Rick Cosnett Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Profession Actor
Nationalities Australian, Zimbabwean
Birth April 6, 1983

BIOGRAPHY
Richard James Cosnett grew up in Zimbabwe and moved to Australia to study performing arts. Once his diploma in hand, the young man, cousin of Hugh Grant in the city, practiced on the stage and starred in the police series East West 101 for one episode, enough to decide him to move down. in the USA. Before packing up, he obtained one last role in his native country, that of Mike Voss, in the thriller The Bet .

After a timid start with Uncle Sam, Rick Cosnett landed a key character for his career. In the costume of Dr. Wes Maxfield from Vampire Diaries , he is a professor at Whitmore College. Appreciated by his students, he however hides a dark secret: he is a member of an obscure society whose goal is to carry out experiments on vampires. Throughout season 5, his performance marked the minds of fans of the series.

In the fall of 2014, the CW called on him again for its new release The Flash , in which he plays detective Eddie Thawne, the partner of our superhero’s “adoptive” father.