Birth Name: Robert Patrick Amell IV
Nickname/Stage Name: Robbie Amell
Birth Date: April 21, 1988
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-fi
Occupation: Actor, Producer
Years Active: 2005 till Present
Net Worth: $2 million
Latest Film: Eat Wheaties!
Personal life
Robbie Amell was born in Toronto, the son of custom jewelry designers Jo (Burden) and Rob Amell. Stephen Amell, the Arrow actor, is his first cousin.
In July 2008, he started dating actress Italia Ricci. On August 20, 2014, they got engaged, and on October 15, 2016, they married.
On September 12, 2019, Amell and Ricci welcomed their first child, a son. They became U.S. citizens in January 2020.
Education
He attended Armour Heights Public School in 2000 and in 2006, he graduated from Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute in Toronto.
Career
Amell got his first role in Cheaper by the Dozen 2, which was shot in Ontario’s Muskoka Region. He was supposed to be a non-speaking role, but he ended up with a couple of lines.
He also featured in the horror film Left for Dead in 2007 and appeared as Casey McDonald’s boyfriend Max in the Canadian Family Channel series Life with Derek.
In addition, he appeared in the ABC Family movie Picture This. Amell was cast as FBI Agent Miller in the tenth season of The X-Files in July 2015.
Amell co-starred in the comedy film Nine Lives, which was released on August 5, 2016, alongside Kevin Spacey and Jennifer Garner.
He had a role in McG’s horror film The Babysitter in 2017. He reprised his role in the 2020 sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen.
Amell recently starred in and executive produced the sci-fi action film Code 8 (2019), in which Stephen Amell also co-starred and executive produced.
Quotes
“It’s not really a guilty pleasure, but I love old cartoons. I could watch Bugs Bunny and Tweety all day long.”
“I was playing a relatively high level of hockey, and I thought that’s what I wanted to do. But I had my first movie audition, and I was hooked.”
Trivia
Younger cousin of Stephen Amell, star of CW’s Arrow (2012).
His maternal step-great-grandfather was a World War I flying ace, credited with 16 victories.
Acted with Alexa PenaVega in The Hunters (2013) and The Tomorrow People (2013)
Movies
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Left for Dead (2007)
Struck by Lightning (2012)
Criminal (2014)
The Babysitter (2017)
Code 8 (2019)
Desperadoes (2020)
Eat Wheaties! (2021)