David Ramsey Joins the Cast of The CW's Arrow TV Series

Now that The CW has found their Oliver Queen in Stephen Amell for Arrow - the TV series based on DC Comics' Green Arrow - they're looking to round out the rest of the cast. Variety broke the news today that the network has now signed Blue Bloods' David Ramsey to play the character of John Diggle.

Diggle is a brand new character for the series, first detailed in the leaked casting breakdowns from a couple weeks ago. He was described as a mid-30s former military man turned bodyguard for hire. Diggle works for the Queen family, hired by Moira Queen to be Oliver's chauffeur and protector. Little does he know, Oliver is moonlighting as the crime-fighting vigilante, Green Arrow.

Ramsey will join Amell for the David Nutter-directed pilot of Arrow from writer/producer Greg Berlanti, and producers Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg.

Before being cast in CBS' Blue Bloods, the actor had starred in Dexter, Ghost Whisperer, Wildfire, and Hollywood Residential.