Photo: Eric Michael Cap from Burbank, Los Angeles, USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Sawyer is, for me, the actor who proved that comic-relief roles take real craft. His Elongated Man on The Flash had a goofy, rubbery charm that is genuinely hard to land without tipping into cartoon, and his earlier runs on Glory Daze and The Young and the Restless show a working actor who paid his dues. The Emerson College training shows in his timing. Born in 1985 in Goshen, New York, he carved out a recognizable on-screen persona. His career hit turbulence, but the affection he brought to those parts was real, and I would happily watch him play the lovable misfit again.
Overview
Hartley Sawyer (born January 25, 1985) is an American former actor known for his roles as Brian Sommers on Glory Daze (2010–2011), Kyle Abbott on The Young and the Restless (2013–2014), and Ralph Dibny / Elongated Man on The Flash (2017–2020).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Hartley Sawyer
- Name (Japanese)
- ハートレイ・ソーヤー
- Reading
- はーとれい・そーやー
- Born
- January 25, 1985 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Ox
- Origin
- Goshen, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Emerson College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.