Born and raised in New York, actor, model and playwright Gregory Cole is known for his roles in Sonny (2009) and A Call to Arms (2008) as well as in the upcoming films Aponi (2016), Reversed Destiny (2016) by Japanese Director Hideki Kiyota, and Roxana (2016) by Independent Spirit Award nominee Maryam Ataei. As a playwright, he is best known for writing the farcical musical "Yiassou Meryl!," which tells the story of a gay Greek-American who sets out to realize his dream of owning a dinner-theatre in New Jersey.