Cole Coker
- Actor
Cole Coker (born Cole Dean Coker; January 24, 1998) entered the world
in Kingwood Hospital, Kingwood, Texas. Cole is the youngest son of Lana
and Denny Coker and the younger brother to Corey Coker. Cole inherited
his thick blonde hair from his father's side and his exotic subtle
Eurasian mystique from his maternal side. Lana's mother, Lan hails
Vietnam. Early on Cole's physical education teacher, Tom DeBerry who's
daughter is actor Allie DeBerry had encouraged Cole to pursue a career
in acting. At that time however, Cole's only aspiration was to one day
play baseball on "Coach DeBerry's" varsity team the Huffman Hargrave
Falons. It seemed the logical chain of progression as Cole has always
possessed above average athletic ability excelling in football,
basketball and baseball. Meanwhile, in an alternative universe, 1,500
miles away in Hollywood, California, producer C. Allen Kotler and
actor/director Rico Simonini were casting tween baseball players for a
short film, entitled The Catch. After auditioning hundreds of young
actors Simonini and Kotler had found that although many child actors
looked like ball players and had great acting ability, most were
substandard athletes. Upon receiving word of Cokers 750 batting average
and athletic prowess, a friend showed Kotler the 14 year old in action
via 'FaceTime' on his iPhone while playing ball on a Houston baseball
diamond for the JWS Gators. Kotler asked the friend to pass his phone
over to Cole's mother and 72 hours later the mother and son were on a
flight to Hollywood. If his story ended there it would have been
interesting enough, however that was just the beginning of his epic
journey. When Cole and Lana arrived on the set, they met another young
actor Daniel Nasser. Daniel's father, producer Joe Nasser was so taken
with the young Texan that he cast Cole in the supporting role of Pidge
in the remake of the 1954 Frank Sinatra film Suddenly starring Ray
Liotta and Dominic Purcell. Although the young Texan has been blessed
with miraculous fortune, he will never hesitate to tell anyone that his
most valued treasure is his family.