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Early life and education

Cosnett was born on 6 April 1983 and was raised on a farm in Chegutu, Zimbabwe.⁹ His family took part in community musical theater there, which made him interested in acting from an early age.¹⁰ When he was seventeen, his family decided to move to Queensland, Australia, in large part due to land reforms in Zimbabwe.¹¹

Cosnett attended the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. He originally received a scholarship to study music but graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Acting.¹²

Personal life

Cosnett is a third cousin of Hugh Grant.¹³¹⁴ On 13 February 2020, Cosnett publicly came out as gay on his Instagram account.¹⁵¹⁶

Filmography

Film

Television

As producer

External links

• Rick Cosnett at IMDb
• Rick Cosnett on Twitter
• Rick Cosnett on Instagram

References

1. 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. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2014. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o8dlh/ ↩

2. Oebel, Nicole (28 May 2014). "Exclusive interview with Rick Cosnett". myFanbase. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. http://www.myfanbase.de/vampire-diaries/interviews/?pid=18993 ↩

3. Ellwood, Pip (27 November 2014). "We think we're in love with The Flash star Rick Cosnett". Entertainment Focus. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. http://www.entertainment-focus.com/gay-focus-section/gay-focus-news/think-love-flash-star-rick-cosnett/ ↩

4. Blackwelder, Carson (28 May 2014). "Rick Cosnett Dishes About Playing "Ignorant" Dr. Wes on The Vampire Diaries". Wetpaint. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. http://www.wetpaint.com/vampire-diaries/articles/2014-05-28-rick-cosnett-ignorant-dr-wes ↩

5. Halterman, Jim (6 February 2014). "Vampire Diaries Q&A: Rick Cosnett on Next Step For Wes, "Desperate Measures" to Come". TV Fanatic. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. http://www.tvfanatic.com/2014/02/vampire-diaries-q-and-a-rick-cosnett-on-next-step-for-wes-desper/ ↩

6. Topel, Fred (3 November 2014). "THE FLASH Exclusive: Rick Cosnett on Time Travel and Professor Zoom". Nuke The Fridge. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141108022813/http://nukethefridge.com/2014/11/03/flash-exclusive-rick-cosnett-time-travel-professor-zoom/ ↩

7. Ng, Philiana (21 October 2014). "'The Flash's' Rick Cosnett on the Mystery of Eddie Thawne: Things Unravel Fast". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/flashs-rick-cosnett-eddie-thawne-742121 ↩

8. Andreeva, Natalie (14 January 2014). "'Rick Cosnett & Danielle Panabaker To Co-Star In CW Pilot 'The Flash'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014. https://deadline.com/2014/01/flash-casting-rick-cosnett-danielle-panabaker-cw-671117/ ↩

9. "Rick Cosnett : From Chegutu to the States". PaZimbabwe. 10 September 2017. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 21 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128193827/https://www.pazimbabwe.com/entertainment-41260-rick-cosnett-from-chegutu-to-the-states.html ↩

10. Rick Cosnett, 21 September 2016, retrieved 21 November 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwaYdfY-WSE ↩

11. 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. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2014. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o8dlh/ ↩

12. 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. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 1 December 2014. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1o8dlh/ ↩

13. "Rick Cosnett on Eddie Thawne's legacy and Tu Me Manques - Exclusive Interview". 8 May 2021. https://courageousnerd.com/2021/05/08/rick-cosnett-on-eddie-thawnes-legacy-and-tu-me-manques-exclusive-interview/ ↩

14. Hernandez, Greg (29 June 2014). "Wednesday Morning Man: Rick Cosnett!". greginhollywood.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2014. http://greginhollywood.com/wednesday-morning-man-rick-cosnett-95691 ↩

15. "Rick Cosnett on Instagram: "Hello"". Instagram. Retrieved 14 February 2020. https://www.instagram.com/tv/B8hnrZXJGhy/ ↩

16. France, Lisa Respers (14 February 2020). "Rick Cosnett reveals he is gay". CNN. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/14/entertainment/rick-cosnett-gay/index.html ↩