Canadian actor Nathan Fillion played Captain Malcolm Reynolds on the short-lived television show Firefly and its film spin-off Serenity.
Fillion costars with actresses Monet Mazur and Stana Katic in ABC's crime dramedy Castle.Zap2it: ABC Picks Up Five New Shows
Career
Fillion moved to New York City in 1994 and appeared in the soap opera One Life to Live as Joey Buchanan. In 1997, he moved to Los Angeles and played a supporting role in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl|Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place and was cast as "James Frederick Ryan" in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan.
In 2002, Fillion landed the role of Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the Joss Whedon Science Fiction television series Firefly. Although the show was canceled in its first season, it was adapted to the big screen and Fillion reprised his role in the movie Serenity. In the fall of 2007, Fillion joined the cast of ABC's Desperate Housewives.
Reunited
Fillion once again joined forces with Firefly creator Joss Whedon in the online musical mini-series Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Fillion provides the voice for super-villain Captain Hammer in the series, set to premiere on the series' official website on July 15, 2008.
Nathan Fillion Timeline
Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
March 27, 1971: Born
1994-1997: One Life to Live
1998: Saving Private Ryan
1998-2001: Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
2003: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2002-2004: Firefly
2005: Serenity
2006: Slither
2006: Lost
2007: Waitress
2007: Drive
References
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Launched the project Kids Need to Read
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Did voice work for the video game Halo 3
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Debut
Ordeal in the Artic (1993)
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Twitter-isms
"Bam, said the lady" means: There you go. Done. And... scene. Look at that! Holy Smoke! Slam dunk. I'm finished. C'est tout. Short form: BSTL
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Twitter-isms
"This is the new? High Five. It is called: FEED THE BIRDS." When you want to complement someones work, say "Feed the birds!" Short form: FTB.
