Cole Escola is an American comedian, actor, singer, and playwright. They are best known for their cabaret work and appearances on television series, as well as for writing and starring in the play Oh, Mary! which opened on Broadway in 2024.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Girls on the Bus (2024)
Guest starring as Dale
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x05: Everything Is Copy (Apr 4, 2024)
- Episode 1x04: Two Americas (Mar 28, 2024)
- Episode 1x03: The Audacity of Nope (Mar 21, 2024)
Frog and Toad (2023)
Starring as Gopher
(13 episodes)
- Episode 2x17: Music (May 31, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: The Surprise (May 31, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: A Swim (May 31, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: Spring Cleaning (May 31, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Frog and Toad and Stick (May 31, 2024)
- Episode 1x16: The Squash (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x13: New Shoes (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x11: The Story (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x10: Lost (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: The Kite (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: The Garden (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Spring (Apr 28, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: The Letter (Apr 28, 2023)
Starring as Other Robins
- Episode 1x09: The Kite (Apr 28, 2023)
Would I Lie to You? (2022)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
- Episode 1x07: Allowance Powerpoint (May 14, 2022)
Human Resources (2022)
Guest starring as Montel
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: Yipee Ki-Hate, Motherf**ker (Jun 9, 2023)
- Episode 2x09: On the Daughterfront (Jun 9, 2023)
- Episode 2x08: Pity Party (Jun 9, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Paul Me By Your Name (Jun 9, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: A League of Their Hormone (Jun 9, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: The Jizz Mitzvah (Jun 9, 2023)
Life & Beth (2022)
Guest starring as Cole
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: The Work (Feb 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: Claire (Feb 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: This Soup is Gonna Be Good (Feb 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: Trust Me (Feb 16, 2024)
Teenage Euthanasia (2021)
Guest starring as Additional Voices
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x08: It Happening!!! (Jellybean's Birthday) (Sep 13, 2023)
- Episode 2x05: Cars 4 (Aug 23, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: Sexually Educated (Aug 16, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Adventures in Beetle Sitting (Oct 10, 2021)
- Episode 1x01: Nobody Beats the Baba (Sep 5, 2021)
Ziwe (2021)
Guest starring as Lisa
- Episode 1x01: 55% (May 9, 2021)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x05: Empowerment (May 29, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Whitewashing (Jun 13, 2021)
- Episode 1x05: Immigration (Jun 6, 2021)
- Episode 1x02: Beauty Standards (May 16, 2021)
Tuca & Bertie (2019)
Guest starring as Additional Voices
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: SweetBeak (May 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x08: The New Bird (May 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x04: The Sex Bugs (May 3, 2019)
- Episode 1x01: The Sugar Bowl (May 3, 2019)
What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
Guest starring as Gargoyle #2
- Episode 3x06: The Escape (Sep 30, 2021)
At Home with Amy Sedaris (2017)
Guest starring as Chassie Tucker
(21 episodes)
- Episode 3x09: Inspiration (Jul 22, 2020)
- Episode 3x06: First Dates (Jun 24, 2020)
- Episode 3x05: Travel (Jun 17, 2020)
- Episode 3x04: Easter (Jun 10, 2020)
- Episode 3x03: Outdoor Entertaining (Jun 3, 2020)
- Episode 3x02: Valentine's Day (May 27, 2020)
- Episode 3x01: Babies (May 20, 2020)
- Episode 2x10: Game Night (Apr 30, 2019)
- Episode 2x08: Thanksgiving (Apr 16, 2019)
- Episode 2x07: Hospital-tality (Apr 9, 2019)
- Episode 2x06: Halloween (Apr 2, 2019)
- Episode 2x05: Anniversary (Mar 26, 2019)
- Episode 2x04: Makeover (Mar 12, 2019)
- Episode 2x03: All About Amy (Mar 5, 2019)
- Episode 2x02: Creativity (Feb 26, 2019)
- Episode 2x01: Teenagers (Feb 19, 2019)
- Episode 1x10: Murdercide (Dec 19, 2017)
- Episode 1x09: Making Love (Dec 12, 2017)
- Episode 1x07: Holidays (Nov 28, 2017)
