Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion

actor, producer, visual effects

Nathan Fillion was born on Mar 27, 1971 in Canada. Nathan Fillion's big-screen debut came with Ordeal in the Arctic directed by Mark Sobel in 1993, strarring Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine. Nathan Fillion is known for Resident Alien directed by Robert Duncan McNeill, Alan Tudyk stars as Harry Vanderspeigle and Sara Tomko as Asta Twelvetrees. Nathan Fillion has got 13 awards and 20 nominations so far. The most recent award Nathan Fillion achieved is People's Choice Awards, USA. The upcoming new tvshow Nathan Fillion plays is The Rookie: Feds - Season 1 which will be released on Sep 27, 2022.

Nathan Fillion was born on 27 March 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is the son of Cookie (Early) and Bob Fillion, both retired English teachers, and has an older brother, Jeff. His father is of French-Canadian descent, and his mother is of English, German, Finnish, and Norwegian ancestry. In Canada, he attended Holy Trinity Catholic High School, Concordia University College of Alberta and University of Alberta. Before moving to New York City in 1994, he participated in improv theatre, including Theatresports with Rapid Fire Theatre and improvised soap opera Die-Nasty. He also appeared in a TV Movie Ordeal in the Arctic (1993) starring Richard Chamberlain and in Double enquête à Hamelin (1994).Fillion's first regular role was on a daytime soap opera, On ne vit qu'une fois (1968), as Joey Buchanan, for which role he was nominated in 1996 for a Daytime Emmy Award. He left the series after three years in 1997. During the late 1990's, he appeared in small roles in the films Il faut sauver le soldat Ryan (1998) and Première sortie (1999). Fillion also guest starred on Total Security: Das Bootie, Maggie Winters: Mama's Got a Brand New Bag (1998) and Au-delà du réel - l'aventure continue: Starcrossed (1999). His biggest break by then happened in 1998, when he was cast as Johnny Donnelly on the 2nd season of Un toit pour trois (1998) opposite Traylor Howard, Ryan Reynolds, Richard Ruccolo and Suzanne Cryer. He starred on the show for 60 episodes.After "Two Guys" ended in 2001, Fillion gained critical acclaim and a large cult of fans when he starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the Joss Whedon's Firefly (2002). Unfortunately the show was prematurely canceled in late 2002. He also guest starred on several episodes of two short lived TV shows, Pasadena (2001), as Rev. Glenn Collins and Miss Match (2003), as Adam Logan. In 2003, Whedon gave Fillion another chance to display his range when he cast Fillion as the twisted preacher Caleb, a villain, in the final season of Buffy contre les vampires (1997). Before and after "Firefly", Fillion appeared in many movies, Dracula 2001 (2000), Alligator Point (2003), Chantage mortel (2003), Outing Riley (2004) and Hollywood Division (2004).Whedon vowed to resurrect "Firefly" in some way, and Fillion played Captain Reynolds again in the feature-film Serenity - L'ultime rébellion (2005). Fillion followed this film with more big screen leading roles, in the horror-comedy Horribilis (2006), in La Voix des morts : La Lumière (2007), in the indie hit Waitress (2007) opposite Keri Russell and in Trucker (2008). He also continued to be a force in television, starring in the short-lived Fox-TV series Drive (2007) and appearing on a recurring role as Dr. Adam Mayfair on the 4th season of ABC's Desperate Housewives (2004), opposite Dana Delany. He also appeared on Lost - Les disparus: I Do (2006) and was a voice actor on many video games (e.g. Halo 3 (2007)).In 2008, he took his first singing part (and cemented his cult appeal) as Captain Hammer in Whedon's musical Internet smash Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), with Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day and Simon Helberg. In 2009, he was cast as the title character Richard Castle in ABC's hit television series, Castle (2009). The show has aired more than 160 episodes and Nathan Fillion has won four People's Choice Awards for Favorite Dramatic TV Actor, as of 2016. In 2018, Fillion took the starring role in The Rookie: le flic de Los Angeles (2018) as John Nolan, a contractor who starts over as a rookie police officer in the LAPD after a life-altering event. Besides starring on "Castle", he has appeared in many movies, in Super (2010) as The Holy Avenger, in Joss Whedon's Beaucoup de bruit pour rien (2012) as Dogberry, the incompetent chief of security, in Percy Jackson : La Mer des monstres (2013) as Hermes and in Thrilling Adventure Hour Live (2015).His credits as a voice-actor are numerous: on The Venture Bros.: Bright Lights, Dean City (2010) as Brown Widow, in Wonder Woman (2009) as Steve Trevor, in Green Lantern: Les Chevaliers de l'Emeraude (2011), La Ligue des Justiciers : Échec (2012), La Ligue des Justiciers - Le paradoxe Flashpoint (2013) and La Ligue des justiciers: Le Trône de l'Atlantide (2015) as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, in Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2012) as Green Lantern/Mr. Freeze, on American Dad! (2005), in Pixar's Monstres Academy (2013) as Johnny, in Les Gardiens de la Galaxie (2014) as Monstrous Inmate and on Souvenirs de Gravity Falls (2012) as Preston Northwest. He also voices the lead, Shojun in the animated movie, Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017). He has also continued voicing characters in video games, such as in Destiny (2014) and in Halo 5: Guardians (2015).He has also guest starred on The Daly Show: The Daly Superheroes (2012) as himself, on Community (2009) as Bob Waite, on The Big Bang Theory: The Comic Book Store Regeneration (2015) as himself, on Kroll Show: Twins (2015) as Mountie McMinniman, on Con Man (2015) as Jack Moore and on Drunk History: Space (2015) as Wernher Von Braun. He also narrated the documentary, Highway of Tears (2015).

  • Birthday

    Mar 27, 1971
  • Place of Birth

    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Also known

    Nathan Christopher Fillion, Νέιθαν Φίλιον, 나단 필리온

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Awards

13 wins & 20 nominations

People's Choice Awards, USA
2016
Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor
Winner - People's Choice Award
2015
Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor
Winner - People's Choice Award
2015
Favorite TV Duo
Winner - People's Choice Award
2013
Favorite Dramatic TV Actor
Winner - People's Choice Award
TV Guide Awards
2014
Favorite Actor
Winner - TV Guide Award
2014
Favorite Duo
Winner - TV Guide Award
2013
Favorite TV Couple
Winner - TV Guide Award
2012
Favorite TV Couple
Winner - TV Guide Award
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