Cisco Ramon (Arrowverse)

''The Flash'' is an American television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, and Geoff Johns, based on the DC Comics character the Flash. The series premiered on The CW television network in the United States on October 7, 2014, and has concluded its seventh season. The series is a spin-off from ''Arrow'', and set in the same fictional universe.

The following is a list of characters who have appeared in the television series. Many of the characters appearing in the series are based on DC Comics characters.

Overview

;Legend
: = Main cast (credited)
: = Recurring cast (4+)
: = Guest cast (1-3)

Main characters

Barry Allen / Flash

Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen (portrayed by Grant Gustin; seasons 1–9) (portrayed by Logan Williams as a child; recurring: season 1; guest: season 2) is the main protagonist of the series. He is an awkward assistant crime-scene investigator (CSI) for the Central City Police Department (CCPD) who moonlights as the Flash. Barry is traumatized as a child when his mother Nora is murdered by the Reverse-Flash. His father, Henry, is framed for the crime. Joe West becomes Barry's adopted father, and Barry tries to discover what happened that night. He first appears in ''Arrow'', personally investigating a superhuman-related crime in Starling City. Barry is a fan of the Arrow's exploits and learns Oliver Queen is the vigilante; they become good friends. Sometime after Barry returns to Central City, he is struck in his laboratory by lightning which was affected by dark matter from the explosion of the S.T.A.R. Lab's particle accelerator.

Savitar

Gustin also portrays Savitar (voiced by Tobin Bell in his exosuit and Andre Tricoteux in the character's initial portrayal; recurring: season 3; guest: season 5), a temporal duplicate of Barry from a possible future created due to a bootstrap paradox and the main antagonist of season three.

Iris West-Allen

Iris Ann West-Allen (portrayed by Candice Patton; seasons 1–9) is the daughter of detective Joe West and later the wife of Barry Allen. She is a reporter, and in later seasons, forms Team Citizen and eventually heads ''Central City Citizen Media''. She is based on the DC Comics character of the same name.
* Patton also portrays Iris's Earth-2 doppelgänger, who is married to Barry and has a strained relationship with Joe.
* Patton also portrays Iris's Reverse-Flashpoint counterpart, who is engaged to Eobard Thawne.

Caitlin Snow / Killer Frost / Frost

Dr. Caitlin Snow (portrayed by Danielle Panabaker; seasons 1–9) is a bioengineer who works at S.T.A.R. Labs and is the daughter of scientists Thomas Snow and Carla Tannhauser. She develops a violent metahuman alter-ego known as Killer Frost, and they eventually split into two bodies. They are based on the DC Comics character of the same name.

* Panabaker also portrays Caitlin's and Killer Frost's Earth-2 doppelgänger, a metahuman villainess who is the wife of Deathstorm (Ronnie Raymond of Earth-2) and works for Zoom. She did not finish medical school and became a criminal. After Earth-2's particle accelerator explosion, she developed cryokinesis and became unable to touch anyone without killing them. Her hair turned white and her lips and eyes blue.
* Panabaker also portrays Caitlin's and Frost's Reverse-Flashpoint counterparts, who are respectively dating Marcus Ficus and Chillblaine.

Eddie Thawne

Eddie Thawne (portrayed by Rick Cosnett; main: season 1; guest: seasons 2–3, 8) is a CCPD detective who transferred from Keystone City who is initially romantically involved with Iris.

Cosnett was originally slated to portray Jay Garrick in the pilot before the character was changed to Eddie Thawne. Many speculated his character to be the Reverse-Flash in disguise, due to his last name and appearance. His name is referred on Earth-2 from a list of contacts on a phone at Barry's and Iris's home, implying his Earth-2 doppelgänger's existence.

Cisco Ramon / Vibe / Mecha-Vibe

Francisco Baracus "Cisco" Ramon (portrayed by Carlos Valdes; seasons 1–7) is a mechanical engineering genius who works at S.T.A.R. Labs, also known by the superhero codename Vibe and later Mecha-Vibe. He develops a romantic relationship with Gypsy and later Kamilla Hwang. He is based on the DC Comics character of the same name.

* Valdes also portrays Cisco's Earth-2 doppelgänger Reverb, a metahuman villain, enforcer for Zoom and intimidating wrangler of Killer Frost and Deathstorm. He has more experience and control of his powers than his Earth-1 self, and can manipulate sonic vibrations to create powerful shock waves of considerable strength. His visor technology is used to modify Vibe's own visor.
* Valdes also portrays Cisco's Earth-19 doppelgänger Echo, a hacker who murdered Gypsy. Breacher and his fellow Collectors thought that Cisco was responsible, but they eventually discover the true culprit and arrest him.
* In the Reverse-Flashpoint timeline, Cisco was mentioned to have been killed by Damien Darhk and Reverse-Flash.

Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash

Eobard Thawne (portrayed by Tom Cavanagh in the form of Harrison Wells; main: seasons 1–6; guest: season 7; recurring: season 8; and by Matt Letscher in his original likeness; guest: seasons 1–3 & 8) is a time-traveling criminal, a future descendant of Eddie Thawne, and the archenemy of Barry Allen. He is based on the DC Comics character of the same name and is the main antagonist of the series.

Harrison Wells

Harrison Wells (portrayed by Tom Cavanagh; seasons 1–7) is, on most Earths in the multiverse, the mind and money behind the S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator in Central City. He is an original character created for the series.

Joe West

Joseph "Joe" West (portrayed by