Nathan Fillion Net Worth

Nathan Fillion's Quotes

• I've always fantasized about being on TV. And I was. Then I fantasized about being in the movies. What could be better than captain of a space ship? I get to ride horses, shoot guns, have adventures ...
• My favorite villains are the ones you don't see coming. What I enjoyed about playing Caleb was that he was so very, very clever, so very, very sweet, and so very, very twisted. I liked that he's not a typical villain. He's soft and sweet and righteous, and yet he's perverted and twisted in his head.
• (Talking about the cancellation of Firefly (2002)): I broke the cardinal rule of don't fall in love with what you're doing, because the rug can get yanked out from underneath you, and when it did, I was heartbroken.
• (On Firefly fans attempts to save the show) It's very Jehovah's Witness. I'm not sure if anyone's actually going door to door, but it's not far off.
• (When asked about his relationship with Joss Whedon): I'll tell you this. No one has ever shown the kind of faith in me that Joss Whedon has shown, in both giving me a lead on his sci-fi show Firefly (2002) and in letting me play a villain for the very first time. No one's ever let me play a villain before. So, I would say that I think he's done great things for my career and certainly my confidence in general.

Interesting Facts about Nathan Fillion

1. Wanted to be a high school drama teacher. In college he majored in art and minored in drama while pursuing an acting career on the side.
2. Originally auditioned for the role of Angel for Joss Whedon's first television series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997). However, never met Joss Whedon until he auditioned for the part of Mal on Firefly (2002).
3. When he won Best Actor at the 2006 SyFy Genre Awards for his portrayal of Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly (2002), the show had been off the air for around three years.
4. Parents are Cookie and Bob Fillion, both of whom are retired English teachers.
5. Has an older brother, Jeff Fillion, who decided to go into teaching. He taught in schools in Edmonton, Alberta, and became a principal at St. Richards Edmonton Catholic School where he made a movie with the kids and got his brother Nathan to do the introduction. It was about the school going into space.
6. Attended Concordia University College of Alberta and the University of Alberta.
7. One of four actors from Firefly (2002) who voiced superheroes on Justice League (2001). He voiced the Western-themed "Vigilante" while Adam Baldwin voiced "Hal Jordan," the Silver Age-Green Lantern; Gina Torres voiced "Vixen"; and Morena Baccarin voiced "Black Canary.".
8. He has said that he is a descendant of Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal A. Early. When told this, Joss Whedon created a bounty hunter by the name of "Jubal Early" for the Firefly (2002) episode Firefly: Objects in Space (2002). However, genealogical research has shown that Nathan and Lieu. Gen. Early are not related; Nathan's line leads back to ancestors named "Ehrle" or "Oehrle" in Germany, while the Lieu. Gen.'s line leads back to Donegal, Ireland.
9. Auditioned for the role of Michael in Dawn of the Dead (2004).
10. He considers his time on Firefly (2002) to be the most fun he had on a TV series.
11. Was a popular fan choice for the role of the heroic pilot Hal Jordan in Green Lantern (2011), but the role went to Ryan Reynolds instead. Fillion voiced Jordan in the animated feature Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011) as a replacement for Christopher Meloni, who had voiced Jordan in Green Lantern: First Flight (2009), but was unable to reprise the role due to scheduling conflicts.
12. He is deaf in his left ear. He lost his hearing in that ear in 1977.
13. Has voiced Hal Jordan/Green Lantern in four different animated features: Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011), Justice League: Doom (2012), Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) and Justice League: Throne of Atlantis (2015).
14. Is an avid fan of video games and collects comic books.
15. Before Stana Katic was ultimately cast, he read with 125 actresses auditioning for the role of Kate Beckett.
16. "Castle: Flowers for Your Grave (2009)", the series premiere of Castle (2009), aired a couple of weeks before he turned 38. In 2016, "Castle: Crossfire (2016)", the series finale, aired a couple of weeks after Stana Katic turned 38.
17. Friends with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
18. Since 1997, he is an American citizen.
19. His ancestry includes French-Canadian, English, German, Norwegian, and Finnish/Swedish. His surname is French.
20. Both of Nathan's parents and his brother were all teachers.