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Kirk Acevedo To Play Richard Dragon In ‘Arrow’ Season 6

by Dave Elliott
Kirk Acevedo To Play Richard Dragon In 'Arrow' Season 6

Kirk Acevedo To Play Richard Dragon In ‘Arrow’ Season 6

Arrow has found it’s another ‘big bad’ for Season 6. Kirk Acevedo will play martial arts expert Richard Dragon it has been announced.

Whilst you might not know the name, there’s a very good chance you’ve seen Kirk in something over the past few year, as he has a tendency to pop up in numerous shows. He’s appeared in ‘Band of Brothers’, ‘Oz’, ‘Fringe‘, ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Agents of SHIELD’, ‘Kingdom’ and ’12 Monkeys’, along with a host of guest spots on shows too long to list here.

It appears they are going for the version of Richard Dragon introduced in DC’s ‘New 52’ comic book run. He’s described as a hardened ex-con recently released from prison for crimes he didn’t commit, Ricardo Diaz (aka Richard Dragon) is bent on taking over Star City’s criminal underworld. A master in hand to hand combat, honed by years of life on the street, Diaz has yet to meet a foe he can’t take down.

Acevedo is set to join Michael Emerson (‘Lost’, ‘Person Of Interest’), as one of the main villains in season 6 and he’ll have an arc which recurs over the entire run. Anatoly Knyazev (David Nykl) is also set to return, along with Deathstroke (Manu Bennett) who seems to be on Oliver’s side… For now.

This season picks up after Lian Yu got all explodey, and possibly wiped out all of Team Arrow… Except they’ve been releasing publicity shots of most of the main cast, so we know they survive.

Arrow‘ Season 6 will air on Sky 1 in Autumn 2017.

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