Nathan Fillion

Highest Rated: 100% DCU: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)

Lowest Rated: 17% Dracula 2000 (2000)

Birthday: Mar 27, 1971

Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Born in Alberta, Canada, in 1971, Nathan Fillion took his acting ambitions to the United States when he moved to New York in 1994 to portray Joey Buchanan on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. Having previously appeared in a single TV movie, Ordeal in the Arctic, Fillion's acting career had taken a backseat to his plans to be an English teacher. His three-year stint on the long-standing daytime TV staple, however, changed his focus in a big way. When his time on One Life to Live was up, the 27-year-old actor relocated to Los Angeles to assume a regular role on the sitcom Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place. Shortly afterward, he made a memorable appearance as the "wrong Ryan" in Steven Spielberg's WWII epic Saving Private Ryan. He also made appearances on The Outer Limits, King of the Hill, Pasadena, and other projects. It was in 2002, however, that he assumed the role that would make his career. Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon selected Fillion to portray rugged captain Mal Reynolds for his new sci-fi/Western series Firefly. The show found a rabidly loyal cult fan base, as well as incomparable critical praise, but tragically, failed to find the wide audience that Fox had been hoping for. The show was canceled after only 11 episodes, but Fillion had reached a level of familiarity with the public that most actors never hope to achieve. He reprised the role of Mal in 2005 for the feature-film adaptation of Firefly, Serenity, to the delight of fans. In 2006, Fillion stayed on the cream of the fringe with the much anticipated horror film Slither. Starring alongside Elizabeth Banks, the actor stole the show with his humorous, low-key performance. For his next project, he signed on to act alongside Keri Russell in the romantic comedy Waitress. When the writer's strike hit, Fillion teamed with his old collaborator Joss Whedon to star in the direct-to-the-web musical miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. In 2009 he landed the title role on the ABC series Castle, and took a small role in the dark superhero comedy Super in 2010.

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Highest Rated Movies

DCU: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox
100%
Saving Private Ryan
92%
Guardians of the Galaxy
91%
Waitress
89%

Filmography

MOVIES

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	BOX OFFICE	YEAR
68%	Cars 3	Sterling	$149.1M	2017
No Score Yet	Henchmen	Actor	—	2016
91%	Guardians of the Galaxy	Monstrous Inmate	$270.6M	2014
40%	Justice League: Throne Of Atlantis	Steve Trevor	—	2014
42%	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Hermes	$68.6M	2013
78%	Monsters University	Johnny	$260.4M	2013
85%	Much Ado About Nothing	Dogberry	$4.2M	2013
No Score Yet	Highway Of Tears	Actor	—	2013
100%	DCU: Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern	—	2013
No Score Yet	Justice League: Doom	Green Lantern	—	2012
No Score Yet	Robot Chicken DC Comics Special	Actor	—	2012
49%	Super	The Holy Avenger	$0.2M	2011
No Score Yet	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	Hal Jordan	—	2011
59%	Trucker	Runner	—	2009
88%	Wonder Woman	Col. Steve Trevor	—	2009
89%	Waitress	Dr. Pomatter	$18.7M	2007
75%	White Noise 2	Abe Dale	—	2007
No Score Yet	Outing Riley	Actor	—	2007
86%	Slither	Bill Pardy	$7.8M	2006
82%	Serenity	Capt. Malcolm Reynolds	$25.4M	2005
No Score Yet	Outing Riley	Luke Riley	—	2004
No Score Yet	Water's Edge	Robert	—	2004
No Score Yet	Doubting Riley	Actor	—	2004
17%	Dracula 2000	Father David	$32.7M	2000
58%	Blast From the Past	Cliff	—	1999
92%	Saving Private Ryan	Minessota Ryan	—	1998
No Score Yet	Ordeal in the Arctic	Tom Jardine	—	1993

TV

RATING	TITLE	CREDIT	YEAR
94%	Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2013	Mark Devereaux	2017
86%	Modern Family 2009	Rainer Shine	2017 2016
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015	Guest	2016
74%	Castle 2009-2016	Screenwriter Richard Castle	2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
No Score Yet	Con Man 2015	Jack Moore	2015
No Score Yet	Drunk History 2013	Actor	2015
82%	The Big Bang Theory 2007	Customer	2015
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2015 2014 2012
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007	Guest	2015 2009
86%	Community 2009-2015	Bob Waite	2014
No Score Yet	Late Show With David Letterman 1993-2015	Guest	2014 2013 2011
No Score Yet	Conan 2010	Guest	2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
No Score Yet	American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data) 2005	Voice	2013 2012
No Score Yet	The Venture Bros. 2004-2016	Voice	2010
No Score Yet	Desperate Housewives 2004-2012	Dr. Adam Mayfair Adam Mayfair	2008 2007 2004
87%	Lost 2004-2010	Guest Kevin	2006
No Score Yet	Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997-2003	Caleb	2003
83%	Firefly 2002-2003	Capt. Malcolm `Mal' Reynolds	2003 2002

Quotes from Nathan Fillion's Characters

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

I mean to confound these bungers.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

I aim to misbehave...

