Dylan Sprouse

American actor

For details about Dylan Sprouse's career and activities shared with his brother, see Dylan and Cole Sprouse.

Dylan Sprouse
Sprouse in 2020
Born	Dylan Thomas Sprouse (1992-08-04) August 4, 1992 (age 28) Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
Nationality	American
Alma mater	New York University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–2012 2017–present
Known for	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Relatives	Cole Sprouse (twin brother)

Dylan Thomas Sprouse^[1] (born August 4, 1992)^[1] is an American actor and entrepreneur. He is the twin brother of Cole Sprouse and is known for his role as Zack Martin on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck.

Early life

Sprouse was born in Arezzo, Italy, to Matthew Sprouse and Melanie Wright.^[2][3] Dylan was born 15 minutes before his younger twin brother Cole Sprouse.^[4] Four months after their birth, the family moved back to their parents' native Long Beach, California.^[2]

Career

Sprouse started his career in 1993 on television, alongside his twin brother Cole Sprouse, sharing the role of Patrick Kelly in Grace Under Fire until 1998. For the next several years, he continued to appear in several films and television series with his brother. Sprouse co-starred alongside his brother in the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody from 2005 to 2008.

In 2017, he was cast in the lead role of Lucas Ward for the thriller film Dismissed.^[5] In the same year, he appeared in a short film, Carte Blanche, and was cast in comedy film Banana Split as Nick.^[6][7] The following year he joined a short film Daddy as Paul and the Chinese film Turandot as the character Calaf.^[8]

In 2020, Sprouse starred as Trevor in After We Collided, the sequel to the 2019 film After.^[9]

In May 2020, it was announced that Heavy Metal and DiGa Studios would be releasing the first issue of Sprouse's comic book Sun Eater.^[10]

Education and entrepreneurship

Following the end of The Suite Life on Deck in 2011, Sprouse attended New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study and obtained a four-year degree in video game design.^[11] He has identified as a Heathen since age 15.^[12] In 2018, Sprouse opened All-Wise Meadery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,^[13][14] the name of which is a reference to his Heathen religion.^[15]

Filmography

With the exception of Piggy Banks and Snow Buddies, all appearances prior to 2017 were either roles shared with Cole Sprouse—that is, in which the two portrayed one single character—or projects on which they both worked but portrayed separate characters.

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1999	The Astronaut's Wife	Twin		[16]
1999	Big Daddy	Julian McGrath		[16]
2001	Diary of a Sex Addict	Sammy Jr.	Direct-to-video film	[17]
2001	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	Justin Carver		[18]
2002	Eight Crazy Nights	KB Toys soldier	Voice	[16]
2002	The Master of Disguise	Young Pistachio Disguisey		[16]
2003	Apple Jack	Jack Pyne	Short film	[19]
2003	Just for Kicks	Dylan Martin	Direct-to-video film	[20]
2004	The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things	Older Jeremiah		[21]
2005	Born Killers	Young John	Also known as Piggy Banks	[22]
2006	Holidaze: The Christmas That Almost Didn't Happen	Kid	Voice; direct-to-video film	[23]
2007	A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper	Tom Canty		[24]
2008	Snow Buddies	Shasta	Voice; direct-to-video film	[16]
2009	The Kings of Appletown	Will		[25]
2010	Kung-Fu Magoo	Justin Magoo	Direct-to-video film	[26]
2017	Dismissed	Lucas Ward	Direct-to-video film	[27][5]
2017	That High and Lonesome Sound		Short film
2018	Banana Split	Nick		[28]
2019	Carte Blanche	Gideon Blake	Short film	[7]
2019	Daddy	Paul	Short film	[29][30]
2020	After We Collided	Trevor
2020	Turandot	Calaf	Post-production	[8]
2020	Tyger Tyger	Luke	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993–1998	Grace Under Fire	Patrick Kelly	Main role	[16]
1998	Mad TV	Kid	2 episodes	[31]
2001	The Nightmare Room	Buddy	Episode: "Scareful What You Wish For"	[32]
2001	That '70s Show	Bobby	Episode: "Eric's Depression"	[33]
2005–2008	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Zack Martin	Lead role	[16]
2006	The Emperor's New School	Zam	Voice; episode: "Oops, All Doodles/Chipmunky Business"	[34]
2006	That's So Raven	Zack Martin	Episode: "Checkin' Out"	[35]
2008	According to Jim	Himself	Episode: "I Drink Your Milkshake"	[36]
2008–2011	The Suite Life on Deck	Zack Martin	Lead role	[37]
2009	Wizards of Waverly Place	Zack Martin	Episode: "Cast-Away (To Another Show)"	[38]
2009	Hannah Montana	Zack Martin	Episode: "Super(stitious) Girl"	[38]
2010	I'm in the Band	Zack Martin	Episode: "Weasels on Deck"	[39]
2011	The Suite Life Movie	Zack Martin	Television film	[16]
2012	So Random!	Himself	Episode: "Cole and Dylan Sprouse"	[40]
2021	The Sex Lives of College Girls	Nico	Main Role

