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\n Stephen Amell is a Canadian actor who is popularly known for playing (and still playing) the DC comic book character Oliver Queen a.k.a. Green Arrow in the American superhero television series Arrow. Prior to this casting, Amell appeared as one of the main cast in the comedy television series Rent-a-Goalie and the comedy drama Hung, along with appearances in several notable television shows like Private Practice, The Vampire Diaries, and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Amell is a big professional wrestling fan, specifically the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). His wrestling dreams was finally realized when he made his professional wrestling debut at the WWE pay-per-view event SummerSlam in 2015, after previous appearances in Monday Night Raw.
\n\t\tStephen Amell's birthday is on May 8, 1981.\n
\nStephen's birthday is in 58 days
\nHe is 42 years old.
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He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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\n\nCanadian actor known for starring as the titular character in the CW television series\u00a0Arrow.\u00a0
\nHe had his first minor television role on\u00a0Queer as Folk\u00a0in 2004.\u00a0
\nHe has also had recurring television roles in the shows\u00a0Heartland,\u00a0Private Practice\u00a0and\u00a0Hung.\u00a0
\nHis cousin is actor Robbie Amell. He married Cassandra Jean in 2012. The following year, they welcomed a daughter named Mavi. The couple welcomed a second child in June 2022.\u00a0
\nHe had a supporting role opposite Elliot Page in the 2007 independent film\u00a0The Tracey Fragments.\u00a0
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| Born | Stephen Adam Amell May 8, 1981 Toronto, Canada |
| Alma mater | St. Andrew's College |
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| Years active | 2004\u2013present |
| Known for | Green Arrow in Arrow |
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| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Robbie Amell (cousin) |
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Stephen Adam Amell[1] (born May 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He came to prominence for playing the lead role of Oliver Queen on the CW superhero series Arrow (2012\u20132020), based on DC Comics. Amell also appeared in subsequent Arrowverse franchise media, along with reprising his role in various video games. Following the conclusion of Arrow, Amell landed the lead role of Jack Spade on the Starz drama series Heels (2021\u20132023). Outside of television, he portrayed Casey Jones in the superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).\n
\n\nStephen Adam Amell was born on May 8, 1981[2] in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Sandra Anne (n\u00e9e Bolt\u00e9) and Thomas J. Amell.[3][4] He is a first cousin of actor Robbie Amell.[5] He attended St. Andrew's College, a private independent school for boys, and graduated in 2000.[6]\n
\nAmell appeared in two episodes of the fourth season of Queer as Folk as the Liberty Ride spinning instructor in 2004. Amell played Adam in the first season of the television series Dante's Cove; he was replaced in the second season by Jon Fleming. In 2007, Amell won a Gemini Award for his guest-starring role on ReGenesis.[7] The same year he was also nominated for a Gemini Award in the Best Ensemble Cast Category for Rent-a-Goalie.[8]\n
He had recurring roles in the TV series Da Kink in My Hair and Heartland. On December 3, 2010, Amell joined the cast of The Vampire Diaries as werewolf 'Brady' for season 2.[9] Amell starred as the real life convicted killer Joran van der Sloot in the Lifetime film Justice for Natalee Holloway which originally aired in May 2011.[10]\n
On October 2, 2011, season 3 of HBO's series Hung premiered with Amell starring as busboy-turned-prostitute Jason, a younger rival \"ho\" to Thomas Jane's Ray Drecker.[7] He also appeared as Jim in the fourth season of 90210.[11] Amell announced on October 28, 2011, that he had just finished filming the Christmas episode of New Girl with Zooey Deschanel and Max Greenfield. He touches on the experience of filming his first \"network half-hour comedy\" in an interview with Daemon's TV.[11] On November 9, 2011, Amell was announced for the recurring role of Scottie, a paramedic on ABC's Private Practice.[12] He also played the role of Travis McKenna in Blue Mountain State.\n
