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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 (2012–2020). 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 on the Starz drama series Heels (2021–present). Outside of television, he portrayed Casey Jones in the superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).

Stephen Amell
Amell at the GalaxyCon Raleigh convention in 2021
Born	Stephen Adam Amell (1981-05-08) May 8, 1981 (age 41) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma mater	St. Andrew's College
Occupation	Actor producer
Years active	2004–present
Known for	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow in Arrow
Spouse(s)	Carolyn Lawrence ​ ​ (m. 2007; div. 2010)​ Cassandra Jean ​ ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	2
Relatives	Robbie Amell (cousin)

Early life

Stephen Amell was born May 8, 1981,[2] in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Sandra Anne (née Bolté) 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]

Acting career

2004–2012: Early career

Amell 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]

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 criminal Joran van der Sloot in the Lifetime film Justice for Natalee Holloway which originally aired in May 2011.[10]

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.

2012–2020: Arrow

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 and Supergirl, as well as the CW Seed webseries Vixen.

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]

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]

2020–present: Post-Arrow

His 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]

Professional wrestling

WWE (2015)

As an avid professional wrestling fan,[21] Amell campaigned for a guest appearance on WWE's weekly Raw program.[22]

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.[21] Amell made his first WWE appearance on the May 25 episode of Raw, where he had a confrontation with Stardust.[23] 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.[24]

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.[25][26] Amell became friends with Rhodes, with whom he later also worked on Arrow.[27]

On December 21, 2015, Amell was awarded a Slammy for the "Celebrity Moment of the Year" for his dive onto Stardust during the match.[28]

Ring of Honor (2017)

Amell returned to professional wrestling for Ring of Honor on November 17, 2017, at Survival of the Fittest.[29] 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.[30]

All In (2018)

On 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.[31]

All Elite Wrestling (2020)

On February 29, 2020, Amell made an appearance at All Elite Wrestling's Revolution, he accompanied Cody Rhodes alongside Rhodes' Nightmare Family for his match against MJF.[32]

Philanthropy

Amell has hosted a number of successful fundraising campaigns via the crowd funded merchandise platform Represent.com.[33] 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.[34][35] 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.[35] 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.[36] 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.[37]

Personal life

Amell married his first wife, fellow Canadian Carolyn Lawrence, on December 8, 2007, in Toronto.[38] The couple divorced in 2010.[39] Amell married actress and model Cassandra Jean on December 25, 2012, in a private ceremony in the Caribbean,[40] and for a second time in New Orleans on May 26, 2013.[41] The couple have a daughter who was born in October 2013, and a son born May 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	The Tracey Fragments	Detective
2007	Closing the Ring	Teddy Gordon
2009	Screamers: The Hunting	Guy	Direct-to-video
2011	Stay with Me	Travis	Short film
2016	Code 8	Drone Operator	Short film Also producer
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Casey Jones
2018	Mi Madre, My Father	Hal Nelson	Short film Premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival[17]
2019	Code 8	Garrett Kelton	Also producer
TBA	Code 8: Part II	Garrett Kelton	Also producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Queer as Folk	Spinning Instructor	2 episodes
2004	Degrassi: The Next Generation	Doorman	Episode: "Ghost in the Machine: Part 2"
2005	Missing	Ian Harrington	Episode: "Paper Anniversary"
2005	Tilt	Bellboy	Episode: "Rivered"
2005	Beautiful People	Jason	5 episodes
2005	Dante's Cove	Adam	2 episodes
2006	The House Next Door	Buddy Harrelson	Television film
2006–08	Rent-a-Goalie	Billy	Main role; 18 episodes
2007	ReGenesis	Craig Riddlemeyer	2 episodes
2007–09	Da Kink in My Hair	Matthew	4 episodes
2007–12	Heartland	Nick Harwell	6 episodes
2009	Flashpoint	Peter Henderson	Episode: "Exit Wounds"
2010	Blue Mountain State	Travis McKenna	2 episodes
2010	CSI: Miami	Peter Truitt	Episode: "Sleepless in Miami"
2010	NCIS: Los Angeles	Marine Gunnery Sergeant Andrew Weaver	Episode: "Bounty"
2010	The Cutting Edge: Fire and Ice	Philip Seaverm	Television film
2011	The Vampire Diaries	Brady	2 episodes
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	A.J. Gust	Episode: "73 Seconds"
2011	Justice for Natalee Holloway	Joran van der Sloot	Television film
2011	Hung	Jason	Main role (season 3); 10 episodes
2011	90210	Jim	2 episodes
2011–12	New Girl	Kyle	2 episodes
2012	Private Practice	Scott Becker	7 episodes
2012–2020	Arrow	Oliver Queen / The Hood / Arrow / Green Arrow / Spectre	Lead role; 170 episodes
2013	When Calls the Heart	Wynn Delaney	Television film
2014–2019	The Flash	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow / Arrow	9 episodes
2015	Reelside	Himself	Episode: "Superheroes"
2015	WWE Raw	Himself	2 episodes
2016–2020	DC's Legends of Tomorrow	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow / Dark Arrow / Spectre	6 episodes
2017	American Ninja Warrior	Himself	Episode: "Celebrity Ninja Warrior for Red Nose Day"
2017–2019	Supergirl	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow / Dark Arrow	3 episodes
2019	Batwoman	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow	Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"
2021–present	Heels	Jack Spade	Main role

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Dudes Being Dudes in Wine Country	Himself	Also co-creator
2015–16	Vixen	Oliver Queen / The Arrow / Green Arrow (voice)	5 episodes
2017–present	Being The Elite	Himself	Cameo
2021–present	Shot of Brandi	Himself	Cameo

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Green Arrow	Arrow skin
2014	Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham
2020	Fortnite: Battle Royale		Arrow skin

References

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[es] Stephen Amell

Stephen Adam Amell (Toronto, Canadá, 8 de mayo de 1981), es un actor y actor de voz canadiense, mayormente reconocido por interpretar a Oliver Queen / Green Arrow en la serie de televisión Arrow, y en las series derivadas de la misma, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow y Vixen, así como por dar vida al personaje de Casey Jones en la película Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016). Igualmente, ha desarrollado papeles menores en series como Heartland, CSI: Miami, The Vampire Diaries y New Girl, además de haber prestado su voz para el personaje de Green Arrow en los videojuegos Injustice: Dioses entre nosotros y Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham.[1]

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[ru] Амелл, Стивен

Сти́вен А́дам А́мелл[1] (англ. Stephen Adam Amell, 8 мая 1981, Торонто) — канадский актёр, наиболее известный по главной роли Оливера Куина в телесериале «Стрела» и Кейси Джонса в фильме «Черепашки-ниндзя 2».

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