How 13 Arrowverse Stars Have Broken Out on the Big Screen (PHOTOS)
Stephen Amell (Oliver Queen/Robbie Amell) and Robbie Amell (Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm)
The Amell cousins raised more than $2 million on Kickstarter to film and release this year’s sci-fi thriller film Code 8, based on their 2016 short film of the same name.
Melissa Benoist (Kara Danvers/Supergirl)
Benoist appeared in the films Whiplash, Danny Collins, and Patriots Day (seen here), in which she played the widow of the one of the brothers behind the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
Franz Drameh (Jefferson Jackson/Firestorm)
Drameh has acted in the films Hereafter, Attack the Block (seen here), and Edge of Tomorrow. He recently filmed Twist opposite Lena Headey and Michael Caine.
Megalyn Echikunwoke (Mari McCabe/Vixen)
Echikunwoke graced the silver screen in CHiPS, Step Sisters, Night School (seen here), and—most recently—Late Night opposite Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling.
Victor Garber (Martin Stein/Firestorm)
Perhaps most recognizable of Garber’s film credits is his role as shipbuilder Thomas Andrews in the 1997 hit Titanic. You can currently see him in the legal thriller Dark Waters.
Rick Gonzalez (Rene Ramirez/Wild Dog)
Gonzalez has appeared in films for the last two decades—including The Rookie, Old School, Coach Carter (seen here), and The Guilt Trip.
Chyler Leigh (Alex Danvers)
Even before her starring role on Grey’s Anatomy, Leigh broke out in Hollywood alongside Chris Evans with the 2001 parody film Not Another Teen Movie.
Matt Letscher (Eobard Thawne/Reverse Flash)
Letscher earned a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Best Villain for his role opposite Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones in 1998’s The Mask of Zorro.
Keiynan Lonsdale (Wally West/Kid Flash)
Lonsdale played Uriah Pedrad in the Insurgent and Allegiant installments of The Divergent Series, then starred as Bram Greenfield in 2018’s Love, Simon (seen here).
Danielle Panabaker (Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost)
Panabaker was a movie actress before she joined the Arrowverse, having hit the silver screen in the films Sky High, Yours Mine & Ours, Mr. Brooks, Friday the 13th, and Piranha 3DD (seen here).
Ruby Rose (Kate Kane/Batwoman)
In the two years before Batwoman premiered, Rose starred in the action films XXX: Return of Xander Cage, John Wick: Chapter 2, and The Meg (seen here).
Brandon Routh (Ray Palmer/Atom)
Before playing the Man of Steel in the Arrowverse (in addition to his earlier role as Ray Palmer/Atom), Routh played the part in the 2006 blockbuster Superman Returns.
The Arrowverse has assembled a massive roster of actors over the past seven years—and many of those actors have appeared on the big screen before, during, or after their stints in the CW’s superhero universe.
Case in point: Arrow himself, Stephen Amell, just released a Kickstarted sci-fi film along with his cousin, Robbie Amell, who’s a familiar face to fans of The Flash. Click through the gallery above for more details on that project and the cinematic ventures of nearly a dozen other Arrowverse stars.
