Tosin Cole

About

Tosin Cole (; born July 23, 1992) is an American-born British actor. He is known for various roles in British television series and films. He began his on-screen career starring in The Cut and EastEnders: E20, later securing a regular role as Neil Cooper in the soap opera Hollyoaks and Ryan Sinclair in Doctor Who. In 2024, Cole appeared in Netflix’s Supacell in a lead role.

Cole was born in Florida to parents of Yoruba ethnic, Nigerian heritage and raised in New York City. The family moved from New York to London when Cole was 8, where he attended Abbey Wood Secondary School in Greenwich. He left school before his A-levels to pursue a career in acting.
Although Cole holds dual British and American citizenship, he considers himself British.

In 2009, Cole was part of a theatre production titled Wasted!, a modern reproduction of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, produced by Intermission Theatre, a company which helps teenagers stay away from crime. In 2010, Cole joined the cast of BBC teen drama The Cut, in which he played the role of Noah Achebe, who was introduced in the third series. In 2011, he filmed parts in two short films titled Me and My Dad and Jasmine…