Rick Cosnett

Richard James Cosnett (born 6 April 1983) is a Zimbabwean-Australian actor and producer. He is known for playing the roles of Wes Maxfield in The Vampire Diaries, Elias Harper in Quantico, Eddie Thawne in The Flash and voicing Prince Ahzrak in the 2025 video game Doom: The Dark Ages.

Early life and education Cosnett was born on 6 April 1983 and was raised on a farm in Chegutu, Zimbabwe. His family took part in community musical theater there, which made him interested in acting from an early age. When he was seventeen, his family decided to move to Queensland, Australia, in large part due to land reforms in Zimbabwe. On 13 February 2020, Cosnett publicly came out as gay on his Instagram account.

Filmography +Key Denotes works that have not yet been released

Film Year Title Role Notes 2006 The Bet Mike Voss 2008 The Terrorist Dave short 2009 The Neighbour short 2010 The Elephant in the Room Curtis short 2012 The Timing of Love Simon 2013 Continuing Fred Brian 2017 Zim High Hawk 2017 Happily Never After Josh TV movie 2017 Skybound Matt 2018 El Mirador Ryan 2019 I Miss You Chase 2019 The Wrong Husband Derrick / Alex TV movie 2019 Softer Charlie short 2021 The Border Vince short 2022 Master Gardener Stephen Collins 2022To Go to the Moon Thomas short 2023 Shoulder Dance Roger 2023 TV in Bed Ty Kirby 2024 The Holiday Exchange Oliver WhitlockTV movie

Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Forensic Investigators Mal Henshall 3 episodes 2005 headLand Brad Partridge 3 episodes 2007 East West 101 Greg Small Episode: Death at the Station 2008 The Trojan Horse Will Tullman 2 episodes 2008–2009 The New Inventors The Inventor 5 episodes 2013–2014 The Vampire Diaries Dr. Wesley "Wes" Maxfield Recurring role (season 5) 2014–2017, 2022–2023 The Flash Eddie Thawne / "Malcolm Gilmore" / Cobalt Blue Main cast (season 1)Special guest star (seasons 2–3, 8–9); 33 episodes 2015–2016 Quantico Elias Harper Recurring role (season 1) 2016 Castle Victor Crowne Episode: "Hell to Pay" 2018 NCIS Sean Parks Episode: "Fallout" 2024-2025 Palm Royale Sergeant Tom Sanka 5 episodes (Season 1)5 episodes (Season 2) 2024 9-1-1 Julian Enes Recurring role (season 7) 2024–2025 Doctor Odyssey Corey 7 episodes

Video game Year Title Role Notes 2025 Doom: The Dark Ages Prince Ahzrak

As producer Year Title Cast Language Notes 2016 The Letter Carrier Candus Churchill, Julia Harnett, Tyler Layton-Olson English