Oliver Queen is a fictional character on the television series Arrow, based on the DC Comics superhero, Green Arrow, created by Mort Weisinger and George Papp. He was adapted for television in 2012 by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, and Andrew Kreisberg. Oliver Queen has been continually portrayed by Stephen Amell on Arrow. Queen is the alter-ego of the vigilante, "Green Arrow". This is the second time the character has been adapted to a live-action television series; the first time was on the series Smallville, where the character appeared over the course of five seasons and was portrayed by Justin Hartley.