Edward M. Sears (born April 6, 1977) is an American actor, known for his roles as Richard Patrick Woolsley on the TNT legal drama series Raising the Bar, Patrick on the first season of FX anthology horror drama American Horror Story (retroactively titled Murder House), Dr. Austin Langham on the Showtime period drama series Masters of Sex, and DC Comics supervillain Hunter Zolomon / Zoom of the television series The Flash.

He co-starred on the TNT original series Raising the Bar portraying public defender Richard Patrick Woolsley.

[2][3] Sears appeared in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, the Lifetime original film The Client List,[4] and as Thomas Cole in The Defenders.

From 2015 to 2016, Sears had been cast in a recurring role of The CW's DC Comics television series The Flash, initially introduced as Jay Garrick,[6] until it was revealed that his character was actually Hunter Zolomon / Zoom.

[8] In 2020, Sears appeared as a guest on the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip marathon fundraiser episode of The George Lucas Talk Show.