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3'''Keiynan Lonsdale''' (born 19 December 1991 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian actor. He's biracial; his father is Nigerian, while his mother is of Danish and Irish ancestry.
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5Getting his start in Australian productions like ''Series/DanceAcademy'', Lonsdale first major role came in the ''The Literature/{{Divergent}} Series'', playing Uriah Pedrad in the installments ''Insurgent'' and ''Allegiant''.
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7In 2015, he began playing classic Creator/DCComics superhero [[Characters/TheFlashWallyWest Wally West]] in the [[Creator/TheCW CW]] series ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'', opposite Creator/GrantGustin's [[Characters/TheFlashBarryAllen Barry Allen]], and in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. He took a break from the Series/{{Arrowverse}} in 2018 for personal reasons, returning only in 2020.
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10!! Selected filmography:
11* ''Series/AllSaints'' (2008) as Corey
12* ''Series/DanceAcademy'' (2012 -- 2013) as Oliver Lloyd
13** ''Dance Academy: The Comeback'' (2017)
14* ''The Literature/{{Divergent}} Series'' (2015 -- 2016) as Uriah Pedrad
15** ''The Divergent Series: Insurgent'' (2015)
16** ''The Divergent Series: Allegiant'' (2016)
17* Series/{{Arrowverse}} (2015 -- 2018, 2020) as [[Characters/TheFlashWallyWest Wally West / Kid Flash]]
18** ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' (2015 -- 2018, 2020)
19** ''[[Series/Invasion2016 Invasion!]]'' (2016)
20** ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' (2017 -- 2018)
21** ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'' (2017)
22* ''Film/TheFinestHours'' (2016) as Eldon Hanon
23* ''Film/LikeShareFollow'' (2017) as Garret
24* ''Film/LoveSimon'' (2018) as Bram Greenfeld
25** ''Series/LoveVictor'' (2020)
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27!!His work provides examples from the following tropes:
28* DawsonCasting: He was 23 when he played Uriah in ''Insurgent'', who is stated to be 16 years old in the book.
29* FakeAmerican: Since ''Insurgent'', he has been dabbling in this for a while.

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