Nathan Fillion

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.

Known For

The Rookie

Rick and Morty

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

American Dad!

American Dad!

Modern Family

Desperate Housewives

Lost

All Movies (53)

• Man of Tomorrow2027 · as Guy Gardner
• Superman2025 · as Guy Gardner
• Skincare2024 · as Brett Wright
• Deadpool & Wolverine2024 · as Headpool (voice)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 32023 · as Master Karja
• Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men2022 · as Duke
• Adrienne2021 · as Self
• The Suicide Squad2021 · as T.D.K.
• The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II2020 · as Self
• The Death and Return of Superman2019 · as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
• Night Hunter2019 · as Quinn
• The Death of Superman2019 · as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
• Reign of the Supermen2019 · as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
• Henchmen2018 · as Captain Superior (voice)
• Here's How It Was: The Making of 'Firefly'2017 · as Self
• Yamasong: March of the Hollows2017 · as Shojun (voice)
• Cars 32017 · as Sterling (voice)
• Gravity Falls: Between the Pines2016 · as Preston (Voice)
• Nightmare Time2016 · as Himself
• Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship2015 · as Green Lantern (voice)
• Being Canadian2015 · as Self
• The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live2015 · as Cactoid Jim
• Justice League: Throne of Atlantis2015 · as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
• Guardians of the Galaxy2014 · as Monstrous Inmate
• Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise2014 · as Green Lantern / Black Adam (voice)
• Highway of Tears2014 · as Narrator
• Party Central2014 · as Johnny (voice)
• Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters2013 · as Hermes
• Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox2013 · as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
• Monsters University2013 · as Johnny (voice)
• Much Ado About Nothing2013 · as Dogberry
• Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special2012 · as Self
• Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special2012 · as Green Lantern / Mr. Freeze (voice)
• Justice League: Doom2012 · as Green Lantern (voice)
• O Brave New World2011 · as Self
• Green Lantern: Emerald Knights2011 · as Hal Jordan (voice)
• Super2010 · as The Holy Avenger
• Wonder Woman2009 · as Col. Steve Trevor (voice)
• Commentary! The Musical2008
• Trucker2008 · as Runner
• The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog2007 · as Self
• Waitress2007 · as Dr. Jim Pomatter
• White Noise 2: The Light2007 · as Abe Dale
• Done the Impossible2006 · as Self
• Slither2006 · as Bill Pardy
• Serenity2005 · as Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
• Outing Riley2004 · as Luke Riley
• Water's Edge2003 · as Robert Graves
• Dracula 20002000 · as Father David
• Blast from the Past1999 · as Cliff
• Saving Private Ryan1998 · as Minnesota Ryan
• Ordeal in the Arctic1993 · as Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine
• Strange and Rich— · as Walter Hoade

All TV Shows (67)

• The Mighty Nein2025 · as The Gentleman (voice)
• DC Studios Showcase: The Official Podcast2024 · as Self
• Grave Conversations2024 · as Self
• Krapopolis2023 · as Zan (voice)
• Bupkis2023 · as Ace Spade
• The Recruit2022 · as CIA Director Alton West
• The Rookie: Feds2022 · as John Nolan
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Peacemaker2022 · as Guy Gardner
• Family Law2021 · as Bud Nielsen
• Monsters at Work2021 · as Johnny (voice)
• Marvel's M.O.D.O.K.2021 · as Simon Williams / Wonder Man (voice)
• Resident Alien2021 · as Octopus (voice)
• Resident Alien2021 · as 42 (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Rookie2018 · as John Nolan
• Big Mouth2017 · as Nathan Fillion (voice)
• Big Mouth2017
• Santa Clarita Diet2017 · as Gary West
• A Series of Unfortunate Events2017 · as Jacques Snicket (voice)
• A Series of Unfortunate Events2017 · as Jacques Snicket
• American Housewife2016 · as Nathan Fillion
• Geeking Out2016 · as Self
• HarmonQuest2016 · as Tetter Spice
• CelebriD&D2015 · as Jolene Glaplok
• Con Man2015 · as Jack Moore
• Assassin Banana2015 · as Chick del Monte / Assassin Banana (voice)
• The Real History of Science Fiction2014 · as Self
• Rick and Morty2013 · as Cornvelious Daniel (voice)
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine2013 · as Mark Devereaux
• Drunk History2013 · as Wernher von Braun
• Neil's Puppet Dreams2012 · as Dr. Mayfair
• Gravity Falls2012 · as Preston Northwest (voice)
• Talking Dead2011 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Modern Family2009 · as Rainer Shine
• Community2009 · as Bob Waite
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Castle2009 · as Richard Castle
• James Gunn's PG Porn2008 · as Chris
• Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog2008 · as Captain Hammer
• The Big Bang Theory2007 · as Nathan Fillion
• The Guild2007 · as Nathan Fillion
• Drive2007 · as Alex Tully
• American Dad!2005 · as American Businessman Klaus (voice)
• American Dad!2005 · as Liver / Joel Larson (voice)
• Desperate Housewives2004 · as Adam Mayfair
• Lost2004 · as Kevin Callis
• The Venture Bros.2004 · as Brown Widow (voice)
• Justice League Unlimited2004 · as Vigilante (voice)
• The Soup2004 · as Self
• Miss Match2003 · as Adam Logan
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Firefly2002 · as Mal Reynolds
• Through the Night with...2002 · as Self
• Maggie Winters1998 · as Ronald
• Two Guys and a Girl1998 · as Johnny Donnelly
• Total Security1997 · as Troy Larson
• The View1997 · as Self - Guest
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer1997 · as Caleb
• King of the Hill1997 · as Frisbee Guy (voice)
• The Outer Limits1995 · as Michael Ryan
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self - Guest
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• One Life to Live1968
• The Rookie: North— · as John Nolan