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In January 2012, Amell was cast as Oliver Queen in The CW series Arrow, based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name.[10] This series and role led to Amell appearing as the character on other superhero series on the network as part of the growing Arrowverse, including The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow,Supergirl, and Batwoman, as well as the CW Seed webseries Vixen.\n
Amell co-starred in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (released on June 3, 2016) as vigilante \"Casey Jones\".[13] Amell announced in May 2017 that he would be participating on a special celebrity edition of American Ninja Warrior.[14] Amell demonstrated great physical abilities which was reflective of his athleticism in his portrayal of Oliver Queen.[15] In 2017, he took part in the directorial debut of former Heartland co-star Michelle Morgan, a short film entitled Mi Madre, My Father, playing the estranged father of a six-year-old girl. Morgan raised funds for the production through a crowdfunding campaign.[16] The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[17]\n
In March 2019, Amell announced the end of Arrow with its eighth and final season, which premiered in October 2019 and concluded in January 2020.[18]\n
\nHis first post-Arrow project was announced in August 2019 as Heels, a Starz drama series set in the world of independent professional wrestling.[19] In December of the same year, it was announced that short-form streaming platform Quibi were developing a spin-off series starring Amell and his cousin Robbie Amell, developed from their crowd-funded film Code 8.[20] In September 2023, Heels was canceled after two seasons.[21] In February 2024, Amell was cast as Ted Black in the upcoming NBC pilot Suits L.A., based on the USA Network original series Suits.[22]\n
\nAs an avid professional wrestling fan,[23] Amell campaigned for a guest appearance on WWE's weekly Raw program.[24]\n
In May 2015, it was reported that he was tentatively set to wrestle Stardust (Cody Rhodes) at WWE's SummerSlam pay-per-view in August.[23] Amell made his first WWE appearance on the May 25 episode of Raw, where he had a confrontation with Stardust.[25] Amell returned to Raw in early August; after being assaulted in the audience by Stardust, Amell got into the ring to attack him until being contained by security. Following a backstage segment with Triple H, it was announced that Neville would team with Amell to face Stardust and King Barrett at SummerSlam.[26]\n
At the event on August 23, 2015, Amell and Neville defeated Barrett and Stardust in a tag team match. Amell participated in the wrestling, and, behind the scenes, wrestlers were said to have been impressed with Amell's performance.[27][28] Amell became friends with Rhodes, with whom he later also worked on Arrow.[29]\n
On December 21, 2015, Amell was awarded a Slammy for the \"Celebrity Moment of the Year\" for his dive onto Stardust during the match.[30]\n
\nAmell returned to professional wrestling for Ring of Honor on November 17, 2017, at Survival of the Fittest.[31] On the day of the show, Amell joined the Bullet Club faction, and teamed with Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, and The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) in a five-on-four tag team match. They defeated The Addiction (Christopher Daniels and Frankie Kazarian), Flip Gordon, and Scorpio Sky, and Amell again participated in the wrestling, including being put through a table by The Addiction.[32]\n
\nOn August 6, 2018, it was announced that Amell would be competing at All In, in his first-ever singles match, where he was defeated by Christopher Daniels.[33]\n
\nOn February 29, 2020, Amell made an appearance at All Elite Wrestling's Revolution, where he accompanied Cody Rhodes alongside Rhodes' Nightmare Family for his match against MJF.[34]\n
\nAmell has hosted a number of successful fundraising campaigns via the crowd funded merchandise platform Represent.com.[35] In 2014, Amell partnered with the charity Fuck Cancer to raise almost a million dollars with the release of a T-shirt featuring his face on the front (with a Post-it note on his forehead and featuring the organization's name). He ended up selling over 60,000 shirts from this campaign.[36][37] In January 2015, Amell launched his second Represent.com campaign featuring a word he made up, Sinceriously, to benefit two mental health charities: Paws and Stripes and Stand For The Silent.[37] In August 2015, Amell used his guest appearance on WWE Raw with Stardust to raise funds via his third campaign for children's hospice Emily's House in Toronto. The campaign raised $300,000, and Amell and Stardust presented a cheque together at Emily's House.[38] During the Red Nose Day special of American Ninja Warrior, Amell donated $35,000 for completing all six obstacles, and an extra obstacle, the Salmon Ladder.[39]\n
