After leaving the Elliott School, he worked as a professional guitarist and bass player for the next 15 years,[2] playing in bands including Jimmy the Hoover, The Directions and The Hollywood Killers.
[4] He wrote and executive produced the film Ana, released in January 2020, starring Andy Garcia and Dafne Keen.
Cole may be best known as the creator of the award-winning[5] and the BAFTA nominated[6] British TV series Mad Dogs, starring Marc Warren, Max Beesley, John Simm and Phil Glenister.
The series starred Ben Chaplin, Michael Imperioli, Romany Malco, Steve Zahn and Billy Zane.
Once the money was in place, the Meseret Yirga Dance Centre[11] was built, is now open, and serves people from low income backgrounds and the disabled in the community.