Cole Sprouse

Cole Mitchell Sprouse was born in Arezzo, Italy, to American parents, Matthew Sprouse and Melanie Wright.^[2][3][4] He was born 15 minutes after his twin brother Dylan Sprouse^[5] and was named after jazz singer and pianist Nat King Cole.^[6][7] When the twins were four months old, the family moved back to their parents' native Long Beach, California.^[2]

In college, Sprouse majored in Geographic Information Systems in archaeology. He was inspired by his grandfather, a geologist, and also by his interest in earth science.^[8]

Sprouse is a fan of comics and worked at the Los Angeles comic store Meltdown.^[27]

Sprouse has opened up about the dysfunctional relationship he and his brother have with their mother, claiming that the justice system had to intervene in their adolescence and give their father full custody due to her lacking the mental stability to be a parent.^[28] He has said that the entertainment industry appealed to his mother's drug addiction and narcissistic behavior, and "in very many ways encourages the worst qualities of you as a person ... It's one of those things that encouraged a kind of selfishness directly opposed to the very fundamental idea of motherhood."^[29][30]

Sprouse began attending New York University in 2011, after deferring one year.^[31] Initially interested in studying film and television production, he decided to enroll instead in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, pursuing the humanities and in particular archaeology.^[32] He graduated alongside his brother in May 2015.^[33] Sprouse worked briefly in the field of archaeology, participating in excavations and performing lab work. He specialized in geographical information systems and satellite imaging.^[34][35] During his studies he performed summer digs in both Europe and Asia. While engaged in his undergraduate work, he unearthed a mask of Dionysus on a dig in Bulgaria.^[36]

Sprouse has an avid interest in photography. In 2011, he launched a personal photography website and took classes at NYU.^[37][32] He has shot assignments for major fashion publications including Teen Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue, The Sunday Times Style, and W Magazine, among others.^{[38][39][40][41]}

Sprouse was in a relationship with his Riverdale co-star Lili Reinhart from 2018 to March 2020.^[42][43]

On May 31, 2020, Sprouse was arrested after he joined the protests in Los Angeles for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd.^[44]

Among his several accolades, Sprouse is a 13-time nominee and eight-time winner of the Teen Choice Award. As a child actor, he received three Young Artist Award nominations for his roles in Big Daddy and The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

• "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", Disneymania 4,^[88] 2005
• "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes", Princess Disneymania,^[89] 2008