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. As of 2018, he stars as John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds. Fillion has acted in traditionally distributed films like Slither and Trucker, Internet-distributed films like Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, television ...
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Complete Filmography

Superman
2025
as Guy Gardner / Green Lantern
Superman, a journalist in Metropolis, embarks on a journey to reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent.

Skincare
2024
as Brett Wright
Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skin care line. However, she soon faces a new ...

Deadpool & Wolverine
2024
as Headpool (voice)
A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld faces...

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Master Karja
Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mi...

Everything I Ever Wanted To Tell My Daughter About Men
2022
as Duke
A woman tells her daughter about every man she’s ever been with – in the hope her daughter won’t make the same mistakes.

Adrienne
2021
as Self
As the muse of Hal Hartley’s indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the ind...

The Suicide Squad
2021
as T.D.K.
Supervillains Harley Quinn, Bloodsport, Peacemaker and a collection of nutty cons at Belle Reve prison join the super-secret, super-shady Task Force X...

The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
as Self
Ryan Seacrest hosts the second Disney Family Singalong featuring celebrities and their families as they take on their favorite Disney tunes from their...

The Death and Return of Superman
2019
as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen now presented as an over two-hour unabridged and seamless animated feature. Witness the no-holds-barre...

Night Hunter
2019
as Quinn
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for severa...

Reign of the Supermen
2019
as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
In the wake of The Death of Supermen, the world is still mourning the loss of the Man of Steel following his fatal battle with the monster Doomsday. H...

Henchmen
2018
as Captain Superior (voice)
When a new recruit joins the Union of Evil, he is assigned to a motley crew of blue-collar workers led by fallen henchmen Hank. But when “The Kid” acc...

The Death of Superman
2018
as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
When a hulking monster arrives on Earth and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop it. But it soon becomes apparen...

Yamasong: March of the Hollows
2017
as Shojun (voice)
An automated girl and tortoise warrior journey with a band of outlaws on an incredible quest. Their one hope is to find a legendary relic to defeat a ...

Cars 3
2017
as Sterling (voice)
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in th...

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship
2015
as Green Lantern (voice)
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship surrenders DC Comics' multitude of Super Heroes and Super-Villains to the demented whims of ...

Being Canadian
2015
as Self
What does it actually mean to be Canadian? This humorous documentary, featuring interviews with a who's-who of famous Canadians, hopes to find the ans...

The Thrilling Adventure Hour Live
2015
as Cactoid Jim
A concert film designed to bring the live Thrilling Adventure Hour experience to those unable to attend a recording of the show was filmed, as a resul...

Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
2015
as Green Lantern / Hal Jordan (voice)
After the events of Justice League: War, Ocean Master and Black Manta have declared a war against the surface in retaliation of the aftermath of Apoko...

Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
as Monstrous Inmate
Light years from Earth, 26 years after being abducted, Peter Quill finds himself the prime target of a manhunt after discovering an orb wanted by Rona...

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
2014
as Green Lantern / Black Adam (voice)
The Robot Chicken crew takes a peek at what happens when the DC villains end up on the same beach as the DC heroes on spring break!
Highway of Tears
2014
as Narrator
In Canada, more than 500 cases of Aboriginal women have gone missing or been murdered since the 1960s. Half the cases have never been solved. Now find...

Party Central
2014
as Johnny (voice)
Mike and Sulley are back at Monsters University for a fun-filled weekend with their Oozma Kappa fraternity brothers. The gang is throwing their first ...

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
2013
as Hermes
In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop...

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
2013
as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
The Flash finds himself in a war-torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to restore the timeline.

Monsters University
2013
as Johnny (voice)
A look at the relationship between Mike and Sulley during their days at Monsters University — when they weren't necessarily the best of friends.

Much Ado About Nothing
2013
as Dogberry
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.

Browncoats Unite: Firefly 10th Anniversary Special
2012
as Self
Science Channel reunites Joss Whedon, Nathan Fillion and the entire renegade crew of the Serenity for the first time ever to provide the complete oral...

Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012
as Green Lantern / Mr. Freeze (voice)
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special brings you the awesomeness of the DC Comics universe of characters as only Robot Chicken can, with amazing guest s...

Justice League: Doom
2012
as Green Lantern (voice)
An adaptation of Mark Waid's "Tower of Babel" story from the JLA comic. Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of ...

O Brave New World
2011
as Self
To cap off Bungie's 20th Anniversary festivities, the team has assembled a near hour long documentary covering the studio's past, present, and future....

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
2011
as Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
As the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps faces a battle with an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan prepares new recruit Arisia for the coming conflict by ...

Super
2010
as The Holy Avenger
After his wife falls under the influence of a drug dealer, an everyday guy transforms himself into Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions,...

Wonder Woman
2009
as Col. Steve Trevor (voice)
On the mystical island of Themyscira, a proud and fierce warrior race of Amazons have raised a daughter of untold beauty, grace and strength: Princess...

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2008
as Captain Hammer
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog is a 42-minute tragicomic musical in three acts, each released separately. It tells the story of Dr. Horrible, an aspir...

Commentary! The Musical
2008
The cast and crew of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008) perform a "most uncommon" musical commentary track for the show, acting as exaggerated vers...

Trucker
2008
as Runner
Loner Diane Ford is a truck driver with an 11-year-old son, Peter, whom she never sees, and that's fine with her. But, when Peter's father, Len, falls...

The Making of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
2007
as Self
The making of 'Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog'.

Waitress
2007
as Dr. Jim Pomatter
Jenna is a pregnant, unhappily married waitress in the deep south. She meets a newcomer to her town and falls into an unlikely relationship as a last ...

White Noise 2: The Light
2007
as Abe Dale
A man's family brought back from the verge of death, he then discovers he can identify people who are about to die.

Done the Impossible
2006
as Self
A documentary covering Firefly's birth, death and rebirth from the perspective of both the fans and the cast and crew of both productions.

Slither
2006
as Bill Pardy
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

Serenity
2005
as Malcolm 'Mal' Reynolds
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless mil...

Outing Riley
2004
as Luke Riley
Bobby Riley is an affable Irish-American guy-next-door, gay and still in the closet. Bobby's discomfort with being openly gay is a source of friction ...

Water's Edge
2003
as Robert Graves
Robert wanted an escape from the big city. He thought a small town by the water's edge would give him a new start. He couldn't have been more wrong. T...

Dracula 2000
2000
as Father David
When a team of techno-savvy thieves break into a high-security vault, they don't discover priceless works of art... they find a crypt unopened for 100...

Blast from the Past
1999
as Cliff
Following a bomb scare in the 1960s that locked the Webers into their bomb shelter for 35 years, Adam now ventures forth into Los Angeles to obtain fo...

Saving Private Ryan
1998
as Minnesota Ryan
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain Joh...

Ordeal in the Arctic
1993
as Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine
Everybody expected military flight Boxtop 22 from Thule into the vast frozen wilderness of Canada's North Western territories to be boring routine, bu...
Strange and Rich
N/A
as Walter Hoade
A student's death and a killer's arrival unite a sergeant (Shaun Johnston) and the new police chief (Ron White) in an Alberta prairie town.
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N/A
as John Nolan