Arrow: How Old Oliver Queen Is At The Beginning & End

How old was Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen at the beginning and end of Arrow? the Arrowverse show lasted for eight seasons, but since the CW series relied on flashbacks to tell a much wider story, it actually covered 12 years of the Emerald Archer’s life. The original Arrowverse series kicked off with the character being discovered on the deserted island of Lian Yu, five years after he was seeming killed in a shipwreck with his father, Robert Queen.

What happened to Oliver during that time was explored gradually, with each season featuring flashbacks that would encompass a period of one year. After season 5, all of Oliver’s past had been explored, and the flashback formula was abandoned. In the present day, Oliver fought crime in Star City for several years as a vigilante. Over time, Oliver evolved from “The Hood“, to the “The Arrow“, to the Green Arrow, a mantle which he held until his death in “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. He was briefly resurrected as the Spectre for the final battle with the Anti-Monitor (LaMonica Garrett).

Oliver had a tumultuous journey in the Arrowverse that lasted for most his adult life. How old was the Green Arrow, from the beginning all the way to the end? Oliver Queen was born on May 16, 1985, and was in his early 20s when he was shown as a billionaire playboy in the season 1 flashbacks, going to parties, causing trouble, and having affairs with women in Starling City. The Queen’s Gambit went down sometime in 2007, so Oliver first came to Lian Yu around the age of 22. He was on the island for five years, and returned in the Arrow pilot episode, which took place in 2012. This means that Oliver was already 27 years old at this point. Fast forward to eight seasons, and Oliver is 34 years of age. He died on December 10, 2019, a few months short of his 35th birthday.

Oliver had what was without a doubt the deepest story of all the Arrowverse characters, since it spanned over a decade of adventures. 12 years in the Arrowverse took Oliver all the way to Russia, Hong Kong, and even to parallel universes. Though Oliver never lived past his mid-30s, his life was packed with danger, heroics, and a great deal of violence.

Green Arrow battled villain after villain in his efforts to protect Star City. This was his mission for eight years, and by the end of his story, this goal was finally fulfilled. Oliver’s life met a sad end, but the impact of everything he had done through all those years was clearly felt in the Arrow series finale, which honored him with a funeral attended by dozens of characters whose lives he had affected. In Arrow, Oliver evolved from a ruthless killer on a quest to revenge in season 1 to the superhero who saved the entire universe.

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