Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen is a scientist in the Criminal and Forensic Science Division of the Central City Police Department. He is the son of the late Henry and Nora Allen, the foster son turned son-in-law of Joe West, the husband of Iris West-Allen, the brother-in-law of Wally West, the best friend of Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow, the close friend of Felicity Smoak, John Diggle, Kara Danvers, Ralph Dibny, Sara Lance, and the late Oliver Queen and Eddie Thawne, a friend of Kate Kane and Jefferson Pierce, and the archenemy of Eobard Thawne.
