The Arrowverse is a media franchise and shared fictional universe that is the setting of superhero television series airing on The CW, produced by DC Entertainment and based on characters that appear in DC Comics publications. The shared universe includes seven live-action television series, Arrow, Batwoman, Black Lightning, The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, and two animated web series, Vixen, and Freedom Fighters: The Ray.
Each series has its own lead actors: Stephen Amell stars as Oliver Queen / Green Arrow on Arrow; Grant Gustin stars as Barry Allen / Flash on The Flash; Megalyn Echikunwoke stars as Mari McCabe / Vixen in Vixen; Melissa Benoist stars as Kara Danvers / Supergirl on Supergirl; Legends of Tomorrow features an ensemble cast including original headliner Arthur Darvill as Rip Hunter, subsequent headliner Caity Lotz as Sara Lance / White Canary, alongside Victor Garber as Martin Stein / Firestorm, Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer / The Atom, Ciara Renée as Kendra Saunders / Hawkgirl, Franz Drameh as Jefferson Jackson / Firestorm, Dominic Purcell as Mick Rory / Heat Wave, Wentworth Miller as Leonard Snart / Captain Cold, Falk Hentschel as Carter Hall / Hawkman, Amy Pemberton as the voice of Gideon, Nick Zano as Nate Heywood / Steel, Maisie Richardson-Sellers as Amaya Jiwe / Vixen, Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne / Reverse-Flash, and Tala Ashe as Zari Tomaz; Cress Williams stars as Jefferson Pierce / Black Lightning on Black Lightning; Russell Tovey stars as Ray Terrill / The Ray in Freedom Fighters: The Ray; Batwoman stars original headliner Ruby Rose as Kate Kane / Batwoman in season 1 and subsequent headliner Javicia Leslie as Ryan Wilder / Batwoman in season 2.
List indicators These tables include main cast members, as well as notable guest stars that appear across two (or more) different series. A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the season, or that the character's presence in the season has not yet been announced. An indicates the actor was part of the main cast for the season. A indicates the actor was in the season as an "Arrowverse regular". A indicates a voice-only role. A number beside a character's name indicates the character is from that alternate world (i.e. a indicates a character from Earth-2). A letter in the Further series column indicates the character has gone on to appear in another series, and links to the appropriate section for more information (A links to Arrow, B links to Batwoman, F links to The Flash, V links to Vixen, S links to the Supergirl, L links to Legends of Tomorrow, and FF links to Freedom Fighters).
Arrow
+ Character Season 1(2012–13) Season 2(2013–14) Season 3(2014–15) Season 4(2015–16) Season 5(2016–17) Season 6(2017–18) Season 7(2018–19) Season 8(2019–20) Further series Introduced in season 1 John DiggleSpartan David Ramsey Roy HarperArsenal Colton Haynes Colton Haynes Colton Haynes Colton Haynes Colton Haynes Colton Haynes Laurel LanceBlack Canary Katie CassidyKatie Cassidy Katie Cassidy Quentin Lance Paul Blackthorne Paul Blackthorne Sara LanceCanary / White Canary Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Caity Lotz Malcolm MerlynDark Archer / Ra's al Ghul John Barrowman John Barrowman John Barrowman John Barrowman Tommy Merlyn Colin Donnell Colin Donnell colspan="2" Colin Donnell Lyla MichaelsHarbinger Audrey Marie