john barrowman played oliver queen's father in arrow.
john barrowman played oliver queen's father in arrow.
who plays oliver queen's father in arrow?
john barrowman
oliver queen first appears in the pilot episode of "arrow". he is discovered on the deserted island of lian yu by fishermen, having been shipwrecked there five years earlier following the destruction of his family yacht the "queen's gambit", which he was on with his father robert queen (jamey sheridan) and sara lance (jacqueline macinnes wood), who did not survive. oliver returns to starling city and is greeted by his mother moira (susanna thompson), his sister thea (willa holland), his best friend tommy merlyn (colin donnell), and ex-girlfriend laurel lance (katie cassidy). unknown to his friends and family, oliver has returned to starling city to carry out a plan of redemption for his father, whom oliver believes failed to do everything he could to help the citizens of starling city. season one focuses on oliver readjusting to life during the day, and spending his nights dressed as a hooded vigilante. as his vigilante persona, oliver carries a bow and arrows, and acts as judge, jury, and if necessary executioner to the wealthy that have used their money and power to take advantage and hurt the citizens of starling city, and in the process embroiled into conflicts with some of the city's criminals including the triad leader china white (kelly hu) and drug lord the count (seth gabel).
oliver queen (arrowverse)
bullet::::- jean loring appears in the second season of "arrow", portrayed by teryl rothery. a defense attorney working in starling city, she is a friend and lawyer to moira queen who is on trial for conspiracy to commit murder which lasted for four episodes. loring ends up winning the case and moira is found not guilty by the jury. in the sixth season, she returns as oliver queen's defense attorney at his arraignment hearing in "doppelganger" and is present when judge c. mcgarvey advises oliver not to leave town. in the episode "shifting alliances," a news report mentions that jean loring is representing oliver queen after is arrested on charges related to vigilantism by the police officers on ricardo diaz' side as seen in "shifting allegiances". in the episode "docket no. 11-19-41-73", jean loring does everything she can to prove oliver queen's innocence while the prosecutor alexa van owen tries to prove oliver guilty. she was present when human target appears in the courtroom posing as tommy merlyn in green arrow's outfit. during this time, jean learns that oliver is the green arrow. when the jury finds oliver queen guilty, jean then called for judgement notwithstanding verdict procedure. human target posing as judge c. mcgarvey agreed and tells oliver queen to seek probation before he is free to go.
jean loring