Robbie Amell

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Robbie Amell
Robbie Amell.jpg
Amell in 2010
Born Robert Patrick Amell
(1988-04-21) April 21, 1988 (age 36)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation Actor, model
Years active 2005–present
Partner(s) Italia Ricci (2008–present; engaged)
Relatives Stephen Amell (cousin)

Robert Patrick "Robbie" Amell (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian actor and model. He is best known for playing Stephen Jameson on The CW's series The Tomorrow People, Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm on The CW's series The Flash, Fred Jones in the films Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster, Paxton Flynn in the film The Hunters, and Wesley Rush in the film The Duff, as well as recurring roles on such television shows as Life with Derek, True Jackson, VP, Unnatural History, and Revenge.

Early life

Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario.[1] He is the cousin of Arrow actor Stephen Amell.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] He also takes break dancing lessons.[citation needed] 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.[7]

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.[8]

In May 2014, Amell joined The Duff as Wesley, the potential love interest for co-star Mae Witman as "The Duff".[9] 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.[10]

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.[11][12] In July, Amell was added to the The X-Files cast as an FBI Agent.[13] In October, Amell joined as the lead for McG's horror film The Babysitter.[14]

Personal Life

Amell has been dating actress Italia Ricci since July 2008.[15][16] The couple became engaged on August 20, 2014.[17]

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.[18]

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 The Alyson Stoner Project VIP Guest
2013 The Hunters Paxton Flynn
2013 Struck by Lightning Justin Walker
2014 Criminal Dino Short film
2015 The Duff Wesley Rush Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Liplock (shared w/ Mae Whitman)
2015 Anatomy of the Tide Brad McManus
2015 Max Kyle Wincott
2016 Nine Lives Post-Production
2016 The Babysitter 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 Fred Jones 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 The Tomorrow People Stephen Jameson Lead role, 22 episodes
2013 The Hunters Paxton Flynn Television film
2014 Whose Line Is It Anyway? Himself Episode: "Robbie Amell"
2014–16 The Flash Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm / Deathstorm 9 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 Guest Role

References

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  4. ↑ http://www.ew.com/article/2013/09/16/stephen-amell-robbie-amell-arrow-tomorrow-people
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  13. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/x-files-robbie-amell-lauren-810172
  14. ↑ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/flashs-robbie-amell-joins-new-832215
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