Nathan Fillion Canadian Actor Born 1971 in Edmonton

Nathan Fillion is a Canadian actor born on 27 March 1971 in Edmonton. He is known for playing Richard Castle in Castle (2009).

Early life

Schooling on record includes Concordia University of Edmonton, University of Alberta and Holy Trinity Catholic High School (Edmonton).

Career

His first listed screen credit dates to 1998, with Saving Private Ryan, as Minnesota Ryan. Work from the 1990s includes Blast from the Past (1999). Firefly (2002, as Malcolm Reynolds) and Desperate Housewives (2004) are among his 2000s credits. In the 2010s, he appeared in Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters (2013, as Hermes) and The Rookie (2018, as John Nolan). The 2020s brought The Suicide Squad (2021) and Deadpool & Wolverine (2024, as Headpool).

The list below counts 19 films and 11 TV series from 1998 to 2026. Action is the most frequent genre among his listed titles (9), followed by science fiction (7) and comedy (5). His latest credit on record is Lanterns (2026). Of his three titles with worldwide box-office figures on record, Saving Private Ryan (1998) has the highest, at $482 million.

Morena Baccarin appears in three of his listed titles. Other co-stars who recur in his credits are James Gunn (three titles) and Jewel Staite (two titles). James Gunn directed five of his titles on record, among them Slither (2006) and James Gunn's PG Porn (2008). Joss Whedon is credited as director on three of them, including Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008).