David Ramsey

David Ramsey
Information
Birthdate	November 17, 1971
Occupation	Actor Directed by
Character(s)	John Diggle/Spartan/Green Arrow Clifford DeVoe (as John Diggle) Bass Reeves
First medium	"Pilot"
Latest medium	"Meet Your Maker"
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David Paul Ramsey (born November 17, 1971) is an American actor. He portrayed John Diggle/Spartan/Green Arrow in Arrow, along with appearances as the character in The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Batwoman, and Superman & Lois. He also portrayed Clifford DeVoe as John Diggle in The Flash, and Bass Reeves in DC's Legends of Tomorrow.

Credits

Arrow

Actor

Season 1 "Pilot" John Diggle "Honor Thy Father" John Diggle "Lone Gunmen" John Diggle "An Innocent Man" John Diggle "Damaged" John Diggle/"The Hood" "Legacies" John Diggle "Muse of Fire" John Diggle "Vendetta" John Diggle "Year's End" John Diggle "Burned" John Diggle "Trust but Verify" John Diggle "Vertigo" John Diggle "Betrayal" John Diggle "The Odyssey" John Diggle "Dodger" John Diggle "Dead to Rights" John Diggle "The Huntress Returns" John Diggle "Salvation" John Diggle "Unfinished Business" John Diggle "Home Invasion" John Diggle "The Undertaking" John Diggle "Darkness on the Edge of Town" John Diggle "Sacrifice" John Diggle Season 2 "City of Heroes" John Diggle "Identity" John Diggle "Broken Dolls" John Diggle "Crucible" John Diggle "League of Assassins" John Diggle "Keep Your Enemies Closer" John Diggle "State v. Queen" John Diggle "The Scientist" John Diggle "Three Ghosts" John Diggle "Blast Radius" John Diggle "Blind Spot" John Diggle "Tremors" John Diggle "Heir to the Demon" John Diggle "Time of Death" John Diggle "The Promise" John Diggle "Suicide Squad" John Diggle/Freelancer "Birds of Prey" John Diggle "Deathstroke" John Diggle "The Man Under the Hood" John Diggle "Seeing Red" John Diggle "City of Blood" John Diggle "Streets of Fire" John Diggle "Unthinkable" John Diggle Season 3 "The Calm" John Diggle "Sara" John Diggle "Corto Maltese" John Diggle "The Magician" John Diggle "The Secret Origin of Felicity Smoak" John Diggle "Guilty" John Diggle "Draw Back Your Bow" John Diggle "The Brave and the Bold" John Diggle "The Climb" John Diggle "Left Behind" John Diggle "Midnight City" John Diggle "Uprising" John Diggle "Canaries" John Diggle "The Return" John Diggle "Nanda Parbat" John Diggle "The Offer" John Diggle "Suicidal Tendencies" John Diggle/Freelancer "Public Enemy" John Diggle "Broken Arrow" John Diggle "The Fallen" John Diggle "Al Sah-him" John Diggle "This Is Your Sword" John Diggle "My Name Is Oliver Queen" John Diggle Season 4 "Green Arrow" John Diggle "The Candidate" John Diggle "Restoration" John Diggle "Beyond Redemption" John Diggle "Haunted" John Diggle "Lost Souls" John Diggle/Spartan "Brotherhood" John Diggle/Spartan "Legends of Yesterday" John Diggle/Spartan "Dark Waters" John Diggle "Blood Debts" John Diggle/Spartan "A.W.O.L." John Diggle/Spartan "Unchained" John Diggle/Spartan "Sins of the Father" John Diggle/Spartan "Code of Silence" John Diggle/Spartan "Taken" John Diggle/Spartan "Broken Hearts" John Diggle/Spartan "Beacon of Hope" John Diggle/Spartan "Eleven-Fifty-Nine" John Diggle/Spartan "Canary Cry" John Diggle/Spartan "Genesis" John Diggle/Spartan "Monument Point" John Diggle/Spartan "Lost in the Flood" John Diggle/Spartan "Schism" John Diggle/Spartan Season 5 "Legacy" John Diggle "The Recruits" John Diggle "A Matter of Trust" John Diggle "Penance" John Diggle "Human Target" John Diggle/Spartan "So It Begins" John Diggle/Spartan "Vigilante" John Diggle "Invasion!" John Diggle/The Hood "What We Leave Behind" John Diggle/Spartan "Who Are You?" John Diggle "Second Chances" John Diggle "Bratva" John Diggle "Spectre of the Gun" John Diggle/Spartan "The Sin-Eater" John Diggle/Spartan "Fighting Fire With Fire" John Diggle/Spartan "Checkmate" John Diggle/Spartan "Kapiushon" John Diggle "Disbanded" John Diggle/Spartan "Dangerous Liaisons" John Diggle/Spartan "Underneath" John Diggle "Honor Thy Fathers" John Diggle/Spartan "Missing" John Diggle "Lian Yu" John Diggle Season 6 "Fallout" John Diggle/Spartan "Tribute" John Diggle/Spartan "Next of Kin" John Diggle/Green Arrow "Reversal" John Diggle/Green Arrow "Deathstroke Returns" John Diggle/Green Arrow "Promises Kept" John Diggle/Green Arrow "Thanksgiving" John Diggle/Green Arrow "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" (credit only) "Irreconcilable Differences" John Diggle "Divided" John Diggle "We Fall" John Diggle/Spartan "All for Nothing" John Diggle/Spartan "The Devil's Greatest Trick" John Diggle/Spartan "Collision Course" John Diggle/Spartan "Doppelganger" John Diggle/Spartan "The Thanatos Guild" John Diggle/Spartan "Brothers in Arms" John Diggle/Spartan "Fundamentals" John Diggle "The Dragon" (credit only) "Shifting Allegiances" John Diggle/Freelancer "Docket No. 11-19-41-73" John Diggle/Freelancer/Spartan "The Ties That Bind" John Diggle/Freelancer "Life Sentence" John Diggle/Freelancer Season 7 "Inmate 4587" John Diggle/Freelancer "The Longbow Hunters" John Diggle/Freelancer "Crossing Lines" John Diggle/Freelancer "Level Two" John Diggle "Due Process" John Diggle/Freelancer "The Slabside Redemption" John Diggle "Unmasked" John Diggle "Elseworlds, Part 2" John Diggle/Freelancer "My Name is Emiko Queen" John Diggle/Freelancer "Past Sins" John Diggle/Freelancer "Emerald Archer" John Diggle/Freelancer/Spartan "Star City Slayer" John Diggle "Brothers & Sisters" John Diggle/Freelancer "Training Day" John Diggle/Spartan "Star City 2040" (credit only) "Inheritance" John Diggle/Spartan "Lost Canary" John Diggle/Spartan "Spartan" John Diggle/Spartan "Confessions" John Diggle/Spartan "Living Proof" John Diggle/Spartan "You Have Saved This City" John Diggle/Spartan Season 8 "Starling City" John Diggle/Spartan "Welcome to Hong Kong" John Diggle/Spartan "Leap of Faith" John Diggle "Present Tense" John Diggle/Spartan "Prochnost" John Diggle/Spartan "Reset" John Diggle "Purgatory" John Diggle/Spartan "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four" John Diggle "Green Arrow & The Canaries" (credit only) "Fadeout" John Diggle/Spartan

