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Nathan Fillion
Nathan Fillion · Kevin Paul, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Nathan Fillion

b. 1971

Canadian-American actor (born 1971)

Born
27 Mar 1971 · Edmonton
Part ofCanada1690 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

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  1. 27 Mar 1971BornBorn in Edmonton

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1971 – today).

  1. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  2. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  3. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  5. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  6. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  7. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  8. 1985Schengen Agreement
  9. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  10. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  11. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  13. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  15. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  16. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  17. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  18. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  19. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  20. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  21. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  22. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  23. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  24. 20112011 Norway attacks
  25. 2011Libyan civil war
  26. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  27. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  28. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  29. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  30. 2015Paris Agreement
  31. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  32. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  33. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  34. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  35. 2023Gaza war
  36. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  37. 20262026 Iran war

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. Beginning in 2018, he has starred as Officer John Nolan on The Rookie. He is also an executive producer on the show, as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds. He is set to produce an upcoming spin-off, The Rookie: North.

Fillion has acted in traditionally distributed films such as Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films including Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog and James Gunn's PG Porn, television soap operas, sitcoms, and theatre. His voice is featured in animation and video games, such as the Halo series games Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo: Reach, and Halo 5: Guardians, the Destiny series games Destiny, and Destiny 2, the television series M.O.D.O.K. (2021), and in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern. He continued to portray Green Lantern in the DC Universe (DCU), this time as the incarnation of Guy Gardner, starring in the DCU film Superman (2025), and appearing in series Peacemaker (2025) and Lanterns (2026).

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.

Fillion received an honorary doctor of laws degree on May 30, 2025, from Concordia University of Edmonton.

Text from the Wikipedia article Nathan Fillion, CC BY-SA 4.0

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