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| [[File:Nathan_Fillion.jpg|thumb|300px|Nathan Fillion in the ViDoc [[O Brave New World]].]] | | '''Nathan Fillion''' (born March 27, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian actor, best known for his lead role in the television series ''[[wikipedia:Firefly|Firefly]]'' as Captain (formerly Sergeant) Reynolds. In ''[[Halo 3]]'', he supplies the voice of [[Gunnery Sergeant (UNSC)|Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], named in homage to Fillion's most famous character. According to Game Informer, he'll also voice [[Unnamed Marine Captain|The Captain]] in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]''. |
| {{Quote|I'm a Halo guy. The Bungie folks were kind enough to have me do a voice for Halo 3. So there's nothing like sitting down to a nice game of Halo and shooting at myself. I like to get online, and the reason I like it is I've got a lot of friends in Canada and New York, all over Los Angeles and at great distances. Sometimes I take off for months at a time to go work, and my social time is on that box. You put on a little headset and unwind with your friends. You hang out, you laugh, it's good times. And when it's all done, you don't have to send anybody home. No one's drunk all your beer. You just say, "good night, I'm going to bed", and it's off and it's done.|Nathan Fillion on ''Halo''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19734 '''Comic Book Resources''': ''Nathon Fillion talks about playing Steve Trevor in "Wonder Woman"'']</ref>}}
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| '''Nathan Fillion''' (born March 27, 1971) is a [[Wikipedia:Canada|Canadian]] actor, best known for his lead role in the television series ''[[wikipedia:Firefly_(TV_series)|Firefly]]'' as Captain Malcolm Reynolds. | | ==Filmography== |
| | * "[[Halo 3: ODST]]" as [[Unnamed Marine Captain|The Captain]] (2009) |
| | * "Castle" TV Series as Richard Castle (2009) |
| | * "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" as Captain Hammer (2008) |
| | * "Desperate Housewives" reoccurring TV guest appearance (2007) |
| | * "[[Halo 3]]" video game as [[Reynolds|Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds]] (2007) |
| | * "Drive" TV series (2007) |
| | * ''Waitress'' (2007) |
| | * ''White Noise 2: The Light'' (2006) |
| | * "Lost" TV guest appearance (2006) |
| | * ''Slither'' (2006) |
| | * ''Serenity'' (2005) |
| | * ''Outing Riley'' (2004) |
| | * "Miss Match" six-ep TV guest appearance (2003) |
| | * "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" five-ep TV guest appearance (2003) |
| | * ''Water's Edge'' (2003) |
| | * "Firefly" TV series (2002) |
| | * "Pasadena" three-ep guest appearance (2001) |
| | * ''Dracula 2000'' (2000) |
| | * ''Blast from the Past'' (1999) |
| | * "The Outer Limits" one-ep guest appearance (1999) |
| | * "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" TV series (1998-2001) |
| | * ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998) |
| | * "Maggie Winters" one-ep guest appearance (1998) |
| | * "Total Security" one-ep guest appearance (1997) |
| | * "Spin City" uncredited guest appearance (1996) |
| | * "One Life to Live" TV series (1994-1997) |
| | * ''Strange and Rich'' (1994) |
| | * ''Ordeal in the Arctic'' TV movie (1993) |
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| In ''[[Halo 3]]'', he supplies the voice of [[Gunnery Sergeant (UNSC)|Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Reynolds]], named in homage to Fillion's most famous character. Not only does Nathan Fillion provide the voice for [[Gunnery Sergeant (UNSC)|Gunnery Sergeant]] [[Edward Buck]] in ''[[Halo 3: ODST]]'', but the character's physical appearance was modeled after the actor as well. Fillion has also confirmed his work as a voice actor in ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' reprising his role as Buck for a cameo in the level [[New Alexandria]],<ref>[http://hawtymcbloggy.com/2010/06/18/nathan-fillions-halo-dreams-will-never-come-true/ '''Hawty McBloggy -''' Nathan Fillion's ''Halo'' Dreams Will Never Come True]</ref><ref>[http://worthplaying.com/article/2009/9/16/interviews/68467/ ''Halo 3: ODST'' interview with Brian Jerrard]</ref><ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', level ''[[New Alexandria]]''</ref> and also providing the character's [[Firefight]] voice. Fillion once again reprised his role as Buck in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.<ref name="GI">'''Game Informer''', ''July 2015 issue''</ref>
| | ==Quotes== |
