Age: 30
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Ryan Potter is a U.S. actor, director, martial artist, photographer and philanthropist. He was born in Portland, Oregon but spent much of his childhood in Tokyo. At the age of seven, he moved back to the United States. Ryan started acting at the age of fifteen, after seeing a leaflet looking for candidates for a martial arts-themed Nickelodeon series, Supah Ninjas (2011). He was cast as Mike Fukanaga on the show, which ran from 2011 to 2013. He also played Fred's Best Friend on the series Fred: The Show (2012). In 2013, Ryan appeared in the short film Save the Date (2013). In 2014, he starred in both the independent film Senior Project (2014) and Disney's computer-animated superhero blockbuster Big Hero 6 (2014). In the latter film, he voiced the lead character, Hiro Hamada, a child prodigy who teams with a large robot. Ryan voiced Hiro again the video-game Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2014). Ryan will next play Eric Barret in the film Underdog Kids (2015). In 2011, Ryan founded Toy Box of Hope, a charity for children living in homeless shelters and transitive living facilities.
After years spent surviving the brutal terrain of a remote Pacific island, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen returns to Starling City a haunted man, burdened by a dying wish from his father to "right the wrongs" of their family legacy. Struggling with severe PTSD and a world that moved on without him, Oliver masquerades as a hooded vigilante to dismantle a conspiracy of the city's corrupt elite. However, the mission is far more complex than a simple list of names; Oliver finds himself caught in a web of global industrial sabotage, metahuman enforcers like the unbreakable Brick, and the rise of a "Dark Archer" who mirrors his every move. As Oliver recruits a ragtag team—including his stoic bodyguard John Diggle, the brilliant hacker Felicity Smoak, and a defiant street-thief named Roy Harper—he must navigate the wreckage of his personal life. He faces the resentment of Laurel Lance, who is secretly reclaiming her own heroic identity as the Black Canary, and the tragic spiral of his best friend, Tommy Merlyn. The season hurtles toward "The Undertaking," a catastrophic plan to level the city's poorest district, forcing Oliver to decide if he is a hunter seeking vengeance or a hero capable of inspiring a broken city.
