ENTERTAINMENT
COLE & DYLAN SPROUSE, 27
ACTOR-BREWERS
Cole and Dylan Sprouse were earning acting checks before they could walk. At 8 months old, the identical twins scored jobs in diaper commercials and at 6 years old shared a breakout part in Adam Sandler’s 1999 comedy Big Daddy, which brought in $230 million worldwide. Next came starring roles in Disney Channel’s tween hit The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. At the peak of teen celebrity, the brothers quit showbiz and enrolled at NYU, where Dylan majored in video game design and Cole in archeology. “With child stardom, the public views you as a youthful public commodity,’ says Cole. “You start to question how to change the public persona to match your own identity.” Identity for Dylan meant brewing honey wine: his Brooklyn-based All-Wise Meadery has around $1 million in annual sales and is profitable. Cole, meanwhile, boomeranged from archeology back to the small screen, starring as Jughead in the hit CW drama Riverdale, a dark take on the Archie comics that has earned him three Teen Choice Awards. In 2019 he starred in teen drama Five Feet Apart, which brought in more than $90 million on a $7 million budget. —Maddie Berg, Dawn Chmielewski