Nathan Fillion

At 53 years old, Nathan Fillion has this physical status:

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor and voice actor best known for the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film sequel Serenity. Serenity, Richard Castle on Castle, and John Nolan on The Rookie. Fillion has appeared in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr.

Sing-Along Blog of Horrible, television soap operas, sitcoms, and theater.

His voice is also included in video games, including Bungie's Halo 3, Destiny and Destiny 2, as well as the 343 Industries video game Halo 5: Guardians. In addition to his acting role as Johnny Donnelly in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl, Fillion first received accolades for his work on One Life to Live in Joey Buchanan's contract role.

Early life

Fillion was born in Edmonton, Alberta, on March 27, 1971, the younger of two sons of Robert "Bob" Fillion and June "Cookie" Early, retired English teachers. Both sides of his father's family were involved in the Quebec diaspora in Fall River, Massachusetts, and his mother had a Norwegian maternal grandfather and a Finnish maternal grandmother.

Fillion was born in Edmonton's Mill Woods and completed his secondary and post-secondary studies in Edmonton, as well as the University of Alberta, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Society. He has been a resident of the United States since 1997.

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Career

Fillion, who appeared in many theatre, television, and film productions, including Theatresports with Rapid Fire Theatre and the improvised soap opera Die-Nasty, was one of the soap opera One Life to Live as Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated in 1996 for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. In 1997, he left the series to pursue other ventures (returning for a brief guest appearance in 2007).

He appeared in "two Guys, a Girl," and a Pizza Place, as James Frederick "The Minnesota" Ryan in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, after moving to Los Angeles.

In 2002, Fillion starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the Joss Whedon science fiction television series Firefly, for which he received the Cinescape Genre Face of the Future – Male award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA. In 2006, Fillion received the Syfy Genre Awards for Best Actor/Television, and runner-up for Best Actor/Movie. Fillion said Firefly was the best acting job he's ever had, and he compared every occupation to it. Despite the fact that the show was cancelled, it was adapted to the big screen; he reprised his role as Mal in Whedon's movie Serenity (2005).

In 2003, Fillion appeared as Caleb in Joss Whedon's last five episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

In 2001, the animated series King of the Hill (as the voice of Gao the Lesser) and the animated series Justice League Unlimited (as Vigilante in the episodes "Hunter's Moon" and "Patriot Act) respectively lent him his voice. In Green Lantern, he portrayed Green Lantern/Hal Jordan. Justice League: The Throne of Atlantis and The Death of Superman. In James Gunn's 2006 horror film Slither, Fillion appeared. Bill Pardy, the actor, received a 2006 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards nomination in the category of Dude You Don't Want to Mess With.

Fillion appeared in the romantic comedy film Waitress, written and directed by Adrienne Shelly, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2007, and opened in theaters on May 2, 2007. In White Noise 2: The Light, Fillion appeared. Kevin, Kate's ex-husband, made one appearance in the television series Lost in 2006–2007.

Fillion signed a talent holding deal with Fox Broadcasting Company in October 2006, and The Hollywood Reporter announced that Fillion appeared in the series Drive, which premiered on Fox in the spring of 2007. Tim Minear invented the drive. In the first pilot episode of Drive, Ivan Sergei played Alex Tully. In Canada (April 15, 2007, in the United States), the first two Drive episodes premiered on April 13, 2007. However, the show did not achieve the ratings Fox hoped for, and on April 25, 2007, the network announced that the show had been cancelled. The last two produced episodes were supposed to air back-to-back on Fox in July 2007, but they didn't appear on the Drive MySpace page until July 15.

For the series's 9,999th and 10,000th episodes, Fillion reprised his 1990s role as Joey on One Life to Live's, which aired on August 16th and 17, 2007.

At the start of the fall 2007 season (season 4), Fillion appeared on ABC's Desperate Housewives, portraying Dr. Adam Mayfair. His first appearance in the episode "Now You Know" aired on September 30, 2007. In 2008, his last appearance was in the final episode of season 4.

In the Xbox 360 game Halo 3, Fillion played an ODST Gunnery sergeant alongside fellow Firefly actress Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin. He identifies himself as "[Sergeant] Reynolds" over the radio at one point, referring to his character's name from the TV show Firefly. In the game, all three characters have personalities that match those of their characters from Firefly. In Halo 3: ODST, Halo 5: Guardians, and a brief appearance in Halo: Reach, he is the actor, portrayed likeness, and motion capture performance for Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck.

In March 2009, the first episode of ABC's Castle aired, with Fillion portraying titular character Richard Castle, a mystery novelist who supports the NYPD in solving (mostly bizarre) murders. In 2009, Fillion was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Drama Drama for his role in Castle. In 2016, ABC had pulled the show off the air, with the last episode airing on May 16 of that year.