| | "I'm a Halo guy. The Bungie folks were kind enough to have me do a voice for Halo 3. So there's nothing like sitting down to a nice game of Halo and shooting at myself. I like to get online, and the reason I like it is I've got a lot of friends in Canada and New York, all over Los Angeles and at great distances. Sometimes I take off for months at a time to go work, and my social time is on that box. You put on a little headset and unwind with your friends. You hang out, you laugh, it's good times. And when it's all done, you don't have to send anybody home. No one's drunk all your beer. You just say, 'Good night, I'm going to bed,' and it's off and it's done."<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=19734 Nathon Fillion talks about playing Steve Trevor in "Wonder Woman"]</ref> |
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| Fillion also provided the voice for a [[SPARTAN-IV program|SPARTAN-IV]] in the [[Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta announcement trailer|Multiplayer Beta trailer]] for ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.<ref>[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=115560252&postcount=1407 '''NeoGAF''' - ''Frank O'Connor confirmation'']</ref>
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| *Nathan Fillion and [[Tricia Helfer]] (the voice of [[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Veronica Dare]]) recorded most of their voice work for ''Halo 3: ODST'' in the same recording booth, which is rare in voice acting.<ref>[http://xbox360.ign.com/dor/objects/852871/bungie-project-2/videos/pax09_haloodst_spc_voiceover_090409.html/ '''IGN Video''': ''Halo 3: ODST Xbox 360 Behind the Scenes - PAX 09: Nathan Fillion, Tricia Helfer and More (Off-Screen)'']</ref> | | *[[wikipedia:Nathan Fillion|Nathan Fillion]] at Wikipedia |
| *Throughout the campaign and in Firefight his character Buck can repeatedly be heard saying "'Bam!' said the lady", a piece of slang used to emphasize conclusiveness that Fillion thought up and is trying to promote. The phrase can also be heard on Fillion's detective show ''[[wikipedia:Castle (TV series)|Castle]]''. "Bam, said the lady," is also the final sentence of the novella ''[[Halo: New Blood]]'', which presented from Buck's perspective.
| | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277213/ Nathan Fillion at IMDb] |
| *Fillion was nominated in the category "Best Performance by a Human Male" for his role as Sergeant Edward Buck in ''Halo: Reach'' at the [[wikipedia:Spike Video Game Awards#2010 Awards|2010 Spike Video Game Awards]].<ref>http://www.spike.com/event/vga/page/vote/category/40609/best-performance-by</ref> | | *[http://kotaku.com/5091521/halo-3-recon-has-sandbox-bits-flashback-bitshttp://kotaku.com/5091521/halo-3-recon-has-sandbox-bits-flashback-bits] |
| *Fillon claims to have invented the [[radar jammer]], for which he was given the previously [[Bungie]]-exclusive [[Bungie Armor]] [[Armor customization (Halo 3)|permutation]] in ''Halo 3''.<ref>[http://downloads.bungie.net/podcasts/Bungie_Podcast_70709.mp3 '''Bungie Podcast''': ''The Bungie Day Podcast; hosted by Luke Smith, Brian Jarrard, Eric Osborne, Martin O'Donnell, Joseph Staten along with Nathan Fillion '']</ref>
| | [[Category:People|Fillion, Nathan]] |
| *Nathan Fillion references his role as Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds during the song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70hW8S7VqK4&feature=relmfu "Better (Than Neil)"] from ''Commentary: The Musical'', the side-feature commentary track from ''[[Wikipedia:Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]]''.
| | [[Category:Canadian|Fillion, Nathan]] |
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| ==Gallery==
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| Nathan_Fillion_sniper.jpg|Nathan Fillion with an [[Sniper Rifle System 99D-S2 Anti-Matériel|SRS99D-S2 AM Sniper Rifle]] replica.
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| Nathan_Fillion_Scoped.jpg|Fillion posing with a rifle.
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| FillionHelfer.jpg|Nathan Fillion and Tricia Helfer recording lines for ''Halo 3: ODST''.
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| H5G-Spartan Buck.jpg|Edward Buck, modeled after Nathan Fillion.
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| </gallery>
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| *[http://kotaku.com/5091521/halo-3-recon-has-sandbox-bits-flashback-bitshttp://kotaku.com/5091521/halo-3-recon-has-sandbox-bits-flashback-bits Halo 3: ODST Has Sandbox Bits, Flashback Bits] | |
| *[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30501433/vp/31714988#31714988 MSNBC Interview With Nathan Fillion]
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| *[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30501433/vp/31714988#31714988 MSNBC Interview With Nathan Fillion - YouTube Link]
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