As a first-year student at Esher College, shaved his head during the school's charity week to raise money for Shooting Star Children's Hospice
Was a member of the U
K
's National Youth Theatre and graduated in 2014
Founded a local stage production company, GreenTea Productions, with fellow Esher College students
His brother, actor Joe Cole, helped him audition for his first acting job in the television series Peaky Blinders, a show that Joe already had a role in as a series regular
Co-produced an original play titled Immortal, which was performed at Arthur Cotterell Theatre in 2015