Nathan Fillion is an actor who portrayed Jacques Snicket in the Netflix adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Biography[]
Nathan Fillion was born on 27 March 1971 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is the son of Cookie (Early) and Bob Fillion, both retired English teachers, and has an older brother, Jeff. In Canada, he attended Holy Trinity Catholic High School, Concordia University College of Alberta and University of Alberta. Before moving to New York City in 1994, he participated in improv theatre, including Theatresports with Rapid Fire Theatre and improvised soap opera Die-Nasty. He also appeared in a TV Movie Ordeal in the Arctic (1993) starring Richard Chamberlain and in Strange and Rich (1994).
After Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998-2001), Fillion gained critical acclaim and a large cult of fans when he starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds on Joss Whedon's TV series Firefly (2002), alongside Morena Baccarin. Whedon vowed to resurrect Firefly in some way, and Fillion played Captain Reynolds again in the feature-film Serenity (2005).
In 2008, he took his first singing part (and cemented his cult appeal) as Captain Hammer in Whedon's musical Internet smash Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), with Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day and Simon Helberg. In 2009, he was cast as the title character Richard Castle in ABC's hit television series, Castle (2009). The show has aired more than 160 episodes and Nathan Fillion has won four People's Choice Awards for Favorite Dramatic TV Actor, as of 2016. In 2018, Fillion took the starring role in The Rookie (2018) as John Nolan, a contractor who starts over as a rookie police officer in the LAPD after a life-altering event.
He has also guest starred on The Daly Show: The Daly Superheroes (2012) as himself, on Community (2009) as Bob Waite, on The Big Bang Theory: The Comic Book Store Regeneration (2015) as himself, on Kroll Show: Twins (2015) as Mountie McMinniman, on Con Man (2015) as Jack Moore and on Drunk History: Space (2015) as Wernher Von Braun. He also narrated the documentary, Highway of Tears (2015).[1]
A Series of Unfortunate Events[]
The first scene Fillion filmed was in "The Austere Academy: Part Two," in the taxi with Patrick Warburton. He stated that the scene made him cry, as Warburton was discussing how he missed his brother.
Fillion said that the hardest thing about his performance was the fake mustache he was expected to wear as Jacques Snicket, as it was likely to fall off and thus many facial expressions couldn't be managed, and it made lips feel stiff.
He saw Jacques's character and journey as indicative of most of the adults in the series. "He's goodhearted. He's kind. He's capable. And he's dead."[2]
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Ordeal in the Arctic | Master Warrant Officer Tom Jardine | |
| 1994 | Strange and Rich | Waiter Hoade | |
| 1998 | Saving Private Ryan | Minnesota Ryan | |
| 1999 | Blast from the Past | Cliff | |
| 2000 | Dracula 2000 | Father David | |
| 2003 | Water's Edge | Robert Graves | |
| 2003 | Alligator Point | Bill | |
| 2004 | If Dad Only Knew | Luke Riley | |
| 2004 | Hollywood Division | Det. Tommy Garrett | |
| 2005 | Jade Empire | Gao the Lesser | Voice |
| 2005 | Serenity | Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds | |
| 2006 | Slither | Bill Pardy | |
| 2007 | White Noise 2: The Light | Abe Dale | |
| 2007 | Waitress | Dr. Jim Pomatter | |
| 2008 | Trucker | Runner | |
| 2009 | Wonder Woman | Steve Travor | Voice |
| 2010 | Super | The Holy Avenger | |
| 2011 | Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Hal Jordan / Green Lantern | Voice |
| 2012 | Justice League: Doom | Green Lantern | Voice |
| 2012 | Much Ado About Nothing | Dogberry | |
| 2012 | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special | Green Lantern / Mrr. Freeze | Voice
Short |
| 2013 | Monsters University | Johnny | Voice |
| 2013 | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | Green Lantern / Hal Jordan | Voice |
| 2013 | Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters | Hermes | |
| 2014 | Party Central | Johnny | Voice
Short |
| 2014 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Green Lantern / Black Adam | Voice
Short |
| 2014 | Guardians of the Galaxy | Monstrous Inmate | Voice |
| 2015 | Justice League: Throne of Atlantis | Green Lantern | Voice |
| 2015 | Thrilling Adventure Hour Live | Cactoid Jim | |
| 2015 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magic Friendship | Green Lanterrn | Voice
Short |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Sterling | Voice |
| 2017 | Destiny 2: New Legends Will Rise - Live Action Trailer | Cayde-6 | Voice
Short |
| 2017 | Yamasong: March of the Hollows | Shojun | |
| 2018 | Uncharted: LIve Action Fan Film | Nathan Drake | |
| 2018 | The Death of Superman | Green Lantern | Voice |
| 2018 | Night Hunter | Quinn | |
| 2018 | Henchmen | Captain Superior | Voice |
| 2019 | Reign of the Supermen | Green Lantern | Voice |
| 2019 | The Death and Return of Superman | Green Lantern | Voice |
| 2021 | The Suicide Squad |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Total Security | Troy Larson | One Episode |
| 1998 | Maggie Winters | Ronald | One Episode |
| 1999 | The Outer Limits | Michael Ryan | One Episode |
| 2001 | King of the Hill | Frisbee Guy | One Episode |
| 1998-2001 | Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place | Johnny Donnelly | |
| 2002 | Pasadena | Rev. Glenn Collins | |
| 2003 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Caleb | |
| 2002-2003 | Firefly | Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds | |
| 2003 | Miss Match | Adam Logan | |
| 2005-2006 | Jusice League Unlimited | Vigilatne / Greg Saunders / Spy Smasher | |
| 2006 | Lost | Kevin Callis | One Episode |
| 2007 | Drive | Alex Tully | |
| 1995-2007 | One Life to Live | Joey Buchanan | |
| 2007-2008 | Desperate Housewives | Dr. Adam Mayfair | |
| 2008 | Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | Captain Hamer | |
| 2008 | PG Porn | Chris | One Episode |
| 2011 | The Guild | Nathan Fillion | |
| 2011 | Husbands | Anchor | One Episode |
| 2012 | American Dad! | American Businessman Klaus / Joel Larson | |
| 2012 | Neil's Puppet Dreams | Dr. Mayfair | One Episode |
| 2007-2014 | Robot Chicken | Various | |
| 2015 | Assassin Banana | Chick del Monte / Assassin Banana | |
| 2015 | The Big Bang Theory | Nathan | One Episode |
| 2015 | Kroll Show | Mountie McMinniman | One Episode |
| 2014-2015 | Community | Bob Waite | |
| 2015 | Drunk History | Wernher Von Braun | One Episode |
| 2014-2016 | Gravity Falls | Preston Northwest | |
| 2009-2016 | Castle | Richard Castle / Joe Flynn | |
| 2015-2017 | Con Man | Jack Moore | |
| 2017 | Rick and Morty | Cornvelious Daniel | One Episode |
| 2017 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Mark Devereaux | One Episode |
| 2017-2018 | Santa Clarita Diet | Gary West | |
| 2018 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Jacques Snicket | |
| 2016-2018 | Modern Family | Rainer Shine | |
| 2018 | American Housewife | Nathan Fillion | |
| 2010-2018 | The Venture Bros. | Brown Widow | |
| 2017-2019 | Big Mouth | Nathan Fillion | |
| 2018-2019 | The Rookie | John Nolan |
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