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Nathan Fillion
68 FOLLOWERS • 61 CREDITS • MAR 27, 1971 • 53
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 was starring as John Nolan on The Rookie.
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 theater. His voice is also featured in animation and video games, such as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern in various DC Comics projects, the Bungie games Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Destiny and Destiny 2, along with the 343 Industries game Halo 5: Guardians, and Wonder Man in Marvel's 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.
Known For
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Saturday Night Live
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The Kelly Clarkson Show
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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American Dad!
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Community
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Gravity Falls
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Justice League Unlimited
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Modern Family
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Lost
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Desperate Housewives
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Big Mouth
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King of the Hill
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Resident Alien
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Bupkis
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The Soup
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Monsters at Work
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The Big Bang Theory
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Drunk History
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The Outer Limits
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A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Talking Dead
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Santa Clarita Diet
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Miss Match
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The Real History of Science Fiction
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American Housewife
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Rick and Morty
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Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.
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Geeking Out
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The Venture Bros.
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The Recruit
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The Rookie: Feds
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Saving Private Ryan
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Deadpool & Wolverine
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Guardians of the Galaxy
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
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The Suicide Squad
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Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
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Monsters University
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Reign of the Supermen
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Blast from the Past
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Justice League: Doom
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Party Central
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Maggie Winters
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Night Hunter
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The Death and Return of Superman
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Superman
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The Death of Superman
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Cars 3
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Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
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Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
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Wonder Woman
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Castle
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Slither
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The Rookie
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Firefly
Production Credits
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