road way ▁play ▁My ▁Big ▁Gay ▁Italian ▁Wed ding . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Cole man ▁won ▁the ▁Screen ▁Act ors ▁Gu ild ▁Award ▁for ▁" Out standing ▁Performance ▁by ▁an ▁Ens emble ▁in ▁a ▁D rama ▁Series ," ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁on ▁Board walk ▁Empire . ▁He ▁was ▁then ▁cast ▁as ▁Dr . ▁D ane ▁S ull ivan ▁in ▁the ▁web ▁series , ▁In ▁Between ▁Men . ▁It ▁was ▁this ▁role ▁that ▁got ▁Cole man ▁nominated ▁for ▁an ▁Ind ie ▁So ap ▁Award ▁for ▁" Best ▁Support ing ▁A ctor ▁in ▁a ▁D rama ," ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁Cole man ▁founded ▁the ▁production ▁company ▁Blood stone ▁Produ ctions ▁and ▁created ▁the ▁short ▁film ▁In to ▁the ▁Rose ▁Garden ▁that ▁he ▁wrote , ▁directed , ▁and ▁star red ▁in . ▁Then , ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 2 , ▁he ▁guest ▁star red ▁as ▁Robert ▁in ▁the ▁pilot ▁of ▁the ▁TV ▁series ▁The ▁Americans , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁worked ▁on ▁film ing ▁Season ▁ 2 ▁of ▁In ▁Between ▁Men ▁in ▁aut umn ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁year . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Cole man ▁was ▁cast ▁as ▁the ▁were w olf , ▁Oliver , ▁on ▁the ▁hit ▁TV ▁show ▁The ▁Originals , ▁the ▁popular ▁spin - off ▁show ▁of ▁The ▁V amp ire ▁Di aries . ▁His ▁role ▁as ▁Oliver ▁sp anned ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁twelve ▁episodes ▁between ▁Season ▁ 1 ▁and ▁Season ▁ 2 ▁of ▁the ▁series