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nathan fillion has enjoyed a successful

career as a film and television star

dating back to the early 1990s he has

starred and guest starred in many

popular and iconic television shows and

films throughout his career however he

is probably best known for his leading

role as malcolm reynolds in the

short-lived firefly series richard

castle on tv's castle or as john nolan

on the rookie the actor has shown both

his dramatic and comedic acting skills

in his roles he has also done several

cameos and has voice acted in shows as

well making his filmography diverse here

are 10 things you probably didn't know

about nathan fillion

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he wanted to become a teacher nathan

fillion was born on march 27 1971 in

edmonton canada to two english teachers

he grew up in edmonton's millwood's

neighborhood of edmonton where he

completed his high school and

post-secondary education he also

attended holy trinity catholic high

school concordia university college of

alberta and the university of alberta

where he was a member of the kappa alpha

society growing up he always expected to

become a teacher like his parents but

threw those plans away after dropping

out of college He started on a soap

he started on a soap before moving to

new york city in 1994 he was involved in

improvising theater including a theater

with rapid fire theater and the

improvised soap opera dynasty his first

regular role was on a soap opera one

life to live as joey buchanan where he

remained for three years he was

nominated for a daytime emmy award in

1996 for his role

he auditioned for the role of angel on

buffy the vampire slayer fillion

auditioned for the role of angel on

buffy the vampire slayer back in the 90s

but instead got cast as caleb years

later he played the demonic preacher

spanning a total of five episodes in

season seven He played multiple roles in Marvel

he played multiple roles in marvel

cinematic universe fillion is a friend

of director james gunn and it's landed

him a couple of cameo appearances in the

guardians of the galaxy franchise he

first shows up as the voice of a

nameless prisoner who threatens peter

quill and receives a nose full of groot

as a result but he almost got a much

more significant role in volume two

scenes were filmed but ultimately cut

from the finished product that featured

posters advertising the acting career of

simon williams portrayed by fillion in

the images devoted marvelites might

recognize that name is belonging to

wonder man a longtime avenger and movie

star from the pages of marvel comics He voiced Green Lantern

he voiced green lantern fillion was a

fan favorite to play the role of hal

jordan in the green lantern film that

came out in 2011 but the part ultimately

went to ryan reynolds though fillion

didn't get the role he did end up

voicing the character in a number of dc

animated ventures including justice

league throne of atlantis justice league

the flashpoint paradox and the death of

superman he has also voiced green

lantern and a handful of robot chicken

specials Hes in the video game industry

he's in the video game industry aside

from being a very talented actor fillion

is also a video games enthusiast so when

the opportunity to use his skills as a

voice over actor for this passion of his

he didn't hesitate to give it a try the

first video game he worked for was jade

empire a microsoft game in 2005. he has

been in 10 video games He did an audiobook

he did an audio book in 2007 an

audiobook version of a novel from the

previous year came out the book was

titled world war z an oral history of

the zombie war and it's a dystopia

narrated by an agent that lives in a

post-apocalyptic situation after a

zombie play the novel received such

great reviews that it was turned into an

audio book and filian played a canadian

soldier named stanley macdonald Hes deaf in one ear

he's deaf in one ear fillion confirmed

that he lost all hearing in his left ear

back in 1977 when he was six years old

the reason for the hearing loss is

completely unknown it could have been an

accident genetics or a really bad ear

infection but the mystery just adds to

the mystery around fillion's life He models for French painters

he models for french painters french

artist martin farrell used fillion as

the model for his complete hero project

he's been in a couple of pieces since

2009 and is the base face for the entire

project He was a singing telegram

he was a singing telegram before he

broke into the world of acting fillion

worked as a singing telegram he used to

be assigned messages to be delivered to

other people and would have to perform

the message to them as random as this

job sounds it definitely fits his goofy

character

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