Who is Dylan and Cole Sprouse's mom?

American actors and famous twin brothers, Dylan and Cole Sprouse are one of the most celebrated brothers duo of Hollywood. While Cole bagged his first ever role by starring in the NBC sitcom Friends, both the brothers found their fame by bagging the titular roles of Zack and Cody in Disney’s Channel 2005 released series, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. Starting their career as child actors, the Sprouse brothers have come a long way.

Recently, Dylan Sprouse who was seen in the 2023 released film Beautiful Disaster, has married his longtime girlfriend, Barbara Palvin, whereas his brother Cole Sprouse is currently invested in his photography hobby on Instagram and was last seen reprising his role as Jughead Jones in The seventh and final season of CW’s Riverdale.

Dylan and Cole Sprouse’s mother

Dylan and Cole Sprouse’s mom is Melanie Wright Sprouse. While both the brothers went on to make it big in Hollywood, Dylan and Cole do not share a great bond with their mother Melanie. As per the Riverdale actor, it was their mom that pushed the brothers towards acting careers at a young age as a means for income. During Cole Sprouse’s appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the actor opened up on his mother Melanie and how she used to make him and Dylan work in order to earn income. Sprouse said, “I think there’s two types of kids within the child acting business. There’s, like the thespian children who choose to do it, and then there’s the working class kids that, in our case at least…" Sprouse continued, ‘I mean it started, really, as a means to put bread on the table. And also allow my mother at the same time to be a mother, but to make her main focus and her job our careers.”

In a now-deleted Tumblr post, Cole Sprouse had once shared that he and Dylan began acting as child actors only due to their mother, and that if it wasn’t for her, he would not have chosen acting as his career. The post read, “My brother and I were put into acting when we were 8 months old by our mother because we needed the money. I never made the decision to join the arts or acting specifically. And it was never really my passion. To be honest, if she never thrust me into it, I probably never would have thought of it as a career choice for myself.”

Cole and Dylan Sprouse were born to Melanie Wright Sprouse and Matthew Sprouse. The family was doing well up until Melanie and Matthew Sprouse decided to part ways. As per reports, Melanie took the kids with her and shifted to the U.S. (from Switzerland), and began making them work in the entertainment field at a young age for money.

Are Dylan and Cole Sprouse in touch with their mother?

No, both the brothers are not in touch with their mother Melanie. At the age of 10, Dylan and Cole Sprouse’s custody was stripped away from Melanie Wright Sprouse and was handed over to their father Matthew Sprouse. This was due to Melanie’s mental health issues, addiction issues and financial irresponsibility. While talking about her mother and her issues in one of his interviews, Cole Sprouse once said, "I don’t think I’ve ever talked about this. In very many ways, I was lucky for it not to be discussed. When my father was given forced custody, we had pretty much lost everything from the youngest parts of our career. That would be Friends and Big Daddy. My mother was an incredibly wonderful and artistic woman, but she was financially the most irresponsible woman ever.”

In another interview, the Riverdale actor also revealed that he was not in touch with his mother. Sprouse said, “In truth, she lost her mind. I think it was the consequence of some alchemy of addiction and mental instability and it's probably the greatest wound in my life. It's also the greatest driving force for my continuing in this industry. I miss her a lot.”

Who is Dylan and Cole Sprouse’s father?

Dylan and Cole Sprouse's father is Matthew Sprouse. Both the brothers share a warm bond with their father and have been living with him after the court stripped their mother of her custody rights. After shifting with their father, Dylan and Cole Sprouse continued with their acting career and it was while being with Matthew that the twins bagged the titular roles in Disney’s The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.