Stephen Amell

                                Biography and his greatest work on television

First years

He was born on May 8, 1981 in the city of Toronto, Canada, son of Thomas Amell and Sandra Bolté. He has british, german and french ancestry and is cousin of also actor Robbie Amell.

At age 19 he moved to California, United States to study acting. Four years later, in 2004, he first appeared on television as a spinning instructor in the Us version of the Queer as Folk series, and later as a goalkeeper in Degrassi: The Next Generation. 

After that, he continued to play minor roles in following years in series such as Missing, Dante’s Cove, CSI: Miami, The Vampire Diaries, 90210, New Girl, Flashpoint, Heartland and Private Practice.

Philanthropy

Over the years, Amell has led a numerous charity campaigns selling merchandise through the Represent.com site. In 2014, he created the Fuck Cancer campaign to help people who suffer from the disease and don’t have enough money for medical expenses; the initiative raised more than half a million dollarsafter having sold more than 60 thousand shirts. In January 2015, it launched a second campaign to support the Paws and Stripes and Stand for the Silent foundation. In August of the same year the made a special appearance at WWE Raw to raise money that would be donated to the Emily’s House Foundation, which helps families with children suffering from terminal illnesses; his apperance managed to raise more than 300 thousand dollars.

Arrow - his great work in television

In January 2012, the CW network announced that Amell had been selected to play Oliver Queen / Green Arrow in the television series Arrow, adaptation of the DC Comics superhero.

The program received favorable reviews and presented high levels of audience; according to numerous analysts, it was the beginning of the golden era of the channel. Due to it sucess, it was renewed for a second and third season, which also received positive reviews and good ratings, which became the most sucessful series of the CW between 2012 and 2013.

Therefore, in 2014 he released The Flash, the first series derived from Arrow, where Amell also plays Oliver Queen / Green Arrow. Over time, the term Arrowverse was popularized to encompass all DC Comics superhero adaptations made by the CW, and in 2016 it started a two new series called Legends of Tomorrow and Supergil, where Amell also plays Oliver Queen / Green Arrow.

Why I chose this actor?

The answer is simple, it is thanks to his Arrow series and the form in which he plays it, as has been done with the character, has evolved through out the series, and it is through this series, that all superheroes shows born, whether from DC or Marvel, because Arrow and Stephen Amell showed that if you can do superheroe shows as principals.

If you are a Dc fan like me you  should watch this series and know that he is a good actor, and if you are not, no problem, you will still like it. I recommend it, alond with is othr derived series.

You can watch this video that as a recopilation of great moments in show.