Hartley Sawyer
Hartley Sawyer
Born/Date of Birth: January 25, 1985
Place of Birth: Goshen, New York, United States
Occupation: Actor, producer, writer
Residence: Los Angeles, California, United States
Education: Emerson College
Hartley Sawyer (born January 25, 1985) is an American actor, producer and writer. He is known for his roles as Kyle Abbott on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless and Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man on The CW series The Flash.
Career
In March 2013, Sawyer was cast in the role of Kyle Abbott on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless. He made his debut on April 24, 2013. In December of the same year, it was announced that he would exit the role; he made his final appearance on January 27 the following year.
In 2014, he starred in the thriller Kept Man, and the Geek & Sundry superhero comedy Caper from Eureka creator Amy Berg and executive producer Felicia Day. In 2015, Sawyer hosted and co-wrote the documentary series Courageous Leaders, and starred in the Wall Street drama SPiN.
In July 2017, Sawyer was cast in The CW's superhero drama The Flash as Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man, a fast-talking private investigator who is able to stretch his body to any shape or form. The character first appears in the fourth episode of the fourth season, titled "Elongated Journey Into Night", which first aired that October. In June of the following year, he was promoted to series regular. On June 8, 2020, he was fired from the series after misogynistic and racist Twitter posts he made from 2009 to 2014 surfaced.
