Thomas Grant Gustin (born January 14, 1990), known professionally as Grant Gustin, is an American actor and singer. He portrays Barry Allen/The Flash in The Flash, along with portraying the character in Arrow, Vixen, Supergirl, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman.
Credits
Arrow
Actor
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5Season 6
Season 7
Season 8
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The Flash
Actor
Vixen
Voice actor
Season 1
Season 2 |
Superhero Fight Club shorts
Actor
Supergirl
Actor
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Voice actor
Season 2
- "Shogun" Barry Allen (special guest star)
- "Abominations" Barry Allen (uncredited)
Actor
Season 2
- "Invasion!" Barry Allen/The Flash (special guest star)
- "The Legion of Doom" Barry Allen/The Flash (archive footage)
Season 3
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" Barry Allen/The Flash (special guest star)
Season 5
- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" Barry Allen/The Flash (special guest star)
Suit Up short
Actor
Batwoman
Actor
Season 1
- "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two" Barry Allen (special guest star)
Trivia
- Gustin's favorite villains are Captain Cold (Wentworth Miller), Weather Wizard (Liam McIntyre) and The Trickster (Mark Hamill).[1]
- One of Gustin's favorite crossovers was the Supergirl crossover, "Worlds Finest" and he really enjoyed working in crossovers with Brandon Routh.[1]
- Grant attended Elon University alongside Supergirl actor Chris Wood, where they were both musical theater majors.[2]
- Grant has his own Youtube channel.
- Before the arrival of Keiynan Lonsdale, Grant was the youngest member of the main cast of The Flash. He became the youngest again after Lonsdale was demoted to a special guest in 2017. However in 2021, Brandon McKnight joined the main cast and became the youngest.
- On The Flash, Gustin also portrayed Hannibal Bates, as Barry Allen/The Flash, in the first season and Barry Allen of Earth-2 in the second season.
- Grant and Nolan Funk previously worked together of FOX's Glee, in the show they were part of the same fictional singing chorus Acappella: The Warblers. The group was a bitter rival with The New Directions, another choir, that included characters played by Melissa Benoist, Darren Criss, and Blake Jenner.
- The participation of Grant and Melissa Benoist in Glee was the major inspiration for the creation of the musical episode "Duet"; The episode also has as a guest star Darren Criss, whose character in Glee was rival to the Grant character for most of the series.
- Grant is the most recurring male actor as he appeared in 15 episodes of Arrow, 4 episodes of Supergirl, 4 episodes of DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and 1 episode of Batwoman.
- Prior to playing the role of Barry Allen, Grant Gustin auditioned for the role of Roy Harper on Arrow. The role would later on be given to Colton Haynes.
