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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1971-03-27 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Nathan Fillion

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Superman as Guy Gardner / Green Lantern

2024

Skincare as Brett Wright
Deadpool & Wolverine as Headpool (voice)

2023

Bupkis as Ace Spade

2022

The Rookie: Feds as John Nolan
The Recruit as CIA Director Alton West

2021

Adrienne as Self
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. as Simon Williams / Wonder Man (voice)
Resident Alien as Octopus (voice)
Resident Alien as 42 (voice)
Monsters at Work as Johnny (voice)

2020

2019

Night Hunter as Quinn
Reign of the Supermen as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
The Death and Return of Superman as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)

2018

Henchmen as Captain Superior (voice)
The Death of Superman as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
The Rookie as John Nolan

2017

Cars 3 as Sterling (voice)
Santa Clarita Diet as Gary West
A Series of Unfortunate Events as Jacques Snicket (voice)
Big Mouth as Nathan Fillion (voice)

2016

Geeking Out as Self
American Housewife as Nathan Fillion
HarmonQuest as Tetter Spice

2015

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
CelebriD&D as Jolene Glaplok
Con Man as Jack Moore
Assassin Banana as Chick del Monte / Assassin Banana (voice)

2014

Highway of Tears as Narrator
Guardians of the Galaxy as Monstrous Inmate
Party Central as Johnny (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise as Green Lantern / Black Adam (voice)

2013

Monsters University as Johnny (voice)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Drunk History as Wernher von Braun
Rick and Morty as Cornvelious Daniel (voice)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Mark Devereaux

2012

Justice League: Doom as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special as Green Lantern / Mr. Freeze (voice)
Gravity Falls as Preston Northwest (voice)

2011

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Talking Dead as Self

2010

Super as The Holy Avenger
Conan as Self

2009

Wonder Woman as Col. Steve Trevor (voice)
Castle as Richard Castle
Community as Bob Waite
Modern Family as Rainer Shine

2008

Trucker as Runner

2007

Waitress as Dr. Jim Pomatter
Drive as Alex Tully
The Big Bang Theory as Nathan Fillion
The Guild as Nathan Fillion

2006

Slither as Bill Pardy

2005

Serenity as Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
American Dad! as American Businessman Klaus (voice)
American Dad! as Liver / Joel Larson (voice)

2004

Outing Riley as Luke Riley
Desperate Housewives as Adam Mayfair
The Venture Bros. as Brown Widow (voice)
Lost as Kevin Callis
The Soup as Self
Justice League Unlimited as Vigilante (voice)

2003

Water's Edge as Robert Graves
Miss Match as Adam Logan

2002

Firefly as Mal Reynolds

2001

2000

Dracula 2000 as Father David

1999

1998

Saving Private Ryan as Minnesota Ryan
Two Guys and a Girl as Johnny Donnelly
Maggie Winters as Ronald

1997

King of the Hill as Frisbee Guy (voice)
Total Security as Troy Larson
The View as Self

1995

The Outer Limits as Michael Ryan

1993

Ordeal in the Arctic as Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine

1988

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1968

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Strange and Rich as Walter Hoade

Production

2022

The Rookie: Feds as Executive Producer

2018

The Rookie as Executive Producer

2015

Con Man as Executive Producer

2009

Castle as Producer