John Diggle

"I don't want there to be any confusion, Mr. Queen. My ability to keep you from harm will outweigh your comfort."

- Diggle to Oliver Queen

John Diggle (born 1977), known mononymously to Oliver Queen as Diggle or Dig, is Oliver's former bodyguard and chauffeur. Oliver, though, tries to avoid him as much as he can. In "Lone Gunman", it is revealed that he had a brother who died working as a bodyguard and thus left behind a wife. He discovers Oliver is Arrow after he is taken to Oliver's lair to recuperate after being shot by Deadshot. After this discovery, he quit his job as Oliver's bodygaurd stating how he did not approve how "Oliver spent his nights". However, he later joined Oliver in "helping" Starling City, albeit mostly on the sideline, and even donned the Arrow costume in order to save Oliver from incarceration.

Abilities

 * Expert hand-to-hand combatant: John Diggle is an expert hand to hand combatant who has gained and developed the skill throughout many years of training and military.

Trivia

 * Diggle's brother Andrew is likely named after Andy Diggle, the author of Green Arrow: Year One, upon which Arrow is largely based.
 * Diggle is very proficient in hand-to-hand combat.
 * He is former Army Special Forces which is probably where he recieved his extensive hand-to-hand combat skills.
 * John Diggle is currently the only character to know Oliver Queen's secret identity, Arrow. He discovered this in "Lone Gunman". However, Quentin Lance has assumed that Oliver is Arrow, though he hasn't actually got hard evidence.