John Wesley Shipp

Template:Actor John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is an American actor. He portrays Henry Allen and Jay Garrick/The Flash on The Flash​​​​. He is perhaps most notable for previously portraying Barry Allen/The Flash in the 1990s series The Flash​​​​​​. He reprised that role in the Elseworlds crossover event, and will again in Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Credits

The Flash (CBS)

Actor

"Pilot" Barry Allen/The Flash "Out of Control" Barry Allen/The Flash "Watching the Detectives" Barry Allen/The Flash "Honor Among Thieves" Barry Allen/The Flash "Double Vision" Barry Allen/The Flash "Sins of the Father" Barry Allen/The Flash "Child's Play" Barry Allen/The Flash "Shroud of Death" Barry Allen/The Flash "Ghost In The Machine" Barry Allen/The Flash "Sight Unseen" Barry Allen/The Flash "Beat the Clock" Barry Allen/The Flash "The Trickster" Barry Allen/The Flash "Tina, is That You?" Barry Allen/The Flash "Be My Baby" Barry Allen/The Flash "Fast Forward" Barry Allen/The Flash "Deadly Nightshade" Barry Allen/The Flash "Captain Cold" Barry Allen/The Flash "Twin Streaks" Barry Allen/The Flash and Pollux "Done with Mirrors" Barry Allen/The Flash/Professor Zoom "Good Night, Central City" Barry Allen/The Flash "Alpha" Barry Allen/The Flash "The Trial of the Trickster" Barry Allen/The Flash

The Flash (The CW)

Actor

Season 1 "Pilot" Henry Allen "Fastest Man Alive" Henry Allen "Things You Can't Outrun" Henry Allen "The Man in the Yellow Suit" Henry Allen "Crazy for You" Henry Allen "Tricksters" Henry Allen "Fast Enough" Henry Allen Season 2 "The Man Who Saved Central City" Henry Allen "Gorilla Warfare" Henry Allen "Welcome to Earth-2" Barry Allen / The Flash (archive footage) "Rupture" Henry Allen "The Runaway Dinosaur" Henry Allen "Invincible" Henry Allen "The Race of His Life" Henry Allen and Jay Garrick/The Flash Season 3 "Flashpoint" Henry Allen "Paradox" Jay Garrick/The Flash "The Present" Jay Garrick/The Flash "Into the Speed Force" Jay Garrick /The Flash "Finish Line" Jay Garrick/The Flash Season 4 "Enter Flashtime" Jay Garrick/The Flash Season 5 "What's Past is Prologue" Jay Garrick /The Flash (archive footage), Henry Allen, and Barry Allen / The Flash "Elseworlds, Part 1" Barry Allen / The Flash (uncredited) Season 6 "A Flash of the Lightning" Jay Garrick

Supergirl

Actor

Season 4

• "Bunker Hill" Barry Allen /The Flash (uncredited)

Arrow

Actor

Season 7

• "Unmasked" Barry Allen /The Flash (uncredited)
• "Elseworlds, Part 2" Barry Allen /The Flash

Trivia

• On The Flash​​​​, Shipp portrayed Henry Allen in the first three seasons, and Jay Garrick/The Flash in the subsequent recent seasons.
• Along with the Arrow​​​​ actors Colton Haynes and JR Bourne and the Supergirl​​​​ actor Tyler Hoechlin, Shipp appeared in the TV show Teen Wolf.
• Archive footage of Shipp as Barry Allen from the 1990s series can be seen on another Earth in "Welcome to Earth-2".
• Although Shipp portrayed Jay Garrick, it is unknown who portrayed the character (as the Man in the Iron Mask) in previous episodes.
• Shipp portraying Barry Allen in the 1990 series of the same name, while having portrayed the same character's father in the 2014 series of the same name is parallel to how Helen Slater portrayed Kara Zor-El/Supergirl in the 1984 film of the same name, but currently plays Supergirl's mother in the current Supergirl​​​​ series, which is linked to the current Flash series via shared multiverse.
  • Ironically, both actors' character's direct relation, as well as their role and involvement in their superhero children's' lives, are quite opposite. Henry Allen is Barry Allen's biological father and was wrongfully arrested when Barry was a child, which led to Barry growing up without him and could never see him outside of visits to his prison, until he was finally released. Eliza Danvers on the other hand is Kara Danvers's adoptive mother who Kara spent most of her life with (if one doesn't count the 24 years she spent sleeping in the Phantom Zone), and heavily influenced Kara's upbringing and blending into the human lifestyle.
• Shipp also provided the voice for Eobard Thawne/Professor Zoom in the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

External links

• John Wesley Shipp at the Internet Movie Database
• Follow John Wesley Shipp (@JohnWesleyShipp) on Twitter