Hermes:

My feelings might have even been hurt, if I wasn't such a self-confident individual. I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm killing these shorts.

Hermes:	You weren't able to talk sense into him?
Percy Jackson:	Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death
Percy Jackson:	Well, we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death.
Hermes:	I see. You tried the diplomatic approach
Hermes:	I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

Hal Jordan:

Accident is only the will of the universe expressing itself.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I'll take the shuttle in closer. Zoe, ship is yours. Remember, if anything happens to me, or you don't hear from me within the hour... you take this ship and you come and you rescue me.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I'll take the shuttle in closer. Zoe, ship is yours. Remember, if anything happens to me, or you don't hear from me within the hour, you take this ship and you come and you rescue me.
Zoe:	What? And risk my ship?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I mean it. It's cold out there. I don't wanna get left.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	What in the hell happened back there?
Wash:	Start with the part where Jayne gets knocked out by a 90-pound girl 'cause... I don't think that's ever getting old.
Wash:	Start with the part where Jayne gets knocked out by a 90-pound girl because I don't think that's ever getting old.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket...
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Do you want to run this ship?
Jayne:	Yes!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	[caught off guard] Well... you can't...
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Well, you can't.

Kaylee Frye:	Have faith, Captain!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Not today.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I've staked my crew's life on the theory that you're a person, actual and whole, and if I'm wrong, you'd best shoot me now... [River cocks the gun she is pointing at Mal]
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I've staked my crew's life on the theory that you're a person, actual and whole, and if I'm wrong you'd best shoot me now or we could talk some more.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Or, we could talk some more.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Jayne, how many weapons you plan on bringing? You only got the two arms.
Jayne:	I just get excitable as to choice- like to have my options open.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Kaylee, what in the sphincter of hell are you playing at? We got the primary buffer panel coming right...
Kaylee Frye:	Everything's shiny, Cap'n. Not to fret.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	You told me those entry couplings would hold for another week!
Kaylee Frye:	That was six months ago, Cap'n.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	My ship don't crash. If she crashes, you crashed her.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	What are you doing?
Inara:	I'm praying for you Mal.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	[to Inara] But you fog things up! You always have. You spin me about. I wish like hell you were elsewhere.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	But you fog things up! You always have. You spin me about. I wish like hell you were elsewhere.
Inara:	[sighs] I was.
Inara:	I was.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

Come a day there won't be room for naughty men like us to slip about at all. This job goes south, there well may not be another. So here is us, on the raggedy edge. Don't push me, and I won't push you. Dong le ma?

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	[after landing on Miranda] Well, something sure the hell ain't right.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Well, something sure the hell ain't right.

Sheriff Bill Pardy:	Well, now, that is some fucked-up shit
Sheriff Bill Pardy:	Well, now, that is some fucked-up shit.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	"I aim to misbehave"
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I aim to misbehave.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I believe that woman's plannin' to shoot me again. (Firefly)
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I believe that woman's plannin' to shoot me again.
Jayne:	Here's a little concept I've been working on. Why don't we shoot her first?
Wash:	It is her turn.

Wash:	They're burning without reactor core containment. Well, that's kwong juh duh. That's suicide! That's...
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Reavers.
Wash:	Oh god... oh god... oh god...

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	How close are they?
Wash:	About 20 seconds from spitting distance.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Did you send word to Patience? (Firefly)
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Did you send word to Patience?
Wash:	Ain't heard back yet. Didn't she shoot you one time?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Everybody's makin' a fuss.

Sheriff Bill Pardy:

So how's everybody's evening, good? Good.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

Faster Faster Faster would be better!

Dr. Simon Tam:	Now River stay behind the others if there's fighting you drop to the floor or run away. It's okay to leave them to die.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Doctor, I'm taking your sister under my protection here. If anything happens to her, anything at all, I swear to you I will get very choked up, honestly there could be tears.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Set course for Beaumonde, first thing, I want these bod -- (Simon suddenly punches him in the face .)
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Set course for Beaumonde, first thing, I want these bod -- [Simon suddenly punches him in the face]
Kaylee Frye:	Simon!
Dr. Simon Tam:	You son of a whore!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I am a hairs breath from riddling you with holes Doctor!
Dr. Simon Tam:	'One simple job! She'll be fine!'
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	She 'is' fine apart from being still crazy she's a picture of health!
Dr. Simon Tam:	Never again do yo understand me?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Seems to me we had a talk about you giving orders on my boat.
Dr. Simon Tam:	Well we're off your boat just as soon as River gets her share of the bounty!
Kaylee Frye:	Let's not do anything hasty-
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	No shiny! We'll be on Beaumonde ten hours time you can pick up your earnings and be on your merry! Mean time you do your job patch up my crew!
River Tam:	He didn't lie down they never lie down.

