit roles in films and TV shows. However, in 2002, fate again smiled at the novice actor: Dylan got a role in the New Year's comedy "I Saw Mom Kiss Santa Claus." After the release of this picture on the screens, Dylan and Cole began to be recognized - the boys had their first fans.

A year later, Dylan Sprouse and his brother Cole again pleased the audience with their appearance on the screen. This time, the twins played separate roles: the boys appeared as little football players who dream of scoring goals and winning championships. This family comedy called "Kick, Hit Again" became a hit and brought new fans to the talented brothers.

However, the real fame came to Dylan and Cole Sprouse after the release of the Disney series "Everything is Tip-Top, or the Life of Zack and Cody." Here the boys played twin brothers who constantly get into funny situations because of their own tricks, and invariably get out of them thanks to friendship.

The fate of Zack and Cody, the heroes of the series, is not quite usual: the fact is that the boys live with their mother in an expensive and luxurious hotel. The twins' mother (actress Kim Rhodes), who works at the hotel as a singer, is constantly busy with rehearsals. Therefore, boys are often left to their own devices. The adventure comrades of the heroes are the saleswoman Maddie (actress), the daughter of the owner of the London hotel (who she played), the hotel manager Mr. Mosby (actor Phil Lewis).

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The series was so loved by both children and adults that in 2008 the directors unanimously decided to make a sequel. The new series was called "All Tip-Top, or Life on Board." Here, grown-up twins travel the world on a luxurious Tip-Top liner and, of course, continue to get stuck in history.

In addition, in 2011, immediately after the end of the series about the life of the boys on board, the studio released a feature-length picture called "Zack and Cody: All Tip-Top." This time, the famous twins, by the will of fate, are drawn into a serious scientific project: doctors are investigating the phenomenon of twins. However, as usual, Zack and Cody simply cannot live without adventure. During the project, a strange by-effect: one of the boys begins to feel the same as the other.

Personal life

An attractive young man (Dylan's height is 1.8 m) never complained about the lack of interest from the opposite sex. Currently, Dylan Sprouse's personal life is connected with a girl named Dinah Fraser.

For some time, the relationship of young people developed happily, but at the end of the summer of 2017, the beautiful brunette posted in social network Instagram photo with a tear-stained face and signed the picture: "When you find out that your boyfriend cheated on you."

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Many celebrities go through drug rehab various types addictions as children. Earning millions and basking in fame, young actors often fail to cope with the burden of responsibility that fans and parents place on them, embarking on a slippery path leading down. The story of Cole Sprouse, the star of the television series “Everything is Tip-Top, or the Life of Zack and Cody,” is absolutely not typical for Hollywood.

Childhood and youth

Cole Mitchell Sprouse was born on August 4, 1992 in Arezzo (Italy) 15 minutes later than his twin brother. The artist's parents are Americans who taught English in Tuscany. Four months after the birth of their sons, the family returned to Long Beach (California). In 1997, Cole's mother and father divorced, and the brothers stayed with their father and stepmother.

When the twins matured and their contract expired, they took a break and left show business, moving from Los Angeles to New York. There, in 2011, the brothers entered New York University.

Cole studied archeology and Dylan studied video game design. Both graduated with honors in 2015 and at the graduation ceremony, their bonnets were decorated with gold tassels, which are given only to successful graduates.

After graduating from the university, Cole was faced with a choice - work in the control laboratory natural resources in Brooklyn, or a new series, for which the young man was signed up by his agent. Sprouse chose cinema and did not regret his choice at all.

It is worth noting that the cinema is not the only outlet for the black-haired guy. During his freshman year, Cole became interested in photography. Now he is collaborating with the IMG agency, and the artist's account in "Instagram" fifty percent of his work.

Movies

Cole's career, like his brother Dylan, began thanks to his grandmother, who gave his mother the idea to attract grandchildren to show business from the cradle. So at 6 months, the brothers appeared on the television screen in an advertisement for diapers, and at 8 - in the ABC rating project Grace on Fire, in which they played the same character - Patrick Kelly.

It is worth noting that twin babies are in high demand in American cinema because of the law governing the duration of filming newborns. To reduce the cost of the shooting process, the twin who has fulfilled the daily norm is replaced by another. This is how the most famous twins of the 90s and began their careers.

