Nathan Fillion

'Nathan Fillion' (qv) was born on 27 March 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is the son of Cookie (Early) and Bob Fillion, both retired English teachers, and has an older brother, Jeff. In Canada, he attended Holy Trinity Catholic High School, Concordia University College of Alberta and University of Alberta. Before moving to New York City in 1994, he participated in improv theatre, including Theatresports with Rapid Fire Theatre and improvised soap opera Die-Nasty. He also appeared in a TV Movie _Absturz in die weiße Hölle (1993)_ (qv) starring 'Richard Chamberlain' (qv) and in _Strange and Rich (1994)_ (qv).Fillion's first regular role was on a daytime soap opera, _One Life to Live (1968)_ (qv), as Joey Buchanan, for which role he was nominated in 1996 for a Daytime Emmy Award. He left the series after three years in 1997. During the late 1990's, he appeared in small roles in the films _Saving Private Ryan (1998)_ (qv) and _Blast from the Past (1999)_ (qv). Fillion also guest starred on _Total Security: Das Bootie_ (qv), _Maggie Winters: Mama's Got a Brand New Bag (1998)_ (qv) and _The Outer Limits: Starcrossed (1999)_ (qv). His biggest break by then happened in 1998, when he was cast as Johnny Donnelly on the 2nd season of _Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998)_ (qv) opposite 'Traylor Howard' (qv), 'Ryan Reynolds' (qv), 'Richard Ruccolo' (qv) and 'Suzanne Cryer' (qv). He starred on the show for 60 episodes.After "Two Guys" ended in 2001, Fillion gained critical acclaim and a large cult of fans when he starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the 'Joss Whedon' (qv)'s _Firefly (2002)_ (qv). Unfortunately the show was prematurely canceled in late 2002. He also guest starred on several episodes of two short lived TV shows, _Pasadena (2001)_ (qv), as Rev. Glenn Collins and _Miss Match (2003)_ (qv), as Adam Logan. In 2003, Whedon gave Fillion another chance to display his range when he cast Fillion as the twisted preacher Caleb, a villain, in the final season of _Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)_ (qv). Before and after "Firefly", Fillion appeared in many movies, _Dracula 2000 (2000)_ (qv), _Alligator Point (2003)_ (qv), _Water's Edge (2003)_ (qv), _If Dad Only Knew (2004)_ (qv) and _Hollywood Division (2004)_ (qv).Whedon vowed to resurrect "Firefly" in some way, and Fillion played Captain Reynolds again in the feature-film _Serenity (2005)_ (qv). Fillion followed this film with more big screen leading roles, in the horror-comedy _Slither (2006)_ (qv), in _White Noise 2: The Light (2007)_ (qv), in the indie hit _Waitress (2007)_ (qv) opposite 'Keri Russell' (qv) and in _Trucker (2008)_ (qv). He also continued to be a force in television, starring in the short-lived Fox-TV series _Drive (2007)_ (qv) and appearing on a recurring role as Dr. Adam Mayfair on the 4th season of ABC's _Desperate Housewives (2004)_ (qv), opposite 'Dana Delany' (qv). He also appeared on _Lost: I Do (2006)_ (qv) and was a voice actor on many video games (e.g. _Halo 3 (2007)_ (qv)).In 2008, he took his first singing part (and cemented his cult appeal) as Captain Hammer in Whedon's musical Internet smash _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)_ (qv), with 'Neil Patrick Harris' (qv), 'Felicia Day' (qv) and 'Simon Helberg' (qv). In 2009, he was cast as the title character Richard Castle in ABC's hit television series, _Castle (2009)_ (qv). The show has aired more than 160 episodes and 'Nathan Fillion' (qv) has won four People's Choice 'Awards' (qv) for Favorite Dramatic TV Actor, as of 2016. In 2018, Fillion took the starring role in _The Rookie (2018)_ (qv) as John Nolan, a contractor who starts over as a rookie police officer in the LAPD after a life-altering event. Besides starring on "Castle", he has appeared in many movies, in _Super (2010)_ (qv) as The Holy Avenger, in 'Joss Whedon' (qv)'s _Much Ado About Nothing (2012)_ (qv) as Dogberry, the incompetent chief of security, in _Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013)_ (qv) as Hermes and in _Thrilling Adventure Hour Live (2015)_ (qv).His credits as a voice-actor are numerous: on _The Venture Bros.: Bright Lights, Dean City (2010)_ (qv) as Brown Widow, in _Wonder Woman (2009)_ (qv) as Steve Trevor, in _Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)_ (qv), _Justice League: Doom (2012)_ (qv), _Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)_ (qv) and _Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015)_ (qv) as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, in _Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2012)_ (qv) as Green Lantern/Mr. Freeze, on _American Dad! (2005)_ (qv), in Pixar's _Monsters University (2013)_ (qv) as Johnny, in _Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)_ (qv) as Monstrous Inmate and on _Gravity Falls (2012)_ (qv) as Preston Northwest. He also voices the lead, Shojun in the animated movie, _Yamasong: March of the Hollows (2017)_ (qv). He has also continued voicing characters in video games, such as in _Destiny (2014)_ (qv) and in _Halo 5: Guardians (2015)_ (qv).He has also guest starred on _The Daly Show: The Daly Superheroes (2012)_ (qv) as himself, on _Community (2009)_ (qv) as Bob Waite, on _The Big Bang Theory: The Comic Book Store Regeneration (2015)_ (qv) as himself, on _Kroll Show: Twins (2015)_ (qv) as Mountie McMinniman, on _Con Man (2015)_ (qv) as Jack Moore and on _Drunk History: Space (2015)_ (qv) as Wernher Von Braun. He also narrated the documentary, _Highway of Tears (2015)_ (qv).::Azure_Girl; imoth