Kaylee Frye:	Are you okay?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Is 'he' okay?!

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Shot me in the back. I haven't.. made you angry, have I?
River Tam:	There's a lot of innocent people in the air being killed right now.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	You have no idea how true that is. I know the secret now. The truth that burned up River Tam's brain and set you after her. And the rest of the 'verse is gonna know it too. 'Cause they need to
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	You have no idea how true that is. I know the secret now. The truth that burned up River Tam's brain and set you after her. And the rest of the 'verse is gonna know it too. 'Cause they need to.
The Operative:	You really believe that?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I do.
The Operative:	You willing to die for that belief?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I am... .course that ain't excactly plan A!

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

This report is maybe twelve years old. Parliament buried it, and it stayed buried til River dug it up. This is what they feared she knew. And they were right to fear, 'cause there's a universe of folk that are gonna know it too. They're gonna see it. Somebody has to speak for these people. You all got on this boat for different reasons, but you all come to the same place. So now I'm asking more of you than I have before. Maybe all. 'Cause as sure as I know anything I know this: They will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground, swept clean. A year from now, ten, they'll swing back to the belief that they can make people... better. And I do not hold to that. So no more running. I aim to misbehave.

Dr. Simon Tam:	May I see her?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I believe you go some storytelling to do what in hell happened back there?
Wash:	Start with the part where Jayne gets knocked out by a ninety pound girl. 'Cause I don't think that's ever getting old
Wash:	Start with the part where Jayne gets knocked out by a ninety pound girl. 'Cause I don't think that's ever getting old.
Zoe:	Do we know if anyone was killed?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	It's likely. I know she meant to Ad kill me 'fore the Doc put her out which how exactly does that work anyhow?
Dr. Simon Tam:	It's a safeword. The people who helped me break River out had intel that River and the other subjects were being embedded with behavioral conditioning. They taught me a safeword, in case... something happened.
Kaylee Frye:	I'm not sure I get it
Kaylee Frye:	I'm not sure I get it.
Dr. Simon Tam:	It's a phrase that makes her fall asleep. If I speak the words, "Eta --
Jayne:	Well don't say it!
Zoe:	It only works on 'her' Jayne.
Jayne:	Oh. Well, now I know that!

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	What was that?
Wash:	Did you "see" that?
Wash:	Did you 'see' that?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Was that the Primary Buffer Panel?
Wash:	It did seem to resemble-
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Did the Primary Buffer Panel just fall off my gorram ship for no apparent reason?
Wash:	Looks like!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I thought Kaylee checked our entry couplings! I have a very clear memory of it!
Wash:	Yeah well if she doesn't give us some extra flow from the engine room to offset the burnthrough this landing is gonna get pretty interesting.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Define "Interesting"
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Define 'Interesting'.
Wash:	"Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die?"
Wash:	Oh god, oh god, we're all gonna die?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	This is the Captain. There's a little problem with our entry sequence so we may experience slight turbulence and then explode. Can you shave the vector?
Wash:	I'm doing it it's not enough!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Well just get us on the ground!
Wash:	That part will happen pretty defiantly!
Jayne:	We're gonna explode!? I don't wanna explode!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Jayne how many weapons you plan on taking you only got the two arms.
Jayne:	I just get excitable as to choice, like to have my options open.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I don't plan on any shooting taking place during this job.
Jayne:	well, what you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	No grenades
Jayne:	What? aw!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	No grenades!
Zoe:	We crashing again?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Talk to your husband Mule prepped?
Zoe:	Go to go sir, just loading her up. Those grenades? Those grednaes?
Jayne:	Yeah Cap'n doesn't want'em.
Zoe:	Jayne we're robbing the place We're not occupying it.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Dear Buddha please give me a pony and a plastic rocket.
Inara:	Mal what are you doing here?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Well you invited me.
Inara:	I never thought for a second you'd be stupid enough to come!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Well then that makes you kind of a tease doesn't it?
Inara:	You knew my invitation wasn't on the level!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Which let me to conclude that you must be in some trouble
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Which let me to conclude that you must be in some trouble.
Inara:	I'm fine I'm giddy!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	For a woman schooled in telling a man what he wants to hear you ain't much of a liar
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	For a woman schooled in telling a man what he wants to hear you ain't much of a liar.
Inara:	Mal you cannot handle this man!

