American actor Justin Hartley debuted in 2005 in a small supporting role in Russell Brown's gentle, understated romance Race You to the Bottom (2005), about the amorous relationship that blossoms between a bisexual travel writer (Cole Williams) and a female friend from his college days (Amber Benson). He went on to play Fox Crane on the daytime drama Passions, and was poised to protray Aquaman in a CW show of the same name, but the network chose not to go forward with the series after shooting a pilot. Hartley nonetheless got to take on a superhero role shortly thereafter, playing billionaire Oliver Queen (aka the Green Arrow) in several episodes of the popular CW Superman series Smallville between 2006 and 2008. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide