Nathan Fillion has a snake tattoo on his back. Fillion is an avid fan of video games, especially the FPS genre. He is best known for playing the leading role of Captain Malcolm “Mal” Reynolds on Firefly.
For his role in in the Joss Whedon science fiction television series Firefly, Nathan Fillion won the Syfy Genre Awards in 2006 for Best Actor/Television and was runner-up for Best Actor/Movie.
In 2003, Nathan Fillion had a recurring role as Caleb in the final five episodes of Joss Whedon’s series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Nathan Fillion voiced the role of an ODST Gunnery sergeant in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3, alongside fellow Firefly stars Alan Tudyk and Adam Baldwin.
In 2012, Nathan Fillion appeared in the episode “The Daly Superheroes” of the web series The Daly Show. In February 2018, Nathan Fillion was cast to star as John Nolan in the new ABC TV series The Rookie.