We love a Disney legend turned heartthrob bad boy, and that is Cole Sprouse in a nutshell. Starting out playing the fan favorite on Friends, Ross’ little son Ben. Cole began making a name for himself when he struck gold on Disney with his twin brother Dylan. They landed themselves the hit television show The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
From there the Sprouse twins landed the Disney spin-off The Suite Life On Deck. Which was meant to showcase the twins teen years as the audience followed them through the trials and tribulations of high school. After finishing up on Disney, the twins decided they needed a much-deserved break from the spotlight. But Cole found his way back to television where he currently plays the bruting and genius Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper’s boyfriend on the CW’s hit show Riverdale. Let’s see how much dough this NYU grad has managed to make on his way up the fame ladder while managing to stay grounded throughout his time on the silver and small screen.
Cole Sprouse Net Worth As Of 2019: $8 Million
Early Life: 1992-2015
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Cole Mitchell Sprouse was born on August 4th, 1992 in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. He has a twin brother Dylan Sprouse who was born approximately fifteen minutes before him. Cole was named after the famous jazz singer Nat King Cole. Only four months after the twins were born the family moved to Long Beach, California in the United States. His parents Matthew Sprouse and Melanie Wright started their sons acting careers at a very young age.
Cole’s entertainment career started when he was just six months old, appearing in a diaper commercial. His first experience with acting was on an ABC series Grace Under Fire, he was eight months old at the time. Cole moved on to the silver screen in 1999, when he starred in the comedy Big Daddy alongside Adam Sandler. Sprouse played Sandler’s adopted son. Following that movie Cole joined the cast of the very famous syndicated show, NBC’s sitcom Friends. Sprouse played Ross and Carol’s son Ben Geller in seven episodes of the series.
In 2005, Cole and his brother Dylan found their new home on Disney Channel. Starring in their very own original series titled The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. The brothers basically played themselves for six years as they ran around the Tipton hotel, getting themselves into all sorts of trouble with the manager Mr. Mosby. The series continued for six years. Then upon its competition, the boys received a spin-off titled Suite Life on Deck in 2008. Cole and Dylan would assume their previous roles but as teenagers going to high school on a cruise ship.
In 2011, both Cole and Dylan after having many successes in both television and independent films decided to take a break and go to college to regain a sense of normalcy in their lives. Cole and his brother Dylan both enrolled in New York University. There Cole thought he would study film and television production since he worked in it his whole life. But ended up graduating with an Archeology and Humanities degree, in 2015.
Cody Martin to Jughead Jones: 2015 – Present
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While in college Cole discovered his passion for photography. He launched his own website Cole Sprouse Photography and worked for Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, California. Where he became an event photographer for the comic book company.
In 2016, Cole decided to dive back into his acting roots landing the role of the fan favorite from the Archie Comic series, Jughead Jones. The CW’s Riverdale was going to have a much darker sexier twist than the original comic series. After fully committing to the part by dying his hair Jughead’s signature black, Cole went to work. The fact that Sprouse already had a love for the Archie comic series was an added bonus to his character building process. Falling for his on-screen love interest Lili Reinhart who plays the lovely Betty Cooper, wasn’t too bad either. As well as becoming instant best friends with his on-screen best friend KJ Apa while they filmed the show in Vancouver, Canada.
During his downtime from filming the hit series, Cole has been cast in a romantic drama titled 5 Feet Apart, he just wrapped up filming in New Orleans. So he’ll be back just in time to shoot season three of Riverdale!
Sprouse and the rest of the Archie gang have already had two hit seasons and are about to film season three in July. I can’t wait to see where Cole’s career leads him next! Also, I’m a total Bughead shipper so the fact that he and Lili are dating in real life is just an added bonus!
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2019
Jughead fangirls can see Cole Sprouse on screen once again as Riverdale was renewed for its fourth season.