Nathan Fillion Biography (2)
Nathan Fillion played the wrong Ryan (the private mis-identified as the missing soldier) in Saving Private Ryan and starred in the independent film Water's Edge. He has also appeared in the motion pictures Blast from the Past, Dracula 2000 and Doubting Reilly. He will next be seen in the horror comedy Slither.
On television, Fillion earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the daytime drama One Life to Live. In addition to starring in Joss Whedon's Firefly, he starred in the ABC movie-of-the-week Ordeal in the Arctic. He has also been a regular on the television series 2 Guys and a Girl. He had recurring roles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Miss Match.
A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Fillion wanted to be a high school teacher and studied at the University of Alberta. He later starred in productions at the Edmonton Fringe Festival and performed with comedy groups in town before moving on to pursue an acting career in New York