Nathan Fillion

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

Lowest Rated: 18% Dracula 2000 (2000)

Birthday: Mar 27, 1971

Birthplace: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

His mother had a Norwegian grandfather and a Finnish grandmother. Performed improv with Theatresports at Edmonton's Rapid Fire Theatre. Briefly worked as a singing-telegram deliveryman. Initially planned to follow in his parents' footsteps and become a high school English teacher, but dropped out of college after landing a role on One Life to Live. Became deaf in his left ear in 1977. Received a Daytime Emmy nomination in 1996 for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work on One Life to Live. Co-founder of the non-profit organisation Kids Need to Read, which promotes childhood literacy. Has been an a US citizen since 1997. Is friendly with Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Is a keen fan of video games and collects comic books.

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

MOVIES

		CREDIT
93%	The Death of Superman / Reign of the Supermen Double Feature	Actor	—	2019
92%	The Death of Superman	Green Lantern	—	2018
No Score Yet	Nomis	Actor	—	2018
69%	Cars 3	Sterling	$152.7M	2017
No Score Yet	Yamasong: March of the Hollows	Shojun	—	2017
No Score Yet	Henchmen	Actor	—	2016
91%	Guardians of the Galaxy	Monstrous Inmate	$270.6M	2014
57%	Justice League: Throne Of Atlantis	Steve Trevor	—	2014
42%	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Hermes	$68.6M	2013
80%	Monsters University	Johnny	$260.4M	2013
86%	Much Ado About Nothing	Dogberry	$4.3M	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	$0.3M	2011
No Score Yet	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	Hal Jordan	—	2011
59%	Trucker	Runner	—	2009
82%	Wonder Woman	Col. Steve Trevor	—	2009
90%	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
83%	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
18%	Dracula 2000	Father David	$32.7M	2000
57%	Blast From the Past	Cliff	—	1999
93%	Saving Private Ryan	Minessota Ryan	—	1998
No Score Yet	Ordeal in the Arctic	Tom Jardine	—	1993

TV

		CREDIT
68%	The Rookie 2018	Executive Producer John Nolan John Nolan	2019 2018
No Score Yet	Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003	Guest	2019 2015 2014 2012
96%	A Series of Unfortunate Events 2017		2018
No Score Yet	American Housewife 2016	Himself	2018 2017
87%	Modern Family 2009	Rainer Shine	2018 2017 2016
97%	Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2013	Mark Devereaux	2017
No Score Yet	Con Man 2015-2017	Executive Producer Jack Moore	2017 2015
No Score Yet	The Late Late Show With James Corden 2015	Guest	2016
100%	Gravity Falls 2012-2016	Voice	2016 2015 2013 2012
80%	Castle 2009-2016	Screenwriter Richard Castle	2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
No Score Yet	Drunk History 2013		2015
81%	The Big Bang Theory 2007	Customer	2015
No Score Yet	Last Call With Carson Daly 2007	Guest	2015 2009
88%	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
93%	The Venture Bros. 2004-2018	Voice	2010
66%	Desperate Housewives 2004-2012	Dr. Adam Mayfair Adam Mayfair	2008 2007 2004
No Score Yet	Drive 2007	Alex Tully	2007
96%	Justice League Unlimited 2004-2006	Voice	2006
90%	Lost 2004-2010	Guest Kevin	2006
No Score Yet	Pasadena 2001-2002	Glenn Collins	2005
81%	Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1997-2003	Caleb	2003
85%	Firefly 2002-2003	Capt. Malcolm `Mal' Reynolds	2003 2002
No Score Yet	Two Guys and a Girl 1998-2001	Johnny	2001 2000 1999 1998

QUOTES FROM Nathan Fillion 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.