Nathan C. Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known for his lead role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, and his current lead role as Richard Castle on the ABC series Castle.
Fillion was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the son of Cookie and James "Culley" Fillion, both of whom are retired English teachers. He has an older brother, Jeff, and attended Holy Trinity ...
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Nathan C. Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian actor, perhaps best known for his lead role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, and his current lead role as Richard Castle on the ABC series Castle.
Fillion was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the son of Cookie and James "Culley" Fillion, both of whom are retired English teachers. He has an older brother, Jeff, and attended Holy Trinity Catholic High School, Concordia University College of Alberta and the University of Alberta, where he was a member of The Kappa Alpha Society. According to Fillion, he is descended from Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early.
After working in several theatre, television and film productions, including Theatresports with Rapid Fire Theatre and the improvised soap opera Die-Nasty, Fillion moved to New York City in 1994 where he acted in the soap opera One Life to Live as Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated in 1996 for a Daytime Emmy...
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