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Nathan Fillion

Acting

Born March 27, 1971 · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Biography

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity and Richard Castle on Castle. As of 2018, he stars as John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds. Fillion has acted in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, television soap operas, sitcoms, and theatre. His voice is featured in animation and video games, such as the Bungiegames Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Destiny, and Destiny 2, along with the 343 Industries game Halo 5: Guardians and the television series M.O.D.O.K. (2021). Fillion first gained recognition for his work on One Life to Live in the contract role of Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series, as well as for his supporting role as Johnny Donnelly in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nathan Fillion, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography50+ titles

Rick and Morty

2013as Cornvelious Daniel (voice)

Gravity Falls

2012as Preston Northwest (voice)

The Rookie

2018as John Nolan

Justice League Unlimited

2004as Vigilante (voice)

Firefly

2002as Mal Reynolds

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013as Mark Devereaux

Saving Private Ryan

1998as Minnesota Ryan

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1997as Caleb

The Mighty Nein

2025as The Gentleman (voice)

Community

2009as Bob Waite

Castle

2009as Richard Castle

Lost

2004as Kevin Callis

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

2023as Master Karja

Guardians of the Galaxy

2014as Monstrous Inmate

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

2013as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

Modern Family

2009as Rainer Shine

The Big Bang Theory

2007as Nathan Fillion

Desperate Housewives

2004as Adam Mayfair

Resident Alien

2021as 42 (voice)

HarmonQuest

2016as Tetter Spice

The Venture Bros.

2003as Brown Widow (voice)

American Housewife

2016as Nathan Fillion

The Outer Limits

1995as Michael Ryan

Deadpool & Wolverine

2024as Headpool (voice)

Big Mouth

2017

The Recruit

2022as CIA Director Alton West

The Suicide Squad

2021as T.D.K.

The Death of Superman

2018as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)

A Series of Unfortunate Events

2017as Jacques Snicket

Santa Clarita Diet

2017as Gary West

Justice League: Doom

2012as Green Lantern (voice)

Serenity

2005as Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds

King of the Hill

1997as Frisbee Guy (voice)

Superman

2025as Guy Gardner

Krapopolis

2023as Zan (voice)

Family Law

2021as Bud Nielsen

Talking Dead

2011as Self

Monsters at Work

2021as Johnny (voice)

Conan

2010as Self

Wonder Woman

2009as Col. Steve Trevor (voice)

The Rookie: Feds

2022as John Nolan

Monsters University

2013as Johnny (voice)

The Guild

2007as Nathan Fillion

Reign of the Supermen

2019as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

2015as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

American Dad!

2005as Liver / Joel Larson (voice)

The Real History of Science Fiction

as Self

Cars 3

2017as Sterling (voice)

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Drunk History

2013as Wernher von Braun