BuddyTV named him No. 1 in the nation's highest ranked players. No. 10 on its list of "The Sexiest Guys of 2009" by the number 10. In 2010, there were 19 people in 2010. In 2011, there were 20 people in 2011 and no. No. 39 in 2012; No. 35. On its list of "The Best Drama Lead Actors of the 2011-2012 TV Season," the No. 7 named his protagonist's ties with the other main character as "No. 6." "Love Is All Around: The Best TV Relationships of 2010" No. 18 (and the Best Flirting Relationship) on the company's list "Love Is All Around: The Best TV Relationships of 2010" says No. 84. No. 13 (and the Best Delayed Relationship) on its list of "The Best Relationships of 2011" shows the best Relationships of 2011. "The Special Relationships: The Top 50 Love Stories of the Past Decade" No. 15 on its list of "The Special Relationships: Television's Top 50 Love Stories of the Last Decade" No. Love... Or Not: The top 12 Will-They-Won't-They Couples of 2012 and No. 1 are on its list. "Lip Smacking Good: The Best Kisses of 2012" is the most popular on its list, with Castle as No. 2 on its list; the Best Kisses of 2012" has been named as No. 2. "The 11 Best Returning TV Shows of 2011" has no. 6 on its list of "The 11 Greatest Returning TV Shows of 2011. No. 11 on "The 15 Best Dramas of the 2011-2012 TV Season" and No. 12 on "The 12 Best Dramas of 2012" - "The 12 Best Dramas of 2012."

In a spoof porn web video on Spike titled "Nailing Your Wife," part of James Gunn's PG Porn series, Fillion was included. In the season 5 episode "Revolving Doors" of the web series The Guild, Fillion made a brief cameo appearance. In late September 2011, Fillion guest appeared as the Action Sports 1 anchor in the web series Husbands. He appeared in Much Ado About Nothing (2012), which is based on Shakespeare's play of the same name and produced by Joss Whedon.

In live broadcasting of the podcasted Adventure Hour, Jim Cactoid Jim's appearance as the recurring Space Western character in a radio show has been on display since 2011. Cactoid Jim's first appearance on "Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars" appeared in a recurring series, but "Cactoid Jim: King of the Martian Frontier" was soon introduced. By including filmed elements of the live performance on the DVD set for season 4 of Castle, Fillion has touted his participation as a guest star on The Thrilling Adventure Hour.

In 2012, he appeared in the episode "The Daly Superheroes" of the web series The Daly Show, which was released in 2012. The 2013 WGA West Coast Awards were held on February 17, 2013.

In 2014, he appeared in Destiny as the character Cayde-6. His role grew with expansions to the game over the next two years. Fillion was revived in the role in the 2017 sequel Destiny 2 and appeared prominently in the game until the introduction of Forsaken, where the character was instead voiced by Nolan North up to his death.

Fillion worked with Alan Tudyk on a web series called Con Man, loosely based on their experience on the convention circuit after Firefly.

In 2017, Fillion appeared in Gary West's recurring role on Netflix's horror-comedy film Santa Clarita Diet. On the second season of Netflix's comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events, Fillion appeared in the recurring role of Jacques Snicket.

In February 2018, Fillion was cast as John Nolan in ABC's latest ABC television series The Rookie, which was created by former Castle executive producer Alexi Hawley.

Allan Ungar, Fillion and director, released a live action short film based on the Naughty Dog franchise Uncharted on July 16, 2018. The short went viral and was lauded for its witty humor, dancing, and ability to remain true to the source material. While referring to it as one of the best video game adaptations, fans and commentators took to social media to demand that Netflix make it into a series.

Since 2009, Fillion has been associated with the public artist Martin Firrell. Complete Hero (digital renderings of text and video portraiture to the Guards Chapel, Wellington Barracks, 2009), and Metascifi (a digital subscription investigating American television science fiction series for tips and techniques for living well) are among Firrell's two works of contemporary public art.

Fillion was the 'face' of Complete Hero. "I wanted to make a piece of work that looked at all sorts of heroism," the artist explained. "I thought it would be interesting to begin with a white, square-jawed man, and Nathan Fillion agreed to participate."

In Metascifi, Fillion addresses the deeper meaning of his Firefly character Captain Mal Reynolds' Firefly appearance, focusing on some of life's most universal concerns: death, passion, greed, mistrust, abuse, violence, and freedom.

The Nathan Fillion Civilian Pavilion in Edmonton was renamed after a petition from fans requesting over 27,000 signatures and assistance from Fillion's costars in The Suicide Squad on August 7 and 8.2021.

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