Nathan Fillion is a Canadian-American actor. He played the leading roles of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds on Firefly and its film continuation Serenity, and Richard Castle on Castle. As of 2018, he stars as John Nolan on The Rookie and is an executive producer on the show as well as its spin-off series, The Rookie: Feds.
Fillion was born on March 27, 1971, in Edmonton, Alberta, the younger of two sons of Robert "Bob" Fillion and June "Cookie" Early, both retired English teachers. Both sides of his father's family were part of the Quebec diaspora in Fall River, Massachusetts, and his mother had a Norwegian maternal grandfather and a Finnish maternal grandmother.
Fillion was raised in Edmonton's Mill Woods neighborhood and completed his secondary and post-secondary education in Edmonton, attending 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. He has been a U.S. citizen since 1997.
| Date of Birth | 27th March 1971 |
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| Age | 53 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Current City | Edmonton |
| Birth Place | Edmonton |
| Nationality | Canada |
| Citizenship | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Reference | IMDB |
| Education |
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| Concordia University of Edmonton, University of Alberta, Holy Trinity Catholic High School (Edmonton) |
| Occupation | actor, film actor, voice actor, executive producer, television actor |
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| Career Start | 1993 (31 years ago) |
