Robert Patrick "Robbie" Amell (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known for his recurring and guest-starring roles in several television shows, such as the Nickelodeon series True Jackson, VP, Picture This, How I Met Your Mother, and Revenge. He is also k...
Canadian Academy Studios Acting school, Lawrence Park Collegiate Institute high school
Nationality
Canada
Spouse
Italia Ricci
Parents
Jennifer Amell, Christopher Amell
Partner
Italia Ricci (2008–)
Nicknames
Robert Patrick Amell , Robbie Patrick Amell , Rob Amell , Picky , Hollywood , Robert Patrick "Robbie" Amell
Nominations
Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actor: Comedy (2015), Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Liplock (2015)
Movies
“Cheaper by the Dozen 2” (2005), “Left for Dead” (2007), Picture This” (2008), “Scooby-Doo: The Mystery Begins” (2009), “Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster” (2010), “Pretty Little Liars” (2012), “Nine Lives” (2016), “The Babysitter” (2016), “Arq” (2016), “When ...
TV Shows
“True Jackson” (2008 – 2011), “The Tomorrow People” (2013 – 2014), “The Flash” (2014 – present), “Derek” (2006–2008), “The Flash”, “The Duff”
Star Sign
Taurus
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Quote
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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.
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It's not really a guilty pleasure, but I love old cartoons. I could watch Bugs Bunny and Tweety all day long.
3
My girlfriend doesn't think I'm funny at all.
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Fact
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Robbie's great-great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Devitt, was Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario, while Robbie's great-great-grandfather, Louis Jacob Breithaupt, was a manufacturer and political figure in Ontario, who was Mayor of Berlin, Ontario (now Kitchener, Ontario), as was Louis's own father. Robbie's great-great-uncle, Louis's son Louis Orville Breithaupt, was an MP in the Canadian Parliament, and then a Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1952 to 1957.
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He is of English, Scottish, German, Irish, one sixteenth French-Canadian, and more distant Welsh and Dutch, descent. His family's surname, "Amell", was spelled "Hamel" several generations back, and originates in France.
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His maternal step-great-grandfather, Henry John "Hank" Burden, was a World War I flying ace who was officially credited with 16 victories; Henry was a grandson of Timothy Eaton (1834-1907), the Northern Irish immigrant who founded the famous Canadian store Eaton's in Toronto in 1869.
Has twice been involved in projects with the name "Scooby", in which he played "Fred" of the Mystery Gang, and appeared in How I Met Your Mother (2005), as a character named "Scooby", who had many dog-like qualities.
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