Acting 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. 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, Amell was announced for the recurring role of Scottie, a paramedic on ABC's Private Practice. He also plays the role of Travis in Blue Mountain State

In January 2012, Amell was cast as the title character in The CW series Arrow, a re-imagining of the comic-book character Green Arrow.

On March 31, 2015, Amell joined the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as vigilante Casey Jones, which will be released on June 3, 2016.

WWE

As an avid professional wrestling fan, Amell had long campaigned for a guest appearance on WWE's weekly Raw program, when in late May 2015 it was reported that he was tentatively set to wrestle Stardust at WWE's SummerSlam pay-per-view on August 23, 2015. Amell made his first WWE appearance on the May 25 Raw, where he had a confrontation with Stardust. However, after the real-life death of Stardust's father Dusty Rhodes in June 2015, reports speculated that the match had been scrapped. Despite this, Amell stated at the 2015 Comic Con International in July 2015, "I'm probably gonna do some stuff with the WWE. I don't know if that means a wrestling match. We'll see." Amell returned to Raw on August 10, continuing his storyline with Stardust when he stepped into the ring after being assaulted in the audience by Stardust, attacking the wrestler 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, Amell and Neville defeated Barrett and Stardust in a tag team match. Neville and Barrett started and after Neville used his speed to control the action, Barrett tagged in Stardust. Stardust insisted that Amell enter the ring, a challenge accepted in a way that both imitated and bettered Stardust's own athletic ring entrance. Stardust first pushed Amell to the canvas, Amell then responded with a kip-up and a stiff front thrust kick to Stardust's chest. For the next few minutes Amell was controlled by Stardust and Barrett, and absorbed punches, kicks, knees, slams, falls from ring to floor, and an attack on the floor by the non-legal man, Stardust. Upon returning to the ring, and hitting Stardust with an enzuigiri, Amell made a hot tag to Neville, who dominated both opponents. The conclusion of the match came after Amell dove off the top corner ropes onto Stardust and Barrett who were standing on the floor below. The match ended after Neville hit his finisher, the Red Arrow, on Barrett and pinned him. Behind the scenes, wrestlers were said to have been impressed with Amell's performance. There were also talks of a potential singles match with Stardust. On December 21, Amell was awarded a Slammy for the "Celebrity Moment of the Year" for his dive onto Stardust.

Philanthropy

Amell has hosted a number of successful fundraising campaigns via the crowd funded merchandise platform Represent.com. 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. 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. 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 check together at Emily's House.

Personal life

Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is the cousin of 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. The couple have a daughter, Mavi, born in 2013.

Growing up, Amell was a fan of various local sporting teams, such as the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Toronto Raptors and the Toronto Blue Jays. Amell is still very involved with the sports; he often jokes with fans telling them to skip Maple Leafs games and watch Arrow when the team faces a tough opponent, and recently, Amell campaigned to have Jays' third baseman Josh Donaldson elected to the 2015 all-star game.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Tracey Fragments, TheThe Tracey Fragments	Detective
2007	Closing the Ring	Teddy Gordon
2009	Screamers: The Hunting	Guy
2011	Stay with Me	Travis	Short film
2016	Code 8	Drone Pilot (voice)	Short film; Executive Producer
2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Casey Jones	Post-production

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	House Next Door, TheThe House Next Door	Buddy Harrelson	Television film
2006-08	Rent-a-Goalie	Billy	Main cast; 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	Vampire Diaries, TheThe 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 cast; 10 episodes
2011	90210	Jim	2 episodes
2011-12	New Girl	Kyle	2 episodes
2012	Private Practice	Scott Becker	7 episodes
2012-present	Arrow	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow	Lead role
2013	When Calls the Heart	Wynn Delaney	Television film
2014-present	The Flash	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow	4 episodes
2015	Reelside	Himself	Episode: "Superheroes"
2015	WWE Raw	Himself	2 episodes
2016	Legends of Tomorrow	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow	2 episodes

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015-present	Dudes Being Dudes in Wine Country	Himself	Also co-creator
2015	Vixen	Oliver Queen / Arrow	Voice; 2 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Green Arrow (Arrow skin)	Voice
2014	Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham	Green Arrow / 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	Won
2007	Gemini Award	Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series	Rent-a-Goalie	Nominated
2008	Gemini Award	Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series	Rent-a-Goalie	Nominated
2012	IGN Awards	Best TV Hero	Arrow	Nominated
2013	NewNowNext Award	Cause You're Hot	Arrow	Nominated
2013	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Arrow	Nominated
2013	Teen Choice Award	Choice TV Breakout Star	Arrow	Nominated
2014	IGN Awards	Best TV Hero	Arrow	2nd place
2014	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Sci-Fi/Fantasy TV Actor	Arrow	Nominated
2014	Leo Awards	Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series	Arrow	Nominated
2014	Constellation Awards	Best Male Performance in a 2013 Science Fiction Television Episode	Arrow	Nominated
2014	Young Hollywood Awards	Super Superhero	Arrow	Nominated
2015	Best. Ever. TV Awards 2015	Best Couple and Steamiest Moment	Arrow	Won
2015	MTV Fandom Awards	Ship of the Year	Arrow	Won
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actor: Fantasy/Sci-Fi	Arrow	Nominated
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV: Liplock	Arrow	Nominated
2015	Slammy Award	Celebrity Moment of the Year	SummerSlam	Won
2016	CinemaCon Award	Male Star of Tomorrow	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows	Won

Charities

Stephen Amell supports the following charitable causes: Cancer, ALS (amyrotrophic lateral sclerosis).

[ Source: Wikipedia ]