Early life

Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is the cousin of Arrow actor Stephen Amell. Along with his sister, he started modelling and acting in small roles in commercials when he was six years old. At age sixteen, he began landing roles in high school plays such as Louis and Dave and Fionia, Picasso at the Lapin Agile and The Importance of Being Earnest. His love for acting made him go to Canadian Studios Acting Academy. He graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto in 2006. He later pursued his career in acting.

Career

Amell's first role was Daniel Murtaugh in Cheaper by the Dozen 2, which filmed in the Muskoka Region of Ontario. Originally meant to be a non-speaking role, he ended up getting a couple of lines. He also appeared in the 2007 horror film Left for Dead.

Amell had a role in the Canadian Family Channel series Life with Derek, playing lead character Casey McDonald's boyfriend, Max. Life with Derek was distributed worldwide, including US Disney Channel and its international affiliates. He has also appeared in the ABC Family film Picture This.

Amell has a recurring role on both the Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP as Max Madigan's nephew Jimmy, True's love interest, and the Cartoon Network series Unnatural History.

He played the role of Noel Kahn's brother Eric on the ABC Family television series Pretty Little Liars during the show's third season. Amell has played hockey since he was a child and considered making a career of it until discovering his love of acting. He also takes break dancing lessons. He had a recurring role on MTV's Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous.

He was cast as Fred Jones in the 2009 TV movie Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, which became the most watched telecast ever on Cartoon Network. He reprised the role in the 2010 sequel Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster.

In 2013, Amell received his biggest role to date, lead character Stephen Jameson in CW's sci-fi drama The Tomorrow People, a remake of the British series of the same name.

In May 2014, Amell joined The Duff as Wesley, the potential love interest for co-star Mae Witman as "The Duff". On July 9, 2014, Amell was cast as a major recurring character on the CW series The Flash as Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm, based on the DC Comics character.

On April 9, 2015, Amell was cast alongside Jennifer Garner and Kevin Spacey for the comedy film Nine Lives, set to be released on April 29, 2016. In July, Amell was cast in the tenth season of the The X-Files as FBI Agent Miller. In October, Amell joined as the lead for McG's horror film The Babysitter.

Robbie will also be starring in, and executive producing the sci-fi/action movie Code 8, with Stephen Amell co-starring and executive producing. The film was funded by an IndieGoGo campaign which raised over $1.5 million.

Personal life

Amell has been dating actress Italia Ricci since July 2008. The couple became engaged on August 20, 2014.

Amell was a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team growing up, though since his move to Los Angeles, Amell has begun cheering for the Los Angeles Kings, but still calls Toronto his "second team". Amell is also in support of a second NHL team in Toronto via league expansion.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	Daniel Murtaugh
2007	Left for Dead	Blair
2007	American Pie Presents: Beta House	Nick Anderson
2008	Picture this	Drew Pattrinson
2009	Alyson Stoner Project, TheThe Alyson Stoner Project	VIP Guest
2013	The Hunters	Paxton Flynn
2013	Struck by Lightning	Justin Walker
2014	Criminal	Dino	Short film
2015	Duff, TheThe Duff	Wesley Rush	Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock
2015	Anatomy of the Tide	Brad McManus
2015	Max	Kyle Wincott
2016	Code 8	Taylor Reed	Short film; Executive Producer
2016	Nine Lives		Post-Production
2016	The Babysitter		Filming
2016	Arq	Renton	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Runaway	Stephen	Episode: "Identity Crisis"
2006-08	Life with Derek	Max Miller	17 episodes
2008	Murdoch Mysteries	Wallace Driscoll	Episode: "Still Waters"
2008	Picture This	Drew Patterson	Television film
2008-11	True Jackson, VP	Jimmy Madigan	Main Cast; 41 episodes
2009	Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins	Fred Jones	Television film
2010	Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster		Television film
2010	Unnatural History	Michael O'Malley	2 episodes
2010	Destroy Build Destroy	Himself	Episode: "Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster vs. Dude, What Would Happen"
2010	Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's	Lyndon	Voice; Episode: "Mother Knows Best"
2011	How I Met Your Mother	Scooby	2 episodes
2011	Brothers & Sisters	Young William Walker	Episode: "For Better or for Worse"
2011-12	Revenge	Adam	4 episodes
2011	CSI: NY	Riley Frazier	Episode: "Air Apparent"
2012	Alcatraz	Young Ray Archer	3 episodes
2012	Pretty Little Liars	Eric Kahn	Episode: "The Kahn Game"
2012	Hawaii Five-0	Billy Keats	Episode: "Popilikia"
2012	Hornet's Nest	Andy Brazil	Television film
2013	Hot in Cleveland	Lloyd	Episode: "The Conversation"
2013	1600 Penn	D.B.	7 episodes
2013	Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous	Nick	8 episodes
2013-14	Tomorrow People, TheThe Tomorrow People	Stephen Jameson	Lead role, 22 episodes
2013	Hunters, TheThe Hunters	Paxton Flynn	Television film
2014	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Himself	Episode: "Robbie Amell"
2014-16	The Flash, The Flash	Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm/Deathstorm	10 episodes
2015	Modern Family	Chase	Episode: "Closet? You'll Love It!"
2015	Chasing Life	Ecstasy Guy	Uncredited Episode: "Wild Thing"
2016	The X-Files	Agent Miller	2 episodes

Charities

Robbie Amell supports the following charitable cause: ALS (amyrotrophic lateral sclerosis).

[ Source: Wikipedia ]