Template:ActorThomas Patrick "Tom" Cavanagh (born October 26, 1963) is a Canadian actor. He portrays Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash, and various iterations of Harrison Wells as a series regular on The Flash. He also guest starred in the sixth season of Arrow, and in the third seasons of Supergirl and DC's Legends of Tomorrow.
Credits
The Flash
Actor
Director
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
- "What's Past is Prologue"
- "Elseworlds, Part 1" (opening scene)
Superhero Fight Club shorts
Actor
Supergirl
Actor
Season 3
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash and Harry Wells (special guest star)
Director
Season 4
- "Bunker Hill" (final scene)
Arrow
Actor
Season 6
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash and Harry Wells (special guest star)
Season 7
- "Elseworlds, Part 2" Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash (special guest star)
Director
Season 7
- "Unmasked" (final scene)
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Actor
Season 3
- "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash and Harry Wells (special guest star)
Trivia
- In comparison to the other series regulars on The Flash, Cavanagh has portrayed the most alternate versions of a character.
- Cavanagh has played multiple versions of Dr. Harrison Wells: Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash (as Harrison Wells) since season one, Harry Wells of Earth Two since season two, H.R. Wells of Earth Nineteen in season three, Harrison Wolfgang Wells in season four and Harrison Sherloque Wells in season five; alongside Harrison Wells of Earth One and Hannibal Bates (as Eobard Thawne) in season one, Grodd and Iris West in season three, and the Council of Wells and the Council of Harrisons in season four.
- In the shared multiverse, Tom Cavanagh, Matt Letscher and Victor Garber portray Professor Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash; Cavanagh portrays the character disguised as Harrison Wells throughout The Flash, Letscher plays the character's original likeness, and Garber briefly plays him disguised as Martin Stein in DC's Legends of Tomorrow. The three actors previously have played roles on Eli Stone; Cavanagh portrayed the title character's father, Letscher played Eli's brother and Garber played his boss.
External links
- Tom Cavanagh at the Internet Movie Database
- Follow Tom Cavanagh (@CavanaghTom) on Twitter