Stephen Adam Amell (born May 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor.
Stephen Adam Amell was born on May 8, 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Sandra Anne (née Bolté) and Thomas J. Amell.
He is a first cousin of actor Robbie Amell.
2000
He attended St. Andrew's College, a private independent school for boys, and graduated in 2000.
2004
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.
2007
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.
2010
On December 3, 2010, Amell joined the cast of The Vampire Diaries as werewolf 'Brady' for season 2.
2011
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.
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, Amell was announced for the recurring role of Scottie, a paramedic on ABC's Private Practice.
He also played the role of Travis McKenna in Blue Mountain State.
2012
He came to prominence for playing the lead role of Oliver Queen on the CW superhero series Arrow (2012–2020), 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 (2021–2023).
In January 2012, Amell was cast as Oliver Queen in The CW series Arrow, based on the DC Comics superhero of the same name.
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.
2015
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.
Amell made his first WWE appearance on the May 25 episode of Raw, where he had a confrontation with Stardust.
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.
At the event on August 23, 2015, Amell and Neville defeated Barrett and Stardust in a tag team match.
2016
Outside of television, he portrayed Casey Jones in the superhero film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016).
Amell co-starred in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (released on June 3, 2016) as vigilante "Casey Jones".
2017
Amell announced in May 2017 that he would be participating on a special celebrity edition of American Ninja Warrior.
Amell demonstrated great physical abilities which was reflective of his athleticism in his portrayal of Oliver Queen.
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.
2018
The film premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
2019
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.
His first post-Arrow project was announced in August 2019 as Heels, a Starz drama series set in the world of independent professional wrestling.
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.
In September 2023, Heels was canceled after two seasons.
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.
As an avid professional wrestling fan, Amell campaigned for a guest appearance on WWE's weekly Raw program.
