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->''"[[OneOfUs I'm a dork. I collect comic books. I still love cartoons. I'd rather be at home on a Friday night playing D&D than hanging out in some loud, overcrowded club. My sense of humor is that of a geek. My likes and dislikes are those of a geek. I've memorized the dialogue of every crappy sci-fi movie there is, but I still haven't seen]] Film/SchindlersList."''
-->-- '''Nathan Fillion'''



'''Nathan Fillion''' is a Canadian TV and movie actor who [[CommentaryTheMusical started off in the]] [[OneLifeToLive soaps]]. Since then, he's moved on to a number of famous roles, including (but not limited to):

* Malcolm Reynolds, captain of the Series/{{Firefly}}-class vessel ''Film/{{Serenity}}''.
* Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck, one of the main [=ODSTs=] in {{Creator/Bungie}}'s ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST''. He was with two other ''Firefly'' mains, Creator/AdamBaldwin and Alan Tudyk. Some joke that he's basically playing Mal with a new name, due to similar personalities, and since they went InkSuitActor on him, identical faces and hairstyles, as well as voice.
* Richard Castle, novelist-turned police consultant in the self-titled series ''Series/{{Castle}}''.
* Captain Hammer, [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible's nemesis]].
* Caleb in Season 7 [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]], evil guy with Catholic priest theme, [[TheDragon dragon]] to the season's BigBad and the [[PlayingAgainstType complete]] [[RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor opposite]] of his usual on-screen persona.
* Alex Tully in ''{{Series/Drive}}'', another cancelled-after-4-episodes series from TimMinear.
* Bill Pardy, town sheriff from ''{{Slither}}''.
* Steve Trevor, the male romantic lead in the [[WesternAnimation/WonderWoman Wonder Woman animated film]].
* [[NiceGuy Dr.]] [[{{Adorkable}} Pomatter]] in the independent comedy ''Film/{{Waitress}}''.
* Constable Dogberry in Creator/JossWhedon's production of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing'' (set to premiere in June 2013).

The first of those roles earned him most of his recognition, despite the short run of the series. Numerous bit parts include cameos as Buck in ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', a Sgt. [[ShoutOut Reynolds]] in ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'', James ''Frederick'' Ryan in ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan'', and Kate's ex-husband in ''{{Series/Lost}}''. Before that, {{BioWare}} had him voicing Gao The Lesser in ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire''. He also voiced Vigilante in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Unlimited''.

He also has a [[http://twitter.com/NathanFillion Twitter account]] and is very good at making MemeticMutation {{Catch Phrase}}s such as "Bam, said the lady" and "Feed the birds." Both have had cameos on his hit show ''{{Series/Castle}}'' (as well as "Double Rainbow", a meme that he ''didn't'' start.)

A few of his characters can be morally questionable or bordering {{jerkass}} territory, but [[RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor he's a really nice guy in person]]. [[FunPersonified And quite a comedian]].

Speaking of ''{{Series/Firefly}}'', he said in a [[http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/18/firefly.returns.ew/ recent interview ]] that if he had $300 million, he'd buy the rights to Firefly'' and make it his own. This being the internet, a brief but passionate movement sprang up to help him do such a thing, but it fell apart due to a lack of official support from Fillion himself and/or Joss Whedon.

Bizarrely, he has been [[CelebrityResemblance mistaken]] for [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Jason Bateman]] several times by both normal people and celebrities alike to the point where it is a Real Life RunningGag. But of course, Nathan takes no offense to it and continues documenting the instances where it happens because he's just that awesome. It might help that on one of those occasions [[Funny/NathanFillion it got him out of a speeding ticket]].

He was also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hTiRnqnvDs used as Hal Jordan]] in a fan trailer for the proposed ''GreenLantern'' film, which he thought was awesome. However, he wasn't actually cast in ''Film/GreenLantern'', but he ''was'' cast as Green Lantern in the 2011 direct-to-DVD DCAU ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternEmeraldKnights''. He reprised the role in ''JusticeLeagueDoom''.

Similarly, he was in talks to play [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Captain America]], but the role went to Creator/ChrisEvans. However, he did end up playing a superhero (well, a satirical one anyway) known as The Holy Avenger in ''{{Film/Slither}}'' director James Gunn's second film ''Film/{{Super}}''.

He's also begun a ViralMarketing campaign to get himself the role of [[{{VideoGame/Uncharted}} Nathan Drake]]. [[http://m.deadline.com/2010/10/david-o-russell-tapped-to-direct-vidgame-uncharted-drakes-fortune/ Comment here and help him out!]]

Oh, and [[EvenTheGuysWantHim he really is]] [[CatchPhrase ruggedly]] [[{{Series/Castle}} handsome]].

Oh, and he kicked [[Music/JustinBieber Justin Bieber's]] ass in ''VideoGame/HaloReach''. According to him it "[[GoodFeelsGood felt good]]." Also, there are two exceptions to the statement "Only {{Creator/Bungie}} employees have flaming heads in ''{{VideoGame/Halo 3}}''." Those two are a contest winner and Nathan Fillion.

He has dated Tricia Helfer (Number Six in ''Series/BattlestarGalacticaReimagined'') in the past, and called it the best date he had ever had when questioned on it by a fan.

He's also OneOfUs. Con-goers pass around a story where a few friends sat down for some Firefly pen-and-paper action. Nathan approached the table and purportedly requested to play as... River. His interactions with fans extend online as well, as evidenced in the following: In early August of 2012, he conducted a [[http://www.reddit.com/r/Denver/comments/xl3ih/this_is_a_test/ question-and-answer session on]] {{Reddit}}. Here's [[https://twitter.com/NathanFillion/status/231142485336944640 proof for the skeptics]] that it is/was really him.
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