Stephen Amell Biography

Stephen Amell (born May 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He stars as the vigilante Oliver Queen on The CW series Arrow.

Career

Amell played Adam in the first season of the television series Dante's Cove; he was replaced in the second season by Jon Fleming. Amell, credited as Steve Amell, appeared in three episodes of the fourth season of Queer as Folk as the Liberty Ride spinning instructor in 2004.

In 2007, Amell won a Gemini Award for his guest-starring role on ReGenesis. The same year he was also nominated for a Gemini Award in the Best Ensemble Cast Category for Rent-a-Goalie.

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.

Amell starred as Joran van der Sloot in the Lifetime film Justice for Natalee Holloway which originally aired in May 2011.

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. He also appeared as Jim in the fourth season of 90210.

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. On November 9, 2011 that Amell was announced for the recurring role of Scottie, a paramedic on ABC's primetime medical drama Private Practice.

In January 2012, Amell was cast as the titular character in the The CW series Arrow, a re-imagining of the comic-book character Green Arrow. In June 2012, Amell was cast to play as Wynn Delaney in Believe Pictures' film adaptation of Janette Oke's beloved Canadian West series of novels When Calls the Heart, which is due to be premiered on the Hallmark Channel in 2013.

Personal life

Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario. His cousin is actor Robbie Amell.

Amell married actress and model Cassandra Jean on December 25, 2012 in a private ceremony in the Caribbean and for a second time in New Orleans on May 26, 2013. On June 6, 2013, Amell announced that his wife is pregnant with their first child.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	'	Buddy Harrelson	Television film
2007	'	Detective
2007	Closing the Ring	Teddy Gordon
2009	Screamers: The Hunting	Guy	Direct-to-video
2010	'	Philip Seaver	Television film
2011	Justice for Natalee Holloway	Joran van der Sloot	Television film
2011	Stay with Me	Travis	Short film
2013	When Calls the Heart	Wynn Delaney	Television film; completed

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"2008	Rent-a-Goalie	Billy	Main cast; 18 episodes
2007	ReGenesis	Craig Riddlemeyer	2 episodes
2007"2012	Heartland	Nick Harwell	6 episodes
2007"2009	'Da Kink in My Hair	Matthew	4 episodes
2009	Flashpoint	Peter Henderson	Episode: "Exit Wounds"
2010	Blue Mountain State	Travis	2 episodes
2010	CSI: Miami	Peter Truitt	Episode: "Sleepless in Miami"
2010	NCIS: Los Angeles	Marine Gunnery Sergeant Andrew Weaver	Episode: "Bounty"
2011	'	Brady	2 episodes
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	A.J. Gust	Episode: "73 Seconds"
2011	Hung	Jason	10 episodes
2011	90210	Jim	2 episodes
2011"2012	New Girl	Kyle	2 episodes
2012	Private Practice	Scott Becker	7 episodes
2012"present	Arrow	Oliver Queen/Green Arrow	Main cast

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Green Arrow	Voice

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2007	Gemini Award	Best Performance by an Actor in a Guest Role Dramatic Series	ReGenesis
2007	Gemini Award	Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series	Rent-a-Goalie
2008	Gemini Award	Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series	Rent-a-Goalie
2013	NewNowNext Award	Cause You're Hot	Arrow
2013	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Arrow
2013	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Breakout Star	Arrow