Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion

Known for
Acting
Born
March 27, 1971 (age 55)
Birthplace
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.

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Filmography

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Strange and Rich

Strange and Rich

Movie · as Walter Hoade

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The Guild: Ren Faire'd poster

The Guild: Ren Faire'd

Movie

2027
Man of Tomorrow poster

Man of Tomorrow

Movie · as Guy Gardner

2027
The Rookie: North

The Rookie: North

TV · as John Nolan · 1 ep

2026
Lanterns poster

Lanterns

TV · as Guy Gardner · 2 eps

2025
Superman poster

Superman

Movie · as Guy Gardner

2025
The Mighty Nein poster

The Mighty Nein

TV · as The Gentleman (voice) · 3 eps

2024
Skincare poster

Skincare

Movie · as Brett Wright

2024
Deadpool & Wolverine poster

Deadpool & Wolverine

Movie · as Headpool (voice)

2024
Grave Conversations poster

Grave Conversations

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2024
DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast poster

DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 poster

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Movie · as Master Karja

2023
Bupkis poster

Bupkis

TV · as Ace Spade · 1 ep

2023
Krapopolis poster

Krapopolis

TV · as Zan (voice) · 2 eps

2022
Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men poster

Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men

Movie · as Duke

2022
The Rookie: Feds poster

The Rookie: Feds

TV · as John Nolan · 3 eps

2022
The Recruit poster

The Recruit

TV · as CIA Director Alton West · 5 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2022
Peacemaker poster

Peacemaker

TV · as Guy Gardner · 1 ep

2021
Adrienne poster

Adrienne

Movie · as Self

2021
The Suicide Squad poster

The Suicide Squad

Movie · as T.D.K.

2021
Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. poster

Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.

TV · as Simon Williams / Wonder Man (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Resident Alien poster

Resident Alien

TV · as Octopus (voice), 42 (voice) · 2 eps

2021
Monsters at Work poster

Monsters at Work

TV · as Johnny (voice) · 8 eps

2021
Family Law poster

Family Law

TV · as Bud Nielsen · 1 ep

2020
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II poster

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II

Movie · as Self

2019
Night Hunter poster

Night Hunter

Movie · as Quinn

2019
The Death of Superman poster

The Death of Superman

Movie · as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)

2019
Reign of the Supermen poster

Reign of the Supermen

Movie · as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

2019
The Death and Return of Superman poster

The Death and Return of Superman

Movie · as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Henchmen poster

Henchmen

Movie · as Captain Superior (voice)

2018
The Rookie poster

The Rookie

TV · as John Nolan · 145 eps

2017
Yamasong: March of the Hollows poster

Yamasong: March of the Hollows

Movie · as Shojun (voice)

2017
Cars 3 poster

Cars 3

Movie · as Sterling (voice)

2017
Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly' poster

Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'

Movie · as Self

2017
Santa Clarita Diet poster

Santa Clarita Diet

TV · as Gary West · 6 eps

2017
A Series of Unfortunate Events poster

A Series of Unfortunate Events

TV · as Jacques Snicket (voice) · 1 ep

2017
Big Mouth poster

Big Mouth

TV · as Nathan Fillion (voice) · 9 eps

2016
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines poster

Gravity Falls: Between the Pines

Movie · as Preston (Voice)

2016
Nightmare Time poster

Nightmare Time

Movie · as Himself

2016
Geeking Out poster

Geeking Out

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
American Housewife poster

American Housewife

TV · as Nathan Fillion · 2 eps

2016
HarmonQuest poster

HarmonQuest

TV · as Tetter Spice · 1 ep

2015
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis poster

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis

Movie · as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

2015
The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live poster

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live

Movie · as Cactoid Jim

2015
Being Canadian poster

Being Canadian

Movie · as Self

2015
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship poster

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship

Movie · as Green Lantern (voice)

2015
CelebriD&D poster

CelebriD&D

TV · as Jolene Glaplok · 1 ep

2015
Con Man poster

Con Man

TV · as Jack Moore · 25 eps

2015
Assassin Banana poster

Assassin Banana

TV · as Chick del Monte / Assassin Banana (voice) · 3 eps

2014
Highway of Tears poster

Highway of Tears

Movie · as Narrator

2014
Guardians of the Galaxy poster

Guardians of the Galaxy

Movie · as Monstrous Inmate

2014
Party Central poster

Party Central

Movie · as Johnny (voice)

