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Also known as David Paul Ramsey

American actor

Person · Open Library

Works
9

Top works

  • Was there a village called Bradgate?
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Film & TV

Acting · Detroit, Michigan, USA

David Paul Ramsey (born November 17, 1971) is an American actor, director, and martial artist, best known for his roles in the CW series Arrow as John Diggle/Spartan, Anton Briggs on the Showtime TV series Dexter, and the film Mother and Child (2009) as Joseph.

Known for

  • Legend of the White Dragon — Mayor Trevon Sterns2026
  • The Hunting Party — Arlo Brandt2025
  • Tracker — Hale Ripley2024
  • The Rookie: Feds — Greg Wright2022
  • Bel-Air — Lamont Alton2022
  • Superman & Lois — John Diggle2021
  • Illicit — Guy Curtis2020
  • Batwoman — John Diggle2019
  • Journeyman — Det. Wilson Hargreaves2018
  • DC's Legends of Tomorrow — John Diggle / Spartan2016

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1935-05-27
Active to
2022-09-12
2008 universal fire victimjazzjazz-funkpopsoul jazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
22
Total plays
214

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Key facts

Born
( 1971-11-17 ) November 17, 1971 (age 54) , Detroit , Michigan , U.S.
Occupations
Actor, director
Years active
1987–present

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
David
Family name
Ramsey
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Detroit
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Image
David Ramsey Photo Op GalaxyCon Des Moines 2025.jpg
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date of birth
1971-11-17
Commons category
David Ramsey
start of work period
1987-00-00
social media followers
466114
writing language
English language
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Encyclopedic overview

David Paul Ramsey (born November 17, 1971) is an American actor and director. He is best known for his roles in The CW Arrowverse series Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Batwoman as John Diggle / Spartan, portraying Diggle and Bass Reeves in Legends of Tomorrow, recurring as an alternate universe version of Diggle in Superman & Lois, recurring as Anton Briggs on the Showtime TV series Dexter, and starring in the film Mother and Child (2009) as Joseph.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Ramsey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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