Nathan Fillion

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Nathan Fillion at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2016

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971 in Edmonton , Alberta ) is a Canadian actor . One of his best-known roles is that of Malcolm Reynolds , which he embodied in the series Firefly - Der Aufbruch der Serenity and the film Serenity - Escape into New Worlds . From 2009 to 2016 he played the title role in the crime series Castle .

life and career

Fillion is a native Canadian . His parents are English teachers. His older brother, Jeff, is a high school principal . It was originally Fillion's plan to embark on an educational career and study English for teaching . However, he then chose arts and drama with the aim of becoming an acting teacher. He found his calling to become an actor himself only during his studies, as he began to take part in plays in order to finance his studies. After initially appearing in less-noticed television, film and theater productions in Canada , Fillion moved to New York in 1994 , where he took on a role in the endless soap opera Love, Lies, Passion . In 1996, at the age of 25, he received a Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Younger Actor category . A year later he left the series to devote himself to other projects. He moved to Los Angeles and starred alongside Ryan Reynolds and Traylor Howard from seasons two to four of the sitcom A Trio to Bite .

He first reached a larger audience in 1998 with a small role as Private James Frederick Ryan in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan . He also played in films such as Eve and the Last Gentleman or Wes Craven Presents Dracula . His final breakthrough finally helped him Joss Whedon , who gave him a leading role in the series Firefly . According to his own statement, Fillion would immediately slip back into his favorite role of spaceship captain Malcolm Reynolds . In an interview with Entertainment Weekly , he said, “If I won $ 300 million in the California lottery, the first thing I would do would be to get the rights to Firefly . And then I would go ahead and send it over the Internet. "

He also owed Whedon the central role as a helper of evil in the final Buffy season. In 2003 he starred alongside Alicia Silverstone and Ryan O'Neal in six episodes of the series Kate Fox & Love . Fillion took on his role of Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly again in 2005 in the movie Serenity - Escape into New Worlds . In 2007, Fillion starred in the miniseries Drive . From 2007 to 2008, Fillion had a lengthy story arc in the Desperate Housewives series in the role of gynecologist Dr. Adam Mayfair .

Another collaboration between Fillion and Whedon came about in 2008 in the mini-web musical series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog , which won the People's Choice Award in 2009. In the role of Captain Hammer , he was able to prove his singing talent for the first time. From 2009 to 2016 he played the lead role of Richard Castle in the crime series Castle of the same name . Since 2018 he has played the lead role of the police candidate John Nolan in the television series The Rookie .

Personal

In the 1990s, Fillion was engaged to the American actress Vanessa Marcil , with whom he is still good friends today. From 2009 he was with the Canadian actress Kate Luyben . In 2013 he showed himself to be a new friend with Mikaela Hoover . He has been with Krista Allen since 2015 .

Fillion claims to be a descendant of General Jubal Anderson Early , a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War . When Joss Whedon found out about this, he named a character in his series Firefly after him.

Filmography (selection)

Nathan Fillion at Comic-Con 2012

Movies

Series

Voice actor

  • 2007: Halo 3 (voice of Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck )
  • 2007, 2009: Robot Chicken
  • 2009: Wonder Woman (voice of Steve Trevor )
  • 2009: Halo 3: ODST (voice of Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck )
  • 2010: Halo: Reach (Level New Alexandria , voice of Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck )
  • 2012: American Dad (episode 8x16, voice of Liver )
  • 2012: Justice League: Doom (voice of Green Lantern )
  • 2013: The Monster Uni ( Monsters University , voice of Johnny )
  • 2013: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (voice of Green Lantern )
  • 2014: Destiny (voice of Cayde-6 )
  • 2015: Halo 5: Guardians (voice of Spartan Edward Buck )
  • 2017: Rick and Morty (voice of Cornvelious Daniel )
  • 2017: Cars 3: Evolution ( Cars 3 , voice of Stirling )
  • 2017: Destiny 2 (voice of Cayde-6 )

Awards

  • 1996: Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor
  • 2012: People's Choice Award in the Favorite TV Drama Actor category
  • 2013: People's Choice Award in the Favorite TV Drama Actor category
  • 2015: People's Choice Award in the Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor category
  • 2016: People's Choice Award in the Favorite Crime Drama TV Actor category

Web links

Commons : Nathan Fillion  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maggie Harbor: EXCLUSIVE: Castle star Nathan Fillion's new main squeeze is George Clooney's ex Krista Allen. In: dailymail.co.uk. Daily Mail , April 25, 2015, accessed November 11, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Fillion, Nathan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fillion, Nathan Christopher (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta, Canada