Anderson Moira Queen Susanna Thompson Susanna Thompson Susanna Thompson colspan="2" Susanna Thompson Oliver QueenHood / Arrow / Green Arrow / Spectre Stephen Amell Thea QueenSpeedy Willa Holland Willa Holland Felicity SmoakOverwatch Emily Bett Rickards Emily Bett Rickards Emily Bett Rickards Slade WilsonDeathstroke Manu Bennett Manu Bennett Manu Bennett Manu Bennett Manu Bennett Introduced in season 2 Barry AllenFlash Grant Gustin Samantha Clayton Anna Hopkins Anna Hopkins colspan="2" Nyssa al Ghul Katrina Law Linda Park Olivia Cheng colspan="6" Cisco RamonVibe Carlos Valdes Caitlin SnowKiller Frost Danielle Panabaker Danielle Panabaker William TockmanClock King Robert Knepper colspan="6" Introduced in season 3 Ra's al Ghul colspan="2" Matt Nable colspan="5" Ray PalmerAtom colspan="2" Brandon Routh colspan="2" Brandon Routh Jake SimmonsDeathbolt colspan="2" Doug Jones colspan="5" Introduced in season 4 Aldus Boardman colspan="3" Peter Francis James colspan="4" Damien Darhk colspan="3" Neal McDonough colspan="3" Eleanor "Nora" Darhk colspan="3" Tuesday Hofmann colspan="4" Curtis HoltMister Terrific colspan="3" Echo Kellum Echo Kellum Echo Kellum Introduced in season 5 Adrian ChasePrometheus colspan="4" Josh Segarra Josh Segarra Josh Segarra Dinah DrakeBlack Canary colspan="4" Juliana Harkavy Juliana Harkavy Rene RamirezWild Dog colspan="4" Rick Gonzalez Rick Gonzalez Introduced in season 6Ricardio DiazDragon colspan="5" Kirk Acevedo Kirk Acevedo colspan="2" Introduced in season 7Connor Hawke colspan="6" Joseph David-Jones Joseph David-Jones Roger Hayden Psycho-Pirate colspan="6" Bob Frazer Mar Novu The Monitor colspan="6" LaMonica Garrett LaMonica Garrett Emiko Queen Green Arrow colspan="6" Sea Shimooka Sea Shimooka Mia Smoak Blackstar / Green Arrow colspan="6" Katherine McNamara Katherine McNamara Introduced in other series Jim Corrigan colspan="7" Stephen Lobo rowspan="26" Ryan Choi colspan="7" Osric Chau William Clayton colspan="3" Jack Moore Jack Moore (child) Ben Lewis (adult) Jack Moore (child)Ben Lewis (adult) Alex Danvers colspan="6" Chyler Leigh Kara DanversSupergirl colspan="4" Melissa Benoist John Deegan colspan="6" Jeremy Davies John Diggle, Jr. colspan="4" Keon Boateng Marcello Guede Charlie Barnett Talia al Ghul colspan="4" Lexa Doig colspan="2" Lexa Doig Gideon colspan="4" Amy Pemberton colspan="3" Carter HallHawkman colspan="3" Falk Hentschel colspan="4" Nate HeywoodSteel colspan="4" Nick Zano colspan="3" J'onn J'onzzMartian Manhunter colspan="7" David Harewood Kate Kane Batwoman colspan="6" Ruby Rose Clark Kent Superman colspan="6" Tyler HoechlinLois Lane colspan="7" Elizabeth Tulloch Brie LarvanBug-Eyed Bandit colspan="3" Emily Kinney colspan="4" Laurel LanceBlack Siren colspan="4" Katie Cassidy Katie Cassidy Lex Luthor colspan="7" Jon Cryer Mari Jiwe McCabeVixen colspan="3" Megalyn Echikunwoke colspan="4" Mobius Anti-Monitor colspan="7" LaMonica Garrett Kendra SaundersHawkgirl colspan="3" Ciara Renée colspan="4" Vandal Savage colspan="3" Casper Crump colspan="4" David Singh colspan="4" Patrick Sabongui Eobard ThawneReverse Flash colspan="5" Tom Cavanagh Harrison "Harry" Wells colspan="5" Tom Cavanagh colspan="2" Iris West colspan="5" Candice Patton colspan="2" Introduced outside the ArrowverseBarry Allen Flash colspan="6" John Wesley Shipp rowspan="2" Barry AllenFlash colspan="7" Ezra Miller John Constantine colspan="3" Matt Ryan colspan="4"
The Flash