\nAmell married his first wife, fellow Canadian Carolyn Lawrence, on December 8, 2007, in Toronto.[40] The couple divorced in 2010.[41] Amell married actress and model Cassandra Jean on December 25, 2012, in a private ceremony in the Caribbean,[42] and for a second time in New Orleans on May 26, 2013.[43] The couple have a daughter Maverick, nicknamed Mavi, who was born on October 15, 2013. They had a son, Bowen Auguste Amell, on May 13, 2022.[44]\n
\nAmell's personal statements and behavior have occasionally drawn controversy. In September 2015, he came under scrutiny after commenting on an incident in Irving, Texas, where a Muslim student was arrested for bringing a disassembled digital clock to his high school. Amell posted a tweet saying that \"[s]tereotyping Texas isn't any better than stereotyping Ahmed\", referring to the name of the student.[45] The tweet sparked backlash on the internet, prompting Amell to take a break from social media.[46][47][48]\n
In 2018, Amell faced accusations of disrespecting Black names when he tweeted \"my \u00e2p\u00f6l\u00f2g\u012b\u00e9s\" to respond to comments criticizing his failure to use the acute accent while tweeting singer Beyonc\u00e9's name.[49] He later clarified that his omission of the accent was due to being \"lazy in the midst of a mediocre joke\".[50] Initially, Amell mentioned Beyonc\u00e9 in the context of missing her Coachella performance to watch an Andr\u00e9 the Giant documentary.[51]\n
In 2020, during the Black Lives Matter protests, Amell garnered criticisms, including from comic book writer Tee Franklin, after admitting that racism is a systemic problem but he had not personally \"seen it in action\".[52]\n
In 2021, Amell was asked to leave a Delta Air Lines flight traveling from Austin to Los Angeles for yelling at his wife.[53] Amell later explained on a podcast hosted by Michael Rosenbaum that he was intoxicated when the incident took place.[54][55]\n
In July 2023, Amell was criticized for comments he made at a fan convention regarding the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. While he expressed support for SAG-AFTRA as his union, he called striking a \"reductive negotiating tactic\" and \"myopic\" and seemed to criticize that the strike banned him from promoting the second season of Heels.[56][57] In an Instagram, post he later clarified his opinion, saying that while he does not like striking, he \"[understands] fundamentally why we're here\" and stated that his support for the union was unconditional and that he stood with them.[58] Amell did not attend the Arrow cast reunion on the picket line outside the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California, as he was in New York City at the time, but on the day of the reunion, he was photographed on the picket line in front of the Warner Bros. Discovery offices in New York and reportedly sent his regards to his former showrunners in California. Marc Guggenheim, executive producer of Arrow and organizer of the revival, interpreted his attendance in New York as a symbolic stand in solidarity.[59][60]\n
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| 2007\n | \nThe Tracey Fragments\n | \nDetective\n | \n\n |
| 2007\n | \nClosing the Ring\n | \nTeddy Gordon\n | \n\n |
| 2009\n | \nScreamers: The Hunting\n | \nGuy\n | \nDirect-to-video\n |
| 2011\n | \nStay with Me\n | \nTravis\n | \nShort film\n |
| 2016\n | \nCode 8\n | \nDrone Operator\n | \nShort film; also producer\n |
| 2016\n | \nTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows\n | \nCasey Jones\n | \n\n |
| 2018\n | \nMi Madre, My Father\n | \nHal Nelson\n | \nShort film[17]\n |
| 2019\n | \nCode 8\n | \nGarrett Kelton\n | \nAlso producer\n |
| 2024\n | \nCalamity Jane\n | \nWild Bill Hickok\n | \n[61]\n |
| 2024\n | \nCode 8: Part II\n | \nGarrett Kelton\n | \nAlso producer\n |
| Year\n | \nTitle\n | \nRole\n | \nNotes\n |
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| 2004\n | \nQueer as Folk\n | \nSpinning Instructor\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2004\n | \nDegrassi: The Next Generation\n | \nDoorman\n | \nEpisode: \"Ghost in the Machine: Part 2\"\n |
