Grant Gustin

Thomas Grant Gustin (born January 14, 1990), better known as Grant Gustin, is an American actor and singer. He is well known for his roles as Barry Allen / Flash on the CW series The Flash. Gustin was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the son of Dr. Tina Haney and Tom Gustin. During his high school years, Grant attended the Governor's School for the Arts program in Norfolk, Virginia for Musical Theatre. He also went to Hurrah Players Incorporated which is a theatre organization in Virginia. In 2008, he graduated from Granby High School and went on to attend the BFA Music Theatre Program at Elon University in North Carolina for two years.

On November 8, 2011, he debuted on the television series Glee as Sebastian Smythe, an openly gay member of the Dalton Academy Warblers. Gustin won the recurring role of Sebastian, a promiscuous and scheming character. He began filming A Mother's Nightmare (2012), an original film for the Lifetime network, in late May 2012.

On September 13, 2013, it was announced that Gustin would play Barry Allen in the second season of Arrow. He was initially supposed to appear in three episodes, the last one serving as the backdoor pilot for a potential spin-off Flash series.