Biography

November 14, 1981 · Billericay Essex, England, UK

Russell George Tovey

5′ 9¾″ (1.77 m)

He has played the same character (Ray Terrill / The Ray) in four different series: The Flash (2014), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016), Supergirl (2015) and Freedom Fighters: The Ray (2017).

I came out to myself when I was about 15 or 16, and to my parents when I was 18. When you come out to your parents, that's when it's properly official... The only thing I can give to young gay people is that when I was growing up there were no role models that were blokey, that were men. Everybody was flamboyant and camp, and I remember going, 'That's not me, so even though I think I am gay, I don't think I fit into this world.