At the age of 7, Cole made his film debut - it was the comedy Big Daddy, in which he alternately played the role of their peer named Julian with his brother. Represented in the picture Touching story about the friendship and growing up of an infantile 32-year-old man () and a 5-year-old boy, although it received mixed reviews from critics, it was a box office success.

Then young talents played the children of the main characters - Spencer Armacost () and his wife Gillian () in the fantastic film "The Astronaut's Wife". In 2001, Cole (already without a brother) appeared in seven episodes of the TV series Friends, in which he got the role of Ben, the five-year-old son of Ross () and his ex-wife, Carol (Jane Sibbett).

The role in this television project, which earned a Golden Globe and six Emmy awards during the show, became a key one in the career of an aspiring actor. According to Sprouse, during filming it was difficult for him to concentrate on work, because then he fell in love with Rachel Green, who played Ross's lover.

In 2003, the film "Blow, another blow" was released. According to the plot, the heroes of the brothers, football boys, strive to win the championship of the local football league. When their father, the coach of the team, leaves and his mother replaces him at this post, they find an assistant for her, auto mechanic Rudy. Later it turns out that Rudy is a famous football player.

A breakthrough for the brothers was a contract with Disney and the filming of the TV series Everything is Tip-Top, or the Life of Zack and Cody. This project brought the twins popularity. The continuation of the tape - "All Tip-Top, or Life on Board" - surpassed the ratings of "Hannah Montana" with leading role and Wizards of Waverly Place.

In 2006, the dramatic film Chicks was released. The brothers alternately played in it the role of Jeremiah, the 10-year-old son of a woman leading a dissolute lifestyle. While the parent was serving customers and not showing up for days at home, her son starved, ate leftovers from the trash can, and was even raped by the mother's client.

The audience was not left indifferent by the film The Prince and the Pauper: A Modern History, released in 2007, in which Cole got the role of Eddie Tudor, a 13-year-old actor spoiled by fame. bad temper.

In 2009, Cole and his brother appeared in the comedy The Kings of Appletown, based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and telling how their characters became unwitting witnesses to a murder. After the innocent father of their friend was accused of this crime, they decided to restore justice and find the real killer.

Personal life

The personal life of a charming artist has always been interesting to both fans and journalists. It is known that Cole's first kiss happened at the age of eight. True, the guy did not advertise the name of the lucky woman anywhere.

First serious relationship the master of disguise was with actress Brie Morgan, whom the guy met in university years. The student romance began in 2013 and ended in the summer of 2015.

According to unofficial information, now his girlfriend is a colleague in the TV series "", an actress.

Cole Sprouse now

In January 2017, the American CW channel launched a new series, Riverdale, based on the famous Archie comics, which tells not about people with supernatural abilities, but about teenagers with their dreams and problems.

The events of the film, the script of which was written by the creator of "Losers" (Glee) Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, unfold in the scenery of a provincial town, reminiscent of the reference Twin Peaks.

During summer holidays the quiet and unremarkable town of Riverdale is shaken by the news of the death of a schoolboy during a boat trip. The deceased was far from being the most pleasant person, like his twin sister Cheryl () - the school beauty queen, obsessed with the desire to avenge her brother's death.

At the same time, a new one comes to the local educational institution - Veronica Lodge (), who meets Archie Andrews () and his close friends: Betty Cooper (Lily Reinhart), Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse) and Josie Mack (). Teenagers begin their own investigation into the death of Jason, which every day reveals more and more secrets.

Soon the guys learn that the inhabitants of this small town have their own skeletons in the closet. Someone is hiding a secret affair with a teacher, someone is hiding a daughter who has gone mad with grief, others are turning illegal deals behind the backs of the authorities, and still others are covering up friends for their good.

After the series received mass positive feedback Western press, The CW in March extended the film for a second season, which premiered in October.

Despite the fact that now the artist devotes himself to filming, in November the charismatic young man, along with Alisha Boe, appeared in an advertisement for Converse brand sneakers, and in October he starred in a photo shoot for Boys By Girls magazine and became a guest of Seth Myers' Late at night".

Also rich social life and a busy work schedule does not prevent the 183 cm actor from delighting his fans. IN

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Cole Sprouse

Cole Sprouse can hardly be called a newcomer - however, many learned about him only a couple of months ago. Already at the age of seven, he appeared on the big screen in the comedy Big Daddy, where he played the son of the protagonist Adam Sandler. Someone will remember that Sprouse played Ben - the son of Ross from "Friends"; it is impossible to recognize him there, however. But the really big success came to him and his twin brother Dylan (they still have one Wikipedia page for both of them) with the release of the hit Disney series “Everything is Tip Top, or the Life of Zack and Cody”: the successors of the sisters Olsen, they made a serious fortune, becoming the richest teenagers in the world at the turn of the millennium.

