Cole Sear

**Cole Sear** is a fictional character in *The Sixth Sense*, a child who sees dead people, portrayed by Haley Joel Osment.

## Biography

### Under The Help Of Malcolm Crowe

Cole is an 11-year-old who has a sixth sense, aka, the ability to see ghosts, whom terrify him with their constant and disturbing presence. Dr. Malcolm Crowe, a child psychologist in Philadelphia, who comes across his case, decides to help him, due to the fact Cole is going through a similar situation as a previous patient of his, named Vincent. At first, Malcolm thinks Cole is delusional and plans to drop him. Remembering Vincent, Malcolm listens to an audiotape from a session with Vincent, then a child. On the tape, Malcolm is heard leaving the room, and when he returned, Vincent was crying. Turning up the volume, and replaying the moment Vincent is alone, Malcolm hears a weeping Spanish ghost instead of a child, and now believes that Cole is telling the truth and that Vincent had the sixth sense too. Malcolm suggests Cole try communicating with the ghosts as he thinks that all they really want is his help. At first, Cole is unwilling, but he pushes himself, bravely, to do it.

### Seeing Dead People

The first ghost Cole speaks with is a young girl who died recently Kyra Collins. She appears in his room, vomiting and distressed from the cause of her death. Cole goes to her funeral reception with Malcolm upon her request. There, Kyra's ghost gives Cole a box holding a videotape, which Cole passes on to her father. The video shows a secret recording Kyra had made of Kyra's mother intentionally making and keeping her ill via poisoning her food, revealing the true reason she died.

### Telling His Mom The Truth

Learning to live with the ghosts he sees, Cole starts to fit in at school and gets the lead in the school play, which Malcolm attends. The doctor and patient depart on positive terms and Cole suggests to Malcolm that he should try speaking to Anna while she is asleep (who then realizes he was a ghost the entire time). Cole confesses his secret to his mother, Lynn. Although his mother at first does not believe him but is anxiously trying to understand what he's telling her, Cole proves his ability by speaking about his grandma, Lynn's mother, in a way he couldn't possibly know otherwise, and Lynn tearfully accepts the truth.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

* **Sixth Sense:** Cole has the power to see the dead, when he was talking with Malcolm Crowe in the hospital that he see's dead people and they don't know they’re dead. Later Cole talks to one of the ghosts, a young ill girl who recently died, Kyra Collins. He goes to her funeral reception with Malcolm upon her request. Kyra's ghost gives Cole a box holding a videotape, which Cole then passes on to her father. The video shows Kyra's stepmother intentionally making her sick, revealing the true reason she died. After his play Cole tells Crowe that he should try speaking to Anna while she is asleep. Cole confesses his secret to his mother, Lynn. Although his mother at first does not believe him, Cole proves his ability to her, and Lynn tearfully accepts the truth.

## Relationships

### Allies

* Malcolm Crowe † - Psychologist
* Kyra Collins † - Friend

### Enemies

* Tommy Tammisimo - Bully
* Darren - Bully

## References

1. Shyamalan’s Hollywood Horror Story, With Twist
2. Moguls make switch after power turns off: Is there life after Hollywood?
3. Actor Has a Sense for Spooky Role