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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 a guest-starring role on Arrow, in the eponymous lead role in The Flash, and as a special guest star in Vixen, Supergirl, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and Batwoman. Before he was cast in the CW hit show, The Flash, he and fellow CW star, Melissa Benoist were cast in the show, Glee.
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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
Actor
Season 2
- "Shogun" Barry Allen (voice; special appearance by)
- "Abominations" Barry Allen (voice; uncredited)
- "Invasion!" Barry Allen/The Flash (special guest star)
- "The Legion of Doom" Barry Allen (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.
- His nephew has his own channel called Soy19 which he would like people to subscribe to.
- Before the arrival of Keiynan Lonsdale, Grant was the youngest member of the main cast of The Flash. He is now the youngest again after Lonsdale was demoted to a special guest in 2017.
- 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.
