John Wesley Shipp

Person

Born

1955-01-22

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Film & TV

Acting · Norfolk, Virginia, USA

John Wesley Shipp (born January 22, 1955) is a European-American businessman, entrepreneur and actor known for his various television roles. He played the lead Barry Allen on CBS's superhero series The Flash from 1990 to 1991, and Mitch Leery, the title character's father, on the drama series Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001. Shipp has also played several roles in daytime soap operas including…

Known for

• Scallop Season — Anton Lerner2026
• The Flash: Saga of the Scarlet Speedster — Self2023
• DC's Stargirl — Jay Garrick / The Flash2020
• Ruby Herring Mysteries: Her Last Breath — John Herring2019
• Night Sweats — Nick Frankenthaler2019
• The Sector — Stillwell2016
• Golden Shoes — The President of the United States2015
• Sensory Perception — Lt. Thawne2015
• Supergirl — Barry Allen / The Flash (Earth 90)2015
• Blindspot — Dr. Katz2015

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1960-12-07

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

4

Total plays

12

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

   · 1996 · cited 200,169x

2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 41,509x

3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

   · 2000 · cited 36,302x

4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

   · 2007 · cited 34,187x

5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

   · 1992 · cited 28,819x

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Key dates

Born

22 January 1955

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Q49231

Occupation

actor

Languages spoken

English language

Native language

English language

Image

John Wesley Shipp at CCR Ontario 2026.jpg

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