Nathan Fillion: Summary

Recent Role:: Richard Castle on Castle

Gender:: Male

Birthday:: 3-27-1971

Birthplace:: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Birth Name:: Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion began his acting career by taking a number of small roles in television, film, and theater, but larger roles were hard to find in his birthplace of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In 1994, he moved to New York City and landed the role of Joey Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actor in 1996.

In 1997, Nathan left the series and the city to seek out other opportunities in Los Angeles. He got a small but memorable part in Steven Speilberg's Saving Private Ryan, and a recurring role in the sitcom Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place. When his series went off the air in 2001, Nathan moved up to a lead part when he was cast as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the short-lived but critically acclaimed series Firefly.

Firefly was canceled after only eleven episodes had aired, but creator Joss Whedon vowed to find a new home for the series and immediately began courting television networks and movie studios. Meanwhile, Nathan was given a chance to display his range as an actor when he was cast as the murderous preacher Caleb on the final season of Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Thanks to enthusiastic support of the Firefly concept by executives at Universal Pictures (and bolstered by amazing sales of the DVD set) Nathan was cast to play Malcolm ('Mal') Reynolds a second time in a big-screen adaptation entitled Serenity, which was released in 2005.

Since then, Nathan has continued to earn strong and interesting roles in television and film, and also in more experimental media such as the online hit Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog.

He can currently be seen as the egotistical but charming mystery-solving mystery writer Richard Castle on ABC's Castle. Nathan Fillion began his acting career by taking a number of small roles in television, film, and theater, but larger roles were hard to find in his birthplace of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. In 1994, he moved to New York City and landed the role of Joey Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to...

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- 3 comments
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- 12/29/09 12:00 AM
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txgirl7
member since: Jan 13, 2010
I love...love...love this show. I have twin infants and rarely get time to watch TV, but this show is a MUST for me. ...Continue »
My favorite characters are Nathan Fillion, Molly Quinn, and Susan Sullivan. They have such great chemistry together. They always make me laugh! And I absolutely love Nathan's character, Castle. Nathan does an awesome job...he's good looking, charming, funny, smart, daring, witty, confident, bold yet sensitive...and he thinks outside the box. And did I say...good looking. Love his mischievous smile! He has great chemistry with Stana Katic's character, Kate. I'm glad to see they are giving her character more depth. You see her professional serious side...but lately you also see her sexy fun loving side. I love this show! Can't say enough good things about it. All the cast members compliment each other so well. Don't see that a lot on TV these days.
01/12/10 04:09pm | report abuse
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SixFootDrop
member since: Dec 10, 2007
Known to most fans as Captain Malcom Reynolds from the series Firefly, Nathan Fillion has been turning out great work for years. ...Continue »
Nathan Fillion is one of the most criminally underappreciated actors working today. While he has been able to land a few movies so far (Look for him in "Waitress," "Slither," and in a bit part in "Saving Private Ryan"), Nathan Fillion's work has largely been confined to Joss Whedon projects. Now, I'm not bashing Whedon shows: they're good gigs if you can get them. I just think that Mr. Fillion has what it takes to be a star. His work in "Firefly" alone shows that he is capable of carrying a series or even a movie. In my opinion, his unique mix of charisma and humor works wonders and I sincerely hope that one day his is a household name and not one that is remembered solely for his turn on "Firefly/Serenity".
05/14/09 10:14am | report abuse
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sandbur
member since: Apr 28, 2008
This actor is "The 'Mal" of all Trades"! ...Continue »
He can do comedy, he can do drama, he can do the most addictive characters of all time, but he just can't seem to get a break from unimaginative networks. I believe this man just needs THE vehicle to blow them all away. When I look at some of the "actors" out there on commercially if not critically successful series, and then see Nathan excelling at performance after performance on what I believe to be great, imaginative but CANCELED shows...well, I just don't understand "the biz". Nor, apparently, does "the biz" understand me and what I want to see.
Nathan will win out. He is so talented and capable of such character diversity, I know the right vehicle will come along. And I will be watching.
11/05/08 10:45am | report abuse
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Nikkles
member since: Oct 16, 2008
A great actor (+ beautiful) ...Continue »
Nathan Fillion is a great actor, who never seems to catch a break. His shows keep getting canceled when when they are excellent (Firefly) or alright (Miss Match or Two Guys a Girl and a pizza place), so I really hope his new show Castle is good and gets picked up! Nathan is very talented and it is time that he gets a bit more well know past the rabid Firefly fans like myself. It is hard to play tough and "good" not nice which is easy. He is also from Edmonton, where I now reside, which is an added bonus.
10/19/08 12:59am | report abuse
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augcast
member since: Jan 22, 2007
One of the most under-rated and overlooked actors of today. ...Continue »
I've been a huge fan of Nathan Fillion, since his appearance as the preacher in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He was one of the most memorable villians, even more so than the original first villian "the master".

Nathan, has been involved with so many great shows that networks always fail at giving a full run. One of his latest would be Drive, which was a interesting story of a group of random people given an opportunity to win a large sum of money for a cannonball style race across the country of which the first person to arrive - wins.

Now let me mention a tiny show from Joss Whedon called FireFly. This is/was/will be my most favorite sci-fi action series ever. This was such an original and ahead of it's time space cowboy genre, which after it's cancellation CONTINUES to gain newer fans by being one of the most popular shows on such sites like hulu.com While even I (being such a huge fan) thought that Nathan had reached his peak after his appearance in firefly. I was GLADLY mistaken with the release of Joss Whedon's internet sensational hit, Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long-Blog. Nathan appeared as Captain Hammer alongside seasoned actor Neil Patrick Harris, whom is another one of this generations most lovable actors. My only hope is that FireFly gets re-picked up and moved to another network that actually knows what they are doing of producing quality televised installments.
10/15/08 02:31am | report abuse