Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian actor, best known for his lead role in the television series Firefly as Captain (formerly Sergeant) Reynolds. In Halo 3, he supplies the voice of Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds, named in homage to Fillion's most famous character. Not only does Nathan Fillion provide the voice for Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck in Halo 3: ODST, but the character's physical appearance was modeled after the actor as well.

Filmography

 * Halo 3: ODST video game as Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck (2009)
 * Castle TV series as Richard Castle (2009)
 * Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog as Captain Hammer (2008)
 * Desperate Housewives recurring TV series guest appearance (2007)
 * Halo 3 video game as Gunnery Sergeant Reynolds (2007)
 * Drive TV series (2007)
 * Waitress film (2007)
 * White Noise 2: The Light film (2006)
 * Lost TV series guest appearance (2006)
 * Slither film (2006)
 * Serenity film (2005)
 * Outing Riley film (2004)
 * Miss Match six-episode TV series guest appearance (2003)
 * Buffy the Vampire Slayer five-episode TV series guest appearance (2003)
 * Water's Edge film (2003)
 * Firefly TV series (2002)
 * Pasadena three-episode TV series guest appearance (2001)
 * Dracula 2000 film (2000)
 * Blast from the Past film (1999)
 * The Outer Limits one-episode TV series guest appearance (1999)
 * Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place TV series (1998-2001)
 * Saving Private Ryan film (1998)
 * Maggie Winters one-episode TV series guest appearance (1998)
 * Total Security one-episode TV series guest appearance (1997)
 * Spin City uncredited TV series guest appearance (1996)
 * One Life to Live TV series (1994-1997)
 * Strange and Rich film (1994)
 * Ordeal in the Arctic TV movie (1993)

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."

Trivia

 * Nathan Fillion and Tricia Helfer (the voice of Captain Veronica Dare) recorded most of their voice work for Halo 3: ODST in the same recording booth, which is rare in voice acting.
 * Nathan claims to have invented the radar jammer. For this, he was given the previously-Bungie-exclusive Bungie Armor permutation in Halo 3.

External

 * Nathan Fillion at Wikipedia
 * Nathan Fillion at IMDb
 * Halo 3: ODST Has Sandbox Bits, Flashback Bits
 * MSNBC Interview With Nathan Fillion
 * MSNBC Interview With Nathan Fillion - YouTube Link