Stephen Amell

Stephen Adam Amell was born on May 8, 1981, in Toronto, Ontario, to Sandra Anne and Thomas J. Amell. Actor Robbie Amell is his first cousin. He attended St. Andrew's College and had a keen interest in sports. He was a fan of local sporting teams like Toronto Raptors, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Toronto Blue Jays. In 2015, he campaigned for Jays' third baseman Josh Donaldson to be elected to the all-star team. After he moved to Los Angeles, he supported LA Kings and LA Rams.

He married Carolyn Lawrence, on December 8, 2007. Later after his divorce, he married actress Cassandra Jean on December 25, 2012. They have a daughter, Maverick, who was born in 2013.

He, and his business partner, also own a wine company called Nocking Point.

In 2004, Stephen Amell appeared in the fourth season of a television series ‘Queer as Folk’, as a spinning instructor. The series ran from December 2000 to August 2005. He portrayed Adam in the first season of a television series ‘Dante's Cove’ in 2005. It is an American LGBT-oriented supernatural soap opera, which continued till 2007. However, in the second season, Jon Fleming replaced him.

In 2007, he did two films, ‘The Tracey Fragments’, where he played the role of a detective; and ‘Closing the Ring’, where he portrayed Teddy Gordon. The same year, he made a guest appearance in ‘ReGenesis,’ a television series. The series ran for four seasons. He bagged a Gemini Award for his guest-role on ‘ReGenesis’. Also that same year, he was nominated for the Gemini Award in the Best Ensemble Cast Category for ‘Rent-a-Goalie’, a comedy television series.

In 2010, he portrayed recurring roles in the comedy TV series ‘Da Kink in My Hair’, and ‘Heartland’, a family drama. In December the same year, he joined ‘The Vampire Diaries’, an American supernatural television series, where he portrayed Brady. He also portrayed Travis in ‘Blue Mountain State’, a comedy series.

In 2011, Stephen Amell appeared as Joran van der Sloot in a television film ‘Justice for Natalee Holloway’. In October the same year, he starred in HBO's series, ‘Hung’, where he played Jason, a busboy-turned-prostitute. He also portrayed Jim in the fourth season of ‘90210’ in 2011. He also filmed the Christmas episode of ‘New Girl’, a television series. The same year, he did the short film ‘Stay with me’ as well, where he portrayed Travis.

In 2012, he played the recurring role of Scott Becker in ‘Private Practice’. He was then cast as Oliver Queen/Green Arrow in an American action crime television series ‘Arrow’, for which he won a Best Ever TV Award 2015 for Best Couple and Steamiest Moment (shared with Emily Bett Rickards) and MTV Fandom Award in the category Ship of the Year. In 2015, he did ‘Reelside’, a Canadian documentary television series.

Stephen Amell is a wrestling fan and appeared in two episodes of ‘WWE Raw’, a wrestling television program. In May 2015, he made his first WWE appearance on ‘WWE Raw’. He returned to Raw on August 10 and faced Stardust. Later it was announced that Neville would team up with him to face Stardust and King Barrett at SummerSlam. On August 23, 2015, Amell, along with Neville, defeated Stardust and Barrett. He was awarded a Slammy for the ‘Celebrity Moment of the Year’ for his dive onto Stardust.

Amell is well known for his social work. He has hosted several fundraising campaigns through Represent.com. In 2014, he teamed up with the charity ‘Fuck Cancer’, and sold 60,000 T-shirts featuring his face, and raised $1 million. He did another campaign in 2015, for two mental health charities, Stand For The Silent, and Paws and Stripes. In August 2015, he raised $300,000 from his guest appearance on ‘WWE Raw’ with Stardust for the children's hospice Emily's House.