John Wesley Shipp
Actor
New York, NY, USA
Biography:
John Wesley Shipp is Jay Garrick/Flash and Barry Allen's father, Henry, on the current The Flash series on The CW network, and starred as Barry Allen / The Flash on CBS's superhero series The Flash from 1990 to 1991, and as Mitch Leery, the title character's father, on Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001. Shipp has also played several roles in daytime soap operas including Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light from 1980 to 1984, and Douglas Cummings on As the World Turns from 1985 to 1986.
John has guest starred on Drop Dead Diva, and MTV's Teen Wolf. He was the voice of Professor Eobard "Zoom" Thawne, the Reverse-Flash, in a 2010 episode of the animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold.
Anime Convention Guest Appearances
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2025
- GalaxyCon San Jose 2025 - August 15-17, 2025 in San Jose, CA, USA
- GalaxyCon New Orleans 2025 - July 11-13, 2025 in New Orleans, LA, USA
- Pensacon 2025 - February 14-16, 2025 in Pensacola, FL, USA
- MegaCon Orlando 2025 - February 6-9, 2025 in Orlando, FL, USA 2024
- Fan Expo San Francisco 2024 - November 29 - December 1, 2024 in San Francisco, CA, USA
- Dallas Fan Festival 2024 - October 19-20, 2024 in Irving, TX, USA
- GalaxyCon Oklahoma City 2024 - May 24-26, 2024 in Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Pensacon 2024 - February 23-25, 2024 in Pensacola, FL, USACancelled Appearance 2023- GalaxyCon Austin 2023 - September 1-3, 2023 in Austin, TX, USA
- Incredible Con 2023 - June 10-11, 2023 in North Charleston, SC, USA 2022
- GalaxyCon Columbus 2022 - December 2-4, 2022 in Columbus, OH, USA 2019
- GalaxyCon Minneapolis 2019 - November 8-10, 2019 in Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Indy PopCon 2019 - June 7-9, 2019 in Indianapolis, IN, USA
- GalaxyCon Richmond 2019 - May 31 - June 2, 2019 in Richmond, VA, USA
- Comicpalooza 2019 - May 10-12, 2019 in Houston, TX, USA
- Pensacon 2019 - February 22-24, 2019 in Pensacola, FL, USA 2018
- Florida Supercon 2018 - July 12-15, 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
- Paris Manga & Sci-Fi Show 2018 - February 3-4, 2018 in Paris, France 2017
- Dragon Con 2017 - September 1-4, 2017 in Atlanta, GA, USA
- Pensacon 2017 - February 17-19, 2017 in Pensacola, FL, USA 2015
- Armageddon Expo Auckland 2015 - October 23-26, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand
20 confirmed guest appearances
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