Background
Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario.
Amell was born in Toronto, Ontario.
He graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto in 2006.
He is best known for playing Stephen Jameson on The CW"s series The Tomorrow People, Ronnie Raymond / Firestorm/ Deathstorm 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 as the lead role 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. He is the cousin of Arrow actor Stephen Amell. 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 later pursued his career in acting. 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 United States Disney Channel and its international affiliates. He has also appeared in the American Broadcasting Company 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 American Broadcasting Company 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 Music Television"s Zach Stone Is Gonna Be Famous. He was cast as Fred Jones in the 2009 television 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 District of Columbia 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent Miller. In October, Amell joined as the lead for McGrath"s horror film The Babysitter.