Music videos

Year	Title	Artist(s)	Role	Ref.
2018	"Consequences"	Camila Cabello	Love Interest	[41]
2019	"Think About You"	Kygo featuring Valerie Broussard	Jax	[42]

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	Total War: Warhammer II	Alith Anar		[43]
2020	Kingdom Hearts III	Yozora		[44]

Other

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2018	The Super Slow Show	Himself	Web series; episode: "Hollywood Stunt Falls in Slow Motion"	[45]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
1999	YoungStar Awards	Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film[citation needed]	Big Daddy	Nominated
2000	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	Favorite Supporting Actor – Comedy	Big Daddy	Nominated[46]
	MTV Movie Awards	Best On-Screen Duo	Big Daddy	Nominated[47]
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a Feature Film – Young Actor Age Ten or Under	Big Daddy	Nominated[48]
2006	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actor	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Nominated[49]
2007	Popstar Magazine's Poptastic Awards	"Favorite Television Actor"	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Nominated[50]
	Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Leading Young Actor	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Nominated[51]
2008	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actor	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Nominated[52]
	Popstar Magazine's Poptastic Awards	Favorite Television Actor	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Nominated[53]
2009	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actor	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Won[54][55]
	Popstar Magazine's Poptastic Awards	Favorite Television Actor	The Suite Life on Deck	Nominated[56]
2010	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actor	The Suite Life on Deck	Won[57][58]
2011	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Television Actor	The Suite Life on Deck	Won[59][60]

Discography

• "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" [Disneymania 4]^[61] (2005)
• "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" [Princess Disneymania]^[62] (2008)

References

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7. Madani, Doha (August 1, 2017). "Dylan Sprouse Is Acting Again For The First Time In 6 Years". Entertainment. HuffPost. Retrieved October 21, 2017. There aren't many details out about the indie film just yet, but it looks like Sprouse will be playing a character named Gideon Blake.
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10. Grebey, James (May 19, 2020). "Sun Eater is an intense, dark, and personal new comic from Dylan Sprouse and Heavy Metal". SyFy Wire.
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32. "Guest starring: Dylan and Cole Sprouse as Buddy" (August 1, 2001). "Scareful What You Wish For". The Nightmare Room. Season 1. Episode 2. 19:46 minutes in.
33. "Eric's Depression". That '70s Show. Season 4. Episode 2. September 26, 2001. Fox.
34. "Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse" (June 24, 2010). "Chipmunky Business". The Emperor's New School. Season 1. Episode 13. 21:06 minutes in. Disney Channel.
35. Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse (actors) (2007). That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana (DVD). Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Event occurs at 02:34 (in the That's So Raven episode). ISBN 0-7888-7608-2. Archived from the original on October 14, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
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61. Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse (singers in the Disney Channel Circle of Stars) (2006). "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes". Disneymania 4 (CD). Walt Disney Records. Event occurs at Track 1. Archived from the original on March 29, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
62. Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse (singers in the Disney Channel Circle of Stars) (2008). "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes". Princess Disneymania (CD). Walt Disney Records. Event occurs at Track 14. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

External links

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