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
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The Flash
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Vixen
Voice actor
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Superhero Fight Club shorts
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Supergirl
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DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Voice actor
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- "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 Chris Wood, where they were both musical theater majors.[2]
- Before Keiynan Lonsdale was cast, 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. But in 2021, Brandon McKnight joined the main cast and became the youngest.
- 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, 5 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.
- Grant is the only Flash cast member to have never sat out an episode in his entire run as a series regular.
- Gustin appeared as Barry via archive footage in the Titans episode "Dude, Where's My Gar", though he did not know about this until after the episode had aired.[3]
- He is one of only fifteen actors to have been in all five Arrowverse TV series that were made for the Arrowverse, along with Stephen Amell, Caity Lotz, Candice Patton, Dominic Purcell, LaMonica Garrett, Melissa Benoist, Tom Cavanagh, Audrey Marie Anderson, Jon Cryer, Tyler Hoechlin, Brandon Routh, Elizabeth Tulloch, Ruby Rose and David Ramsey.