| 2005\n | \nMissing\n | \nIan Harrington\n | \nEpisode: \"Paper Anniversary\"\n |
| 2005\n | \nTilt\n | \nBellboy\n | \nEpisode: \"Rivered\"\n |
| 2005\n | \nBeautiful People\n | \nJason\n | \n5 episodes\n |
| 2005\n | \nDante's Cove\n | \nAdam\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2006\n | \nThe House Next Door\n | \nBuddy Harrelson\n | \nTelevision film\n |
| 2006\u20132008\n | \nRent-a-Goalie\n | \nBilly\n | \nMain role\n |
| 2007\n | \nReGenesis\n | \nCraig Riddlemeyer\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2007\u20132009\n | \nDa Kink in My Hair\n | \nMatthew\n | \n4 episodes\n |
| 2007\u20132012\n | \nHeartland\n | \nNick Harwell\n | \n6 episodes\n |
| 2009\n | \nFlashpoint\n | \nPeter Henderson\n | \nEpisode: \"Exit Wounds\"\n |
| 2010\n | \nBlue Mountain State\n | \nTravis McKenna\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2010\n | \nCSI: Miami\n | \nPeter Truitt\n | \nEpisode: \"Sleepless in Miami\"\n |
| 2010\n | \nNCIS: Los Angeles\n | \nMarine Gunnery Sergeant Andrew Weaver\n | \nEpisode: \"Bounty\"\n |
| 2010\n | \nThe Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice\n | \nPhilip Seaverm\n | \nTelevision film\n |
| 2011\n | \nThe Vampire Diaries\n | \nBrady\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2011\n | \nCSI: Crime Scene Investigation\n | \nA.J. Gust\n | \nEpisode: \"73 Seconds\"\n |
| 2011\n | \nJustice for Natalee Holloway\n | \nJoran van der Sloot\n | \nTelevision film\n |
| 2011\n | \nHung\n | \nJason\n | \nMain role (season 3); 10 episodes\n |
| 2011\n | \n90210\n | \nJim\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2011\u20132012\n | \nNew Girl\n | \nKyle\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2012\n | \nPrivate Practice\n | \nScott Becker\n | \n7 episodes\n |
| 2012\u20132020\n | \nArrow\n | \nOliver Queen / Green Arrow\n | \nLead role\n |
| 2013\n | \nWhen Calls the Heart\n | \nWynn Delaney\n | \nTelevision film\n |
| 2014\u20132019, 2023\n | \nThe Flash\n | \nOliver Queen / Green Arrow\n | \n9 episodes\n |
| 2015\n | \nReelside\n | \nHimself\n | \nEpisode: \"Superheroes\"\n |
| 2015\n | \nWWE Raw\n | \nHimself\n | \n2 episodes\n |
| 2016\u20132020\n | \nDC's Legends of Tomorrow\n | \nOliver Queen / Green Arrow\n | \n6 episodes\n |
| 2017\n | \nAmerican Ninja Warrior\n | \nHimself\n | \nEpisode: \"Celebrity Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day\"\n |
| 2017\u20132019\n | \nSupergirl\n | \nOliver Queen / Green Arrow\n | \n3 episodes\n |
| 2019\n | \nBatwoman\n | \nOliver Queen / Green Arrow\n | \nEpisode: \"Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two\"\n |
| 2021\u20132023\n | \nHeels\n | \nJack Spade\n | \nMain role\n |
| Year\n | \nTitle\n | \nRole\n | \nNotes\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015\n | \nDudes Being Dudes in Wine Country\n | \nHimself\n | \nAlso co-creator\n |
| 2015\u20132016\n | \nVixen\n | \nOliver Queen / The Arrow / Green Arrow (voice)\n | \n5 episodes\n |
| 2017\u2013present\n | \nBeing The Elite\n | \nHimself\n | \nCameo\n |
| 2021\u2013present\n | \nShot of Brandi\n | \nHimself\n | \nCameo\n |
| Year\n | \nTitle\n | \nRole\n | \nNotes\n |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013\n | \nInjustice: Gods Among Us\n | \nGreen Arrow\n | \n\n |
| 2014\n | \nLego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham\n | \nGreen Arrow\n | \n[62]\n |
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\n \n Stephen Amell is a Canadian actor who is popularly known for playing (and still playing) the DC comic book character Oliver Queen a.k.a. Green Arrow in the American superhero television series Arrow. Prior to this casting, Amell appeared as one of the main cast in the comedy television series Rent-a-Goalie and the comedy drama Hung, along with appearances in several notable television shows like Private Practice, The Vampire Diaries, and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Amell is a big professional wrestling fan, specifically the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). His wrestling dreams was finally realized when he made his professional wrestling debut at the WWE pay-per-view event SummerSlam in 2015, after previous appearances in Monday Night Raw.
\n\t\tStephen Amell's birthday is on May 8, 1981.\n
\nStephen's birthday is in 58 days
\nHe is 42 years old.
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He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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