Directed by

Season 7

• "Past Sins"

Season 8

• "Reset"

The Flash

Actor

Season 1 "Flash vs. Arrow" John Diggle (special guest star) Season 2 "Legends of Today" John Diggle/Spartan (special guest star) "King Shark" John Diggle (special guest star) Season 3 "Invasion!" John Diggle/Spartan (special guest star) Season 4 "Think Fast" John Diggle and Clifford DeVoe (special guest star) Season 5 "Elseworlds, Part 1" John Diggle/Freelancer (special guest star) Season 6 "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three" John Diggle (special guest star) "Marathon" John Diggle (special guest star) "Death of the Speed Force" John Diggle (archive footage) Season 7 "P.O.W." John Diggle/Spartan (special guest star)

Guitar Hero Challenge shorts

Actor

• Guitar Hero Challenge John Diggle

Superhero Fight Club shorts

Actor

• Superhero Fight Club 2.0 John Diggle/Spartan

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Actor

Season 2

• "Invasion!" John Diggle/Spartan (special guest star)

Season 3

• "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" John Diggle (special guest star)

Season 5

• "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five" John Diggle/Spartan (special guest star)

Season 6

• "Stressed Western" Bass Reeves (special guest star)

Directed by

Season 6

• "Stressed Western"

Suit Up short

Actor

• Suit Up John Diggle/Spartan

Supergirl

Actor

Season 4

• "Elseworlds, Part 3" John Diggle (special guest star)

Season 6

• "Blind Spots" John Diggle (special guest star)

Directed by

Season 6

• "Blind Spots"

Superman & Lois

Directed by

Season 1

• "Man of Steel"

Season 2

• "The Ties That Bind"

Actor

Season 1

• "Through the Valley of Death" John Diggle (special guest star)

Batwoman

Actor

Season 2

• "Rebirth" John Diggle (special guest star)

Season 3

• "Meet Your Maker" John Diggle (special guest star)

Directed by

Season 3

• "A Lesson From Professor Pyg"

Trivia

• Ramsey is among the actors who made their directorial debut within their respective show, including Melissa Benoist, Tom Cavanagh, David Harewood, Caity Lotz, and Danielle Panabaker.
  • Ramsey is also the first actor to direct an episode from a separate show followed by Tom Cavanaugh.
• Ramsey is one of three actors to have been in all six Arrowverse TV series that were made for the Arrowverse (except Black Lightning), alongside Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch.