Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian and American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on ''Firefly'' and its film continuation ''Serenity'', and Richard Castle on ''Castle''. , he stars as John Nolan on ''The Rookie'' and was 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 soap operas, sitcoms, and theatre. His voice is featured in animation and video games, such as the Bungie games ''Halo 3'', ''Halo 3: ODST'', ''Halo: Reach'', ''Destiny'', and ''Destiny 2'', along with the 343 Industries game ''Halo 5: Guardians'', and the television series ''M.O.D.O.K.'' (2021).

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''. Provided by Wikipedia