The Operative:	That girl will reign destruction down on your ship, she is a albatross Captain.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Way I hear albatross was a ships good luck till some idiot killed it. Yes I've read a poem try not to faint
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Way I hear albatross was a ships good luck till some idiot killed it. Yes I've read a poem try not to faint.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I never credited the Alliance with a over abundance of brains and if you're the best they got-
The Operative:	Captain Reynolds I should tell you so that you don't waste your time you can't make me angry
The Operative:	Captain Reynolds I should tell you so that you don't waste your time you can't make me angry.
Inara:	Please spend a hour with him!

Hermes:	"My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it."
Hermes:	My dear young cousin, if there's one thing I've learned over the eons, it's that you can't give up on your family, no matter how tempting they make it.

Superman:	In the light of breach of trust revealed to us during the vandal savage matter. We have to decide whether batman should be allowed to remain in the league. All those in favor of
Superman:	In the light of breach of trust revealed to us during the vandal savage matter. We have to decide whether batman should be allowed to remain in the league. All those in favor of.
Wonder Woman:	Wait before we vote I think the accused sholud be allowed a few words in his defense.
Green Lantern:	Second
Green Lantern:	Second.
Superman:	Okay (pause tuns) Batman
Superman:	Okay [pause tuns] Batman.
Batman:	My actions don't require any defense in the same situation I'd do it again.
Flash:	Awe, Comm on!
Batman:	As individuals and even more so as a group the justice league is far too dangerous to lack a fail safe against any possible misuse of our power.
Wonder Woman:	We use our power to protect the world and always have.
Batman:	And what if we ever used it for some other purpose (stands up) If you people can't see the potential danger of a out of control justice league.I don't need to wait for a vote I don't belong here . (gets up leaves and walks away)
Batman:	And what if we ever used it for some other purpose [stands up] If you people can't see the potential danger of a out of control justice league.I don't need to wait for a vote I don't belong here . [gets up leaves and walks away]

Kaylee Frye:	But you could have made them family...instead of keeping Simon from seeing I was there & I carried such a torch. It's going on a year now I aint had nothing twix my nethers wasnt run on bateries.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	God I can't know that ughhh...
Jayne:	I could stand to hear a little more....

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

You know what the first rule of flying is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take a boat in the air you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps her in the air when she oughta' fall down, tells you she's hurtin' 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

I aim to misbehave.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

This is the captain. We have a...little problem with our engine sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then...explode.

The Operative:	It's worse than you think.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	It usually is.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

[talking to Simon before jetting off on the mule] Doctor, I'm taking your sister under my protection. If anything happens to her - anything - I'll get really choked up. Honestly, there could be tears.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	[metallic ripping outside the Serenity as it enters atmo] What was that?
Wash:	Did you see that?!
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Was that the primary buffer panel?
Wash:	It did sound like--
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Did the primary buffer panel just fall off my gorram frigate?!
Wash:	[ship shakes] Looks like.

The Operative:	Do you know what your sin is?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Aw, hell. I'm a fan of all seven. But right now, I'm gonna have to go with wrath.

The Holy Avenger:	All it takes to be a superhero, is the choice to fight evil
The Holy Avenger:	All it takes to be a superhero is the choice to fight evil.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	"I mean to confound these bungers."
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I mean to confound these bungers.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:

I aim to misbehave.

Abe Dale:	On the third day, Christ rose again...but what about the devil?
Abe Dale:	On the third day, Christ rose again. But what about the devil?

Abe Dale:	If you save someone's life...you are responsible for it.
Abe Dale:	If you save someone's life, you are responsible for it.

Abe Dale:	How does right freakin' now grab you?
Abe Dale:	How does right freakin' now grab you?

Kylie Strutemyer:	What are we gonna do now?
Sheriff Bill Pardy:	Probably turn into a couple of these ****ed-up things.
Kylie Strutemyer:	That's kinda negative.
Sheriff Bill Pardy:	Well, it's been that sorta day.

Sheriff Bill Pardy:	Thanks for saving my ass back there.
Kylie Strutemyer:	You're welcome.
Sheriff Bill Pardy:	Of course, when I tell that story, it's gonna be the other way around.

Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	I don't plan on any shooting taking place during this job.
Jayne:	Yeah, well, what you plan and what takes place ain't ever exactly been similar.

Wash:	This landing is gonna get pretty interesting.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Define "interesting".
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	Define 'interesting'.
Wash:	[deadpan] Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die?
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	[on intercom] This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then ... explode.
Capt. Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds:	[on intercom] This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then, explode.