Cole would have remained in the role of a child star if not for the role of Jughead Jones in the TV series "" - a film adaptation of Archie's comics, which is coming out right now. Before the CW show, he was involved in various independent projects, but none of them attracted enough attention. Finally, in January of last year, he was chosen for the role best friend the main character in the series, which was immediately dubbed "Twin Peaks" for teenagers - it turned out that yesterday's Disney signer has grown into a self-sufficient actor and even almost a heartthrob. Interestingly, his character Jughead is one of the few asexuals in teen pop culture and comics; and although in the series this characteristic did not take root, the actor portraying him still tried to figure out the issue.

Cole is a fan of Instagram, however, he does not post endless selfies and photos from the red carpet, but his own very artistic photos. He has another art project - account, in which there are pictures of people who are trying to photograph the actor discreetly. Judging by the number of interviews and Sprouse's rise in popularity, this Instagram will soon be updated at the speed of light.

Cole Mitchel Sprouse - American artist, the object of adoration of millions young viewers, star of the Disney channel and the TV series Riverdale, winner of the Teen Choice Awards-2017, twin brother of Dylan Thomas Sprouse.

He became famous for the positive Disney sitcom “Everything is Tip-Top, or the Life of Zack and Cody”, which has become the most popular TV project for teenagers and children, where he and his brother played the roles of key characters. By the end of the 2000s, they became the richest teenage twin actors in the world, earning $40,000 an episode, according to MSN.

Childhood. First roles

Cole Sprouse was born 15 minutes later than brother Dylan on August 4, 1992 in the town of Arezzo, located in Tuscany. Their parents are Americans with Scottish, Danish and German roots, who worked in Italy as school teachers. in English. The older twin was named after the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, and the younger twin was named after the American jazz pianist Nat King Cole.

Four months after the boys were born, they returned to their US home in Long Beach, California.

The career of the naturally cute little ones began thanks to maternal grandmother Janine Booth Wright, former actress and the teacher. She gave the idea to attract them literally from the cradle to the field of show business. At 6 months old, the brothers appeared on the TV screen in an advertisement for diapers, at 8 - in a rating project on the ABC channel "Grace on Fire", where they played the same character - Patrick Kelly.

It is worth noting that twin babies are in high demand in the American film industry due to the law governing the duration of newborn filming. To reduce the cost of the shooting process, the twin who has fulfilled the daily norm is replaced by another. This is how the most famous twins of the 90s Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen began their careers.

In 1997, when the boys were 5 years old, their parents divorced. The children stayed with their father.

Young actor's career

At the age of 7, Cole made his debut in a big movie - it was the comedy film Big Daddy, where he alternately played the role of their peer named Julian with his brother. Presented in the film, a touching story about the friendship and growing up of an infantile 32-year-old man (Adam Sandler) and a 5-year-old boy, although received mixed reviews from critics, was an unconditional box office success, starting with an amount of 41.5 million on the first weekend of film distribution and grossing over $230 million on a $34 million budget. In addition, the film was nominated for numerous film awards. Among them: the Children's Choice Awards, the recognition of all viewers (People's Choice Awards) and exclusively teenagers (Teen Choice Awards).

Then the young talents played the children of the main characters - Spencer Armacost (Johnny Depp) and his wife Jillian (Charlize Theron) - in the fantastic film "The Astronaut's Wife". They also appeared in small episodes of the TV series Nightmare Room, That 70s Show, Mad TV, Anatomy of Vice.

Since 2001, Cole (already without a brother) in the acclaimed TV series Friends played Ben, the five-year-old son of Ross (David Schwimmer) and his ex-wife, lesbian Carol (Jane Sibbett).

Cole Sprouse in Friends

It is believed that the role in this television project, which earned a Golden Globe and six Emmy awards during the show, has become a key one in the career of an aspiring actor. According to him, during the filming it was terribly difficult for him to concentrate, he was nervous and confused the text, because he fell in love with Jennifer Aniston, who played Ross's beloved Rachel Green. In addition to her on the set, he was lucky to work with many Hollywood stars who were part of the acting ensemble of the series, including Matthew Perry, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc.

