Dr. Raymond Carson "Ray" Palmer, also known by his superhero alias The Atom, is a fictional character and a superhero in The CW's Arrowverse franchise of TV series, first appearing in the 2014 episode "The Calm", of the television series Arrow, based on the character of the same name, created by Gardner Fox, Gil Kane and Murphy Anderson, and adopted for television by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg. The character has been portrayed by Brandon Routh in all shows.