2014
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise poster

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

Movie · as Green Lantern / Black Adam (voice)

2014
The Real History of Science Fiction poster

The Real History of Science Fiction

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Monsters University poster

Monsters University

Movie · as Johnny (voice)

2013
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie · as Dogberry

2013
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters poster

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters

Movie · as Hermes

2013
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox poster

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox

Movie · as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)

2013
Drunk History poster

Drunk History

TV · as Wernher von Braun · 1 ep

2013
Rick and Morty poster

Rick and Morty

TV · as Cornvelious Daniel (voice) · 1 ep

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

TV · as Mark Devereaux · 1 ep

2012
Justice League: Doom poster

Justice League: Doom

Movie · as Green Lantern (voice)

2012
Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special poster

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special

Movie · as Self

2012
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special poster

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special

Movie · as Green Lantern / Mr. Freeze (voice)

2012
Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls

TV · as Preston Northwest (voice) · 4 eps

2012
Neil's Puppet Dreams poster

Neil's Puppet Dreams

TV · as Dr. Mayfair · 1 ep

2011
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights poster

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights

Movie · as Hal Jordan (voice)

2011
O Brave New World poster

O Brave New World

Movie · as Self

2011
Talking Dead poster

Talking Dead

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Super poster

Super

Movie · as The Holy Avenger

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2009
Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman

Movie · as Col. Steve Trevor (voice)

2009
Castle poster

Castle

TV · as Richard Castle · 173 eps

2009
Community poster

Community

TV · as Bob Waite · 2 eps

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Rainer Shine · 7 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
Trucker poster

Trucker

Movie · as Runner

2008
Commentary! The Musical poster

Commentary! The Musical

Movie

2008
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog poster

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

TV · as Captain Hammer · 3 eps

2008
James Gunn's PG Porn poster

James Gunn's PG Porn

TV · as Chris · 1 ep

2007
Waitress poster

Waitress

Movie · as Dr. Jim Pomatter

2007
White Noise 2: The Light poster

White Noise 2: The Light

Movie · as Abe Dale

2007
The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog poster

The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog

Movie · as Self

2007
Drive poster

Drive

TV · as Alex Tully · 6 eps

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Nathan Fillion · 1 ep

2007
The Guild poster

The Guild

TV · as Nathan Fillion · 2 eps

2006
Slither poster

Slither

Movie · as Bill Pardy

2006
Done the Impossible poster

Done the Impossible

Movie · as Self

2005
Serenity poster

Serenity

Movie · as Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as American Businessman Klaus (voice), Liver / Joel Larson (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Outing Riley poster

Outing Riley

Movie · as Luke Riley

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Adam Mayfair · 11 eps

2004
The Venture Bros. poster

The Venture Bros.

TV · as Brown Widow (voice) · 4 eps

2004
Lost poster

Lost

TV · as Kevin Callis · 1 ep

2004
The Soup poster

The Soup

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Vigilante (voice) · 2 eps

2003
Water's Edge poster

Water's Edge

Movie · as Robert Graves

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Miss Match poster

Miss Match

TV · as Adam Logan · 6 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2002
Firefly poster

Firefly

TV · as Mal Reynolds · 11 eps

2002
Through the Night with... poster

Through the Night with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Dracula 2000 poster

Dracula 2000

Movie · as Father David

1999
Blast from the Past poster

Blast from the Past

Movie · as Cliff

1998
Saving Private Ryan poster

Saving Private Ryan

Movie · as Minnesota Ryan

1998
Two Guys and a Girl poster

Two Guys and a Girl

TV · as Johnny Donnelly · 60 eps

1998
Maggie Winters

Maggie Winters

TV · as Ronald · 18 eps

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as Frisbee Guy (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Total Security poster

Total Security

TV · as Troy Larson · 13 eps

1997
Buffy the Vampire Slayer poster

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

TV · as Caleb · 5 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Michael Ryan · 1 ep

1993
Ordeal in the Arctic poster

Ordeal in the Arctic

Movie · as Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · 1 ep

1968
One Life to Live poster

One Life to Live

TV · 2 eps