Rick Cosnett is a Zimbabwean-Australian actor and producer. He 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. Cosnett attended the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. He originally received a scholarship to study music but graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. He now lives in the United States, splitting his time between Palm Beach, Florida and Santa Monica, California.
Cosnett is known for playing the roles of Wes Maxfield in The Vampire Diaries, Eddie Thawne in The Flash, Elias Harper in Quantico, Tom Sanka in Palm Royale, and Corey in Doctor Odyssey.