- Episode 1x04: Entertaining for Peanuts (Nov 7, 2017)
- Episode 1x02: Cooking for One (Oct 24, 2017)
Big Mouth (2017)
Guest starring as Montel
(7 episodes)
- Episode 6x10: F**ked Up Friday (Oct 28, 2022)
- Episode 6x09: The Parents Aren't Alright (Oct 28, 2022)
- Episode 6x08: Asexual Healing (Oct 28, 2022)
- Episode 6x07: Dadda Dia! (Oct 28, 2022)
- Episode 6x06: The Apple Brooch (Oct 28, 2022)
- Episode 6x05: Andrew's Gonna Touch a Boob Tonight (Oct 28, 2022)
- Episode 6x04: Rice Purity Test (Oct 28, 2022)
Guest starring as Alison
- Episode 6x08: Asexual Healing (Oct 28, 2022)
Girlboss (2017)
Guest starring as Nathan
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x13: The Launch (Apr 21, 2017) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x12: I Come Crashing (Apr 21, 2017) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x06: Five Percent (Apr 21, 2017) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x04: Ladyshopper99 (Apr 21, 2017) [Co-Star]
Search Party (2016)
Guest starring as Chip
(10 episodes)
- Episode 4x09: The Inferno (Jan 28, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: The Infinite Loop (Jan 28, 2021)
- Episode 4x06: The Thoughtless Woman (Jan 21, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: Doctor Mindbender (Jan 21, 2021)
- Episode 4x04: Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig (Jan 21, 2021)
- Episode 4x03: Escape to Nowhere (Jan 14, 2021)
- Episode 4x02: Something Sharp (Jan 14, 2021)
- Episode 4x01: The Girl in the Basement (Jan 14, 2021)
- Episode 3x10: The Reckoning (Jun 25, 2020)
- Episode 3x08: A Dangerous Union (Jun 25, 2020)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (2015)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
- Episode 2025-04-28: Wanda Sykes, Cole Escola (Apr 28, 2025)
Difficult People (2015)
Starring as Matthew
(26 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: The Silkwood (Sep 26, 2017)
- Episode 3x09: Sweet Tea (Sep 19, 2017)
- Episode 3x08: Criminal Minds (Sep 12, 2017)
- Episode 3x07: Fuzz Buddies (Sep 5, 2017)
- Episode 3x06: Bernie & Blythe (Aug 29, 2017)
- Episode 3x05: Cindarestylox (Aug 22, 2017)
- Episode 3x04: Rabbitversary (Aug 15, 2017)
- Episode 3x03: Code Change (Aug 8, 2017)
- Episode 3x02: Strike Rat (Aug 8, 2017)
- Episode 3x01: Passover Bump (Aug 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x10: High Alert (Sep 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x09: Cedar Cove (Aug 30, 2016)
- Episode 2x08: Hashtag Cats (Aug 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x07: Carter (Aug 16, 2016)
- Episode 2x06: 36 Candles (Aug 9, 2016)
- Episode 2x05: Patches (Aug 2, 2016)
- Episode 2x04: Blade Stallion (Jul 26, 2016)
- Episode 2x03: Italian Piñata (Jul 19, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Kessler Epstein Foundation (Jul 12, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Unplugged (Jul 12, 2016)
- Episode 1x08: Difficult Christmas (Sep 16, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Premium Membership (Sep 9, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: The Children's Menu (Aug 26, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Pledge Week (Aug 12, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Devil's Three-Way (Aug 5, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Library Water (Aug 5, 2015)
Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
- Episode 2024-05-07: Joel Edgerton, Lily Gladstone, Cole Escola, Jay Weinberg (May 7, 2024)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
- Episode 2024-06-05: Jim Gaffigan, Cole Escola, Andrew Huberman, Shaboozey (Jun 5, 2024)
Mozart in the Jungle (2014)
Guest starring as Shawn
(4 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: You're the Best or You F'ing Suck (Dec 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x09: Creative Solutions for Creative Lives (Dec 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x08: Circles Within Circles (Dec 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: Symphony of Red Tape (Dec 9, 2016)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
- Episode 21x127: Cole Escola, Ego Nwodim (Jul 31, 2024)
CBS News Sunday Morning (1979)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
- Episode 2025-05-04: Cole Escola, Larry Summers, Ralph Fiennes (May 4, 2025)
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1948)
Guest starring as Cole Escola
- Episode 2024-11-28: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2024 (Nov 28, 2024)