Keiynan Lonsdale Biography

Keiynan Lonsdale (born 19 December 1991) is an Australian actor. He is known for his television roles as dance student Oliver Lloyd on the ABC series Dance Academy (2012-2013) and Kid Flash/Wally West on the CW series The Flash (beginning 2015); and for film roles in The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) and The Finest Hours (2016). Some of his acting roles have drawn upon his dancing skills, he was an MTV DJ, and he has released original music recordings.

Personal life

Keiynan was born in Sydney, Australia, to a Nigerian father of the Edo tribe, and an Australian mother who is of part Irish descent. He is the youngest of six siblings on his mother's side, with three brothers and two sisters; and one of seven siblings from his father's side.

Lonsdale came out as bisexual in 2017.

Career

Lonsdale got his first acting job in 2007, with a bit dancing part in the film Razzle Dazzle. The following year, he appeared in an episode of the Australian television medical drama All Saints.

Lonsdale became a recurring member of the cast of the Australian teen drama series Dance Academy in the 2012 second season; his character Oliver Lloyd became a regular in the third and final season.

He was a VJ on MTV for two and a half years. He released a single on iTunes titled "One and Only" in 2014. In 2016, his single "Higher" was included on Connor Franta's curated album Common Culture, volume 5.

Lonsdale played a supporting role as Uriah Pedrad in The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015), the second film in the series. He briefly reprised the role in The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016). He appeared in the historical drama The Finest Hours (2016) as Eldon Hanon, the youngest sailor involved in a rescue at sea.

In 2015, he auditioned for the role of Jefferson "Jax" Jackson - a recurring character introduced in the second season of the CW's The Flash, later spun off into Legends of Tomorrow - but this role was given to Franz Drameh. Instead Lonsdale was cast as Wally West, the estranged son of the hero's foster father, who became a regular supporting character as Kid Flash.

Discography

Extended plays

List of albums, with selected chart positions

Title	Album details
Higher Vol. 1	Released: October 6, 2015 Format: Digital download

Music videos

Year	Title	Album	Director
2015	"Higher"	Higher Vol. 1	Elliot Knight

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance	Miss Elizabeth's Dance Troupe
2015	The Divergent Series: Insurgent	Uriah Pedrad
2016	The Finest Hours	Eldon Hanon
2016	The Divergent Series: Allegiant	Uriah Pedrad
2017	Dance Academy: The Movie	Oliver Lloyd
2017	Like.Share.Follow.	Garrett	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	All Saints	Corey	Episode: "Sons and Lovers"
2012-13	Dance Academy	Oliver Lloyd	26 episodes; Recurring (Season 2) Series Regular (Season 3)
2015-present	The Flash	Wally West / Kid Flash	Series regular