Thomas Cavanagh was born on October 26th, 1963 in Ottawa, Ontario, the second-oldest of five children. His close-knit family moved to Ghana, Africa when Tom was six. His father educated teachers there. The family moved back to Canada before Tom started high school . He lives in Vancouver with his wife and their four children.
Graduated from Queens University in Ontario, with 3 degrees - in English, biology and education.
Played on the basketball team at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario.
Played on the international team for the NBA 2002 All Star Weekends 3 on 3 Tournament.
His brother is a crown attorney in Ottawa, Ontario.
Starred in a very popular Canadian TV commercial for Labatts Blue beer. His line was: "If I wanted water, I would have asked for water."
His parents worked as teachers in Third World countries for most of his childhood. He spent many years in Ghana. In 1989, he appeared in the Broadway revival of "Shenandoah" which gained him some recognition.
Was married in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Wife Maureen Grise was the photo editor of Sports Illustrated for twenty years.
He and Maureen welcomed their first child, daughter Alice Ann, on February 10, 2006.
Welcomed second child, son Thomas Cavanagh, Jr., on June 29, 2007.
He has 3 sisters. One lives in London, UK the other 2 in Canada.
Hes bilingual (English and French).
Second son, James Joseph, born August 5, 2009. He weighed 7.8 lbs.
Filming "Trust Me" with Eric McCormack for the TNT Network.
(September 2004) Doing voice-over ads for L.L. Bean.
Hes a Montreal Canadiens fan.
In season one of "The Flash" , he and Matt Letscher both play Reverse-Flash; he plays Reverse-Flash after he assumes Dr. Wells identity, and Letscher plays Eobard Thawne. The actors previously played father and son on "Eli Stone" .
He contracted Malaria as a child and as an adult became involved in a charity called Nothing But Nets that procures and distributes mosquito nets to prevent the spread of Malaria.
He is severely allergic to avocados. He became aware of the allergy while working on the Yogi Bear film, but later had a dangerous reaction to guacamole while doing a MATES podcast.
He is afraid of snakes.
He and Maureen welcomed their fourth child, daughter Katie Cavanagh. Date of birth unknown.
Tom and Maureen have four children (two girls and two boys) as of June 2016: Alice, Thomas, James, and Katie.
He has played the same characters (Dr. Harrison "Harry" Wells and Eobard Thawne) in four different series: "Arrow" , "The Flash" , "Supergirl" and "Legends of Tomorrow" .
