Cole Thornhart is a fictional character from the American daytime dramas One Life to Live and General Hospital.

On January 30, 2012, it was announced that Hughes would temporarily reprise his role of Cole to help usher in Alderson's Starr Manning to General Hospital.

[3] When asked about the possibility of bringing back Cole or Hope to the new online reboot of One Life to Live, executive producer Jennifer Pepperman had the following to say: Cole Thornhart was born off-screen to Patrick Thornhart and Marty Saybrooke.

Patrick and Marty lived in Ireland briefly with newborn Cole before relocating to San Diego.

Marty decided to move back to Llanview with Cole in September 2006.