Rick Cosnett - Wikipedia Rick Cosnett Rick Cosnett Richard James Cosnett ( 1983 - 04 - 06 ) 6 April 1983 ( age 35 ) Chegutu, Zimbabwe Occupation Actor Years active 2004 -- present Richard James Cosnett ( born 6 April 1983 ) is a Zimbabwean - Australian actor. He is known for playing the roles of Wes Maxfield in The Vampire Diaries, Elias Harper in Quantico and Eddie Thawne in The Flash. He is a cousin of Hugh Grant. Contents 1 Filmography 1.1 Film 1.2 Television 2 References 3 External links Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Bet Mike Voss 2008 The Terrorist short 2009 The Neighbour short The Elephant in the Room Curtis short 2012 The Timing of Love Simon 2013 Continuing Fred Brian 2016 ZIM HIGH Hawk 2017 Happily Never After Josh TV Movie 2017 Skybound Matt 2018 Tu Me Manques ( I Miss You ) Chase Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 -- 2005 Forensic Investigators Mal Henshall 8 episodes 2005 headLand Brad Partridge 3 episodes 2007 East West 101 Greg Small 1 episode 2008 The Trojan Horse Will Tullman 2 episodes 2008 -- 2009 The New Inventors The Inventor 2013 -- 2014 The Vampire Diaries Dr. Wesley `` Wes '' Maxfield Recurring ( 12 episodes ) 2014 -- 2017 The Flash Eddie Thawne Main cast ( season 1 ) Special guest star ( seasons 2 -- 3 ) 2015 -- 2016 Quantico Elias Harper Recurring role 2016 Castle Victor Crowne 1 episode 2018 NCIS Sean Parks 1 episode References Jump up ^ `` Talent Birthdays and Hometowns '' ( PDF ). cbspressexpress.com. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Cosnett, Rick ( 11 October 2013 ). `` Hi Reddit ! I 'm Rick Cosnett, Zimbabwean / Australian actor playing Dr. Wes Maxfield on The Vampire Diaries. Nice to meet ya ! Let loose ! ''. Reddit. Retrieved 2014 - 12 - 01. Jump up ^ Oebel, Nicole ( 28 May 2014 ). `` Exclusive interview with Rick Cosnett ''. myFanbase. Retrieved 2014 - 12 - 01. Jump up ^ Ellwood, Pip ( 27 November 2014 ). `` We think we 're in love with The Flash star Rick Cosnett ''. Entertainment Focus. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Blackwelder, Carson ( 28 May 2014 ). `` Rick Cosnett Dishes About Playing `` Ignorant '' Dr. Wes on The Vampire Diaries ``. Wetpaint. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Halterman, Jim ( 6 February 2014 ). `` Vampire Diaries Q&A : Rick Cosnett on Next Step For Wes, `` Desperate Measures '' to Come ``. TV Fanatic. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Topel, Fred ( 3 November 2014 ). `` THE FLASH Exclusive : Rick Cosnett on Time Travel and Professor Zoom ''. Nuke The Fridge. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Ng, Philiana ( 21 October 2014 ). `` ' The Flash 's ' Rick Cosnett on the Mystery of Eddie Thawne : Things Unravel Fast ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 1 December 2014. Jump up ^ Andreeva, Natalie ( 14 January 2014 ). `` ' Rick Cosnett & Danielle Panabaker To Co-Star In CW Pilot ' The Flash ' ''. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2014 - 01 - 24. Jump up ^ Hernandez, Greg ( 29 June 2014 ). `` Wednesday Morning Man : Rick Cosnett ! ''. greginhollywood.com. Retrieved 2014 - 12 - 01. External links Rick Cosnett on IMDb Rick Cosnett on Twitter Rick Cosnett on Instagram This article about an Australian actor or actress is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rick_Cosnett&oldid=854675937 '' Categories : 1983 births Living people 21st - century Australian male actors Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian male stage actors Queensland University of Technology alumni Australian emigrants to the United States Australian actors of African descent Zimbabwean emigrants to Australia Australian people of Zimbabwean descent White Zimbabwean people Alumni of Peterhouse Boys ' School Australian actor stubs Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from August 2015 Use Australian English from August 2015 All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English Articles with hCards Twitter username different from Wikidata All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia تۆرکجه Čeština Deutsch Español فارسی Français 한국어 Հայերեն Italiano Magyar მარგალური Norsk Polski Português Русский Türkçe 中文 8 more Edit links This page was last edited on 13 August 2018, at 01 : 39 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who plays dr maxfield in the vampire diaries
Answer: Richard James Cosnett