In 2002, the guys appeared in the comedy film I Saw Mom Kissing Santa Claus. Cole embodied the image of a boy who saw how, after a quarrel with his dad, his mom kissed Santa. He knew that the Christmas grandfather comes only to good children, so that he would no longer come to their house, the boy decided to become bad.

In the same year, fans of the brothers could see their favorites in the comedy "Master of Reincarnation", where they played the main character Pistachio in their youth. They then voiced the toy soldiers from K B Toys in animated film"Eight Crazy Nights", written by Adam Sandler, their idol.

In 2003, the film "Blow, another blow" was released. According to the plot, their heroes, football boys, want to win the championship of the local football league. When their father, the coach of the team, leaves and his mother replaces him not too successfully in this post, they find an assistant for her, car mechanic Rudy. Later it turns out that in fact he is the famous football player George Patrick Owens.

With the release in 2005 of the Disney comedy project All Tip Top, or The Life of Zack and Cody, the twin brothers were a resounding success. They played tomboys living in a posh Boston hotel (his English name Tipton is an allusion to the Hilton), where their mother Carey (Kim Rhodes) works as a singer. Their characters often find themselves in various delicate situations and come up with witty ideas to avoid trouble.

The sequel had a sequel - "All Tip-Top, or Life on Board" (2008-2011), where the characters of the brothers were again at the center of events. A full-length film and a comic book series based on the TV series "All Tip-Top" was released. On the back of their success, they launched the Sprouse Bros brand, a teenage clothing line. The young actors appeared on the cover of the April 2009 People Magazine, which featured a special 60-page feature about the twins and their involvement in the project. Cole has been appointed International Ambassador for KIF, the Shin Koyamada Foundation, a Japanese-American actor.

In 2006, the drama film Chicks was shown. The brothers alternately played in it the role of Jeremiah, the 10-year-old son of a negligent mother, a prostitute and a drug addict. Because of her, he starved, ate scraps from a garbage can, was raped by one of her clients. The acting of the Sprouse brothers in this film especially impressed the audience and critics - before that they had not had to play multifaceted characters with a difficult fate.

The film The Prince and the Pauper: A Modern History, released in 2007, did not leave indifferent many viewers, where Cole got the role of Eddie Tudor, a 13-year-old actor spoiled by fame with a bad temper. He meets an orphan Tom Kenty who looks like him like two drops of water, played, of course, by Dylan. Teenagers dress up in each other's clothes, and a lot of surprises fall on them, pleasant and not very pleasant.

In 2009, Cole, along with his brother, played in the comedy The Kings of Appletown, based on Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and telling how their characters became unwitting witnesses to a murder. After the innocent father of their girlfriend was accused of this crime, they decide to restore justice and go in search of the real killer.

During the same period, Sprouse played in the youth sitcom "Wizards of Waverly Place", where the main roles went to Selena Gomez, David Henry, Jack T Austin and Maria Canals-Barrera.

Cole Sprouse tells the secrets of the series "Riverdale"

In 2010, the brothers became the face of Dannon Danimals children's yogurt and the Nintendo DS handheld game console.

Education and the way forward

In June 2010, Cole graduated high school distance learning Laurel Springs. In 2011, he entered (along with his brother) New York University (NYU), where he studied archeology and anthropology (Dylan preferred the graphic design of computer games).

In his freshman year at NYU, during hikes and expeditions, Cole took up photography. Then he began to collaborate as a photo artist with one of the main international modeling agencies IMG Models.

Cole Sprouse interview

In connection with his studies, he took a break in acting career, noting that he considers moving to New York to be an amazing event, which allowed him to understand how spoiled he was, to re-evaluate his achievements and really experience daily self-fulfillment.

In the press, the story of the brothers was called not typical for Hollywood, in good sense words. After all, often creative people in the pursuit of self-knowledge, they go through a passion for alcohol, drugs, try to express themselves through the demonstration of wild antics, indecent selfies, statements about bisexuality, etc. But all this is not about the Sprouse brothers.

In 2015, the young men received diplomas of graduation from the university, and at their presentation, supposedly for the sake of a joke, they switched places. After graduating from NYU, Cole was faced with a choice - to return to show business or work in his specialty in one of the companies in Brooklyn. He chose cinema.