Arrow Season 5: 11 New Characters You Need To Know About

9. Wild Dog - Rick Gonzalez

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With Team Arrow severely depleted after the death of Laurel, Thea's decision to leave vigilantism behind, and Dig returning to the army, Ollie is in need of some new recruits.

Along with Curtis, Ragman (more on him later) and Evelyn Sharp (the Black Canary impersonator from last year, now retooled as Artemis), the new vigilante in the Arrowcave is Jack Wheeler, aka Wild Dog.

Played by Rick Gonzalez (Reaper), he's a new vigilante on the streets of Star City, turning to a life fighting crime after being inspired by Green Arrow's takedown of Damien Darhk. He's cocksure and reckless at first, with a bit of a mean streak, which leads Oliver to take him under his wing. It's not clear yet whether he'll have the costume he does in the comics, hockey mask, football jersey etc, but it'd make sense to do something similar if he's going to be out on the streets.

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