Grant Gustin

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Thomas Grant Gustin (born January 14, 1990), better known as Grant Gustin,[1] is an American actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Barry Allen / Flash on the CW series The Flash and as Sebastian Smythe on the Fox series Glee.

Life and career

Gustin was born in Norfolk, Virginia. He is the son of Tina Haney, a pediatric nurse, and Tom Gustin.[2][3] 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.[4]

He left school to take the role of Baby John in the Broadway Revival Tour of West Side Story, and performed with the tour from its opening on September 30, 2010 through September 23, 2011.[4][5][6]

On November 8, 2011, he debuted on the television series Glee as Sebastian Smythe, an openly gay member of the Dalton Academy Warblers.[4] Gustin won the recurring role of Sebastian, a promiscuous and scheming character, after "an exhaustive, weeks-long casting search". He originally auditioned for a role as a tap dancer, but did not get the part. However, Ryan Murphy kept him in mind.[7] He began filming the role early on Monday, September 26, 2011, after having finished his final West Side Story performance the Friday night before.[8]

Gustin began filming A Mother's Nightmare, an original film for the Lifetime network, in late May 2012. The project also stars actresses Annabeth Gish and Jessica Lowndes, and was shot in Canada.[9] On July 11, 2012, it was announced that Gustin had landed a major role in the independent film Affluenza.[10]

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.[11] However, the backdoor pilot plan was dropped in favor of a stand-alone pilot, titled The Flash.[12] The pilot was picked up with an initial order of thirteen episodes, and the series premiered on October 7, 2014, with 4.8 million viewers, the most for a premiere on The CW in five years.[13][14] Two weeks later, the network increased the episode order to a full season of twenty-three in all.[15] On January 11, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season.[16] On March 11, 2016, it was renewed for a third season. Gustin would also reprise his role in an episode of CBS series Supergirl.

On March 30, 2016, it was announced that Gustin will star in William H. Macy's upcoming film Krystal.[17]

Filmography

Gustin on the NASA's Kids Science News Network in 2003.
Key
Films/television series that have not yet been released Denotes films/television series that have not yet been released
Film performances
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Kid Fitness Jungle Adventure Exercise Video Club Fit Kid Direct-to-video
2014 Affluenza Todd Goodman
2017 Krystal Campbell Filming
Television performances
Year Title Role Notes
2006 A Haunting Thomas - Stacy's Boyfriend Episode: "Hungry Ghosts"
2011–13 Glee Sebastian Smythe Recurring role; 7 episodes
2012 CSI: Miami Scott Ferris / Trent Burton Episode: "Terminal Velocity"
2012 A Mother's Nightmare Chris Stewart Television film
2013 90210 Campbell Price Recurring role; 8 episodes
2013–15 Arrow Barry Allen / The Flash 7 episodes
2014–present The Flash Barry Allen / The Flash Main role
2016 Supergirl Barry Allen / The Flash Episode: "Worlds Finest"
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Vixen Barry Allen / The Flash Voice; 5 episodes

Theatre

Musicals
Year Title Role Notes
2010–11 West Side Story Baby John Broadway Revival Tour

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Reference
2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Favorite TV Actor The Flash Nominated [18]
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Breakout Star Won [19]
Choice TV: Chemistry shared with Candice Patton Nominated
Choice TV: Liplock shared with Candice Patton Nominated
Saturn Awards Breakthrough Performance Award Won [20]
Best Actor in a Television Series Nominated

References

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