Both sides of his father's family were part of the Quebec diaspora in Fall River, Massachusetts, and his mother had a Norwegian maternal grandfather and a Finnish maternal grandmother. (2021).įillion 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.įillion was born on March 27, 1971, in Edmonton, Alberta, the younger of two sons of Robert 'Bob' Fillion and June 'Cookie' Early, both retired English teachers. His voice is also featured in animation and video games, such as Hal Jordan/ Green Lantern in various DC Comics projects, the Bungie games Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, Destiny and Destiny 2, along with the 343 Industries game Halo 5: Guardians, and Wonder Man in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

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As of 2018, he was starring as John Nolan on The Rookie.įillion has acted in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, and Richard Castle on Castle. Nathan Fillion ( / ˈ f ɪ l i ə n/ born Ma ) is a Canadian-American actor.

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