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Thomas Cavanagh is a European-Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and film and television actor, producer, director and game show host. He was born on October 26th, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario, the second-oldest of five children. His close-knit family moved to Ghana when Tom was six. His father educated teachers there. The family moved back to Canada before Tom started high school (which he attended in southern Quebec). Tom went to Queens University in Kingston, Ontario where he played on the basketball team and graduated with degrees in English, Biology, and Education. His interest in theater grew when he was cast as the lead Danny Zuko in a Canadian "Grease". In his spare time he likes to play guitar and participate in a variety of sports.
Tom Cavanagh is a Canadian actor, director, and producer who gained prominence for his versatile work in American television, most notably as the title character in the series Ed and as multiple versions of Harrison Wells in The Flash.
He is widely recognized for his leading role in the comedy-drama Ed and for his performance in The Flash, where he portrayed several distinct iterations of the same character throughout the series' run.
His career spans television series, made-for-TV movies, and family-oriented films, often shifting between comedic and dramatic registers.