What is Cole Sprouse's Net Worth and Salary?
Cole Sprouse is an American actor who has a net worth of $8 million. Cole Sprouse has appeared in several projects with his twin brother, Dylan, sometimes portraying the same character due to California child labor laws. The two shared the role of Julian McGrath in the Adam Sandler film "Big Daddy" (1999) and Patrick Kelly on ABC's "Grace Under Fire" (1993–1998), and they co-starred on the Disney Channel's "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" (2005–2008) and "The Suite Life on Deck" (2008–2011). In addition to their acting work, the Sprouse brothers launched a clothing line, magazine, and book series.
Between 2000 and 2002 Cole Sprouse had a recurring role as Ben Geller, the son of David Schwimmer's charachter, on the NBC sitcom "Friends." This was the first project Cole starred in without his brother Dylan.
In 2017 Cole began playing Jughead Jones on The CW's "Riverdale," which features the characters of Archie Comics. He has 35+ acting credits to his name, including the 2019 film "Five Feet Apart," which grossed $91.5 million against a $7 million budget, and he served as a producer on "The Suite Life Movie" (2011) and the narrative podcast "Borrasca" (2020).
Suite Life Salary
At the peak of their success, Dyland and Cole both earned $20,000 per episode of "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody." That salary made the Sprouse brothers the highest-paid Disney actors at the time. Based on their episode production schedule, the boys both averaged $600,000 per season of the series. They likely each earned around $3 million in total from various Suite Life endeavors between 2006 and 2008.
Early Life and Education
Cole Sprouse was born Cole Mitchell Sprouse on August 4, 1992, in Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy. His parents, Melanie and Matthew, are from Long Beach, California, but were teaching English in Italy when Cole and Dylan Sprouse were born. Cole is 15 minutes younger than Dylan, and he was named after Nat King Cole. When the twins were 4 months old, the family moved to Long Beach. Melanie's mother, actress/drama teacher Jonine Booth Wright, suggested that Cole and Dylan get into the entertainment business, and they appeared in their first commercial (for M.D. Twin toilet paper) at just 8 months old. After Sprouse's parents divorced in 1997, he and Dylan lived with their father. Cole attended Laurel Springs School, graduating in 2010, then enrolled at New York University. He earned an archaeology degree from NYU's Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 2015.
Career
When Cole and Dylan were 8 months old, they landed a main role on "Grace Under Fire" and went on to appear in more than 70 episodes of the series. The twins also shared roles in the films "Diary of a Sex Addict" (2001), "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" (2001), "The Master of Disguise" (2002), and "The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things" (2004). They played the same role in 1999's "Big Daddy" as well, and they worked with Adam Sandler again in 2002's "Eight Crazy Nights," voicing a KB Toys soldier. The Sprouse brothers played separate roles in "The Astronaut's Wife" (1999), "Just for Kicks" (2003), "A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper" (2007), "The Kings of Appletown" (2009), "Kung Fu Magoo" (2010), and "That '70s Show" (2001). In 2005, Cole began playing Cody to Dylan's Zack on "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," and the show aired 87 episodes over three seasons. The brothers reprised their roles on "The Suite Life on Deck" in 2008, in episodes of other Disney Channel series, such as "That's So Raven" (2006), "Wizards of Waverly Place" (2009), and "Hannah Montana" (2009), and in the 2011 television film "The Suite Life Movie."
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In 2000, Cole landed the role of Ben Geller, son of David Schwimmer's Ross Geller, on the hit sitcom "Friends," appearing in seven episodes of the series. "Friends" was the first project he appeared in without Dylan.
In 2017, Sprouse began starring on "Riverdale," which is described as "a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life." Cole's Jughead Jones is the narrator of the series and a fan-favorite. In 2019, he played a cystic fibrosis patient in the romantic drama "Five Feet Apart," which earned him a People's Choice Award and a Teen Choice Award nomination. In 2020, Sprouse played Sam Walker on the horror podcast "Borrasca" and was cast as the frontman of a wedding cover band in the comedy "Undercover" alongside Zachary Levi. In April 2021, Cole signed a producing deal with Lionsgate and was cast in the HBO Max film "Moonshot," a "romantic comedy with a sci-fi twist."
Personal Life
Cole was in a relationship with his "Riverdale" co-star Lili Reinhart from 2017 to 2020. He is a comic book fan and once worked at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles; when he was cast on "Riverdale," he told the staff at Meltdown the news before anyone else. Sprouse is a talented photographer, and his photos have appeared in publications such as "Teen Vogue," "W Magazine," and "The Sunday Times Style." He often shares his photos on Instagram, and he has a separate account, "camera_duels," on which he posts photos of people who attempted to secretly take pictures of him. As a college student, Cole took part in archaeological digs in Asia and Europe, and during a dig in Bulgaria, he discovered a mask of the Greek god Dionysus. In May 2020, he was arrested while participating in a Los Angeles protest for racial justice after George Floyd's murder. He later shared on social media:
"I was detained when standing in solidarity, as were many of the final vanguard within Santa Monica. We were given the option to leave, and were informed that if we did not retreat, we would be arrested. When many did turn to leave, we found another line of police officers blocking our route, at which point, they started zip tying us."
Awards and Nominations
Sprouse has been nominated for nine Teen Choice Awards, winning eight awards for "Riverdale": Choice TV Actor: Drama in 2017, 2018, and 2019, Choice Male Hottie in 2018, Choice TV Ship (shared with Lili Reinhart) in 2017, 2018, and 2019, and Choice: Liplock (shared with Reinhart) in 2018. He has earned five People's Choice Award nominations, taking home the prize for Favorite Male TV Star for "Riverdale" in 2019 and 2020 and Favorite Drama Movie Star for "Five Feet Apart" in 2019. Cole has also received nominations from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films ("Riverdale"), Blockbuster Entertainment Awards ("Big Daddy"), Burbank International Children's Film Festival ("The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"), Kids' Choice Awards ("The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" and "The Suite Life on Deck"), MTV Movie Awards ("Big Daddy"), Young Artist Awards ("Big Daddy" and "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody"), and YoungStar Awards ("Big Daddy").
Real Estate
In December 2021, Cole Sprouse paid $2.9 million for a home in the Hollywood Hills. Interestingly, that same month, twin brother Dylan also bought a house, paying a bit under $2 million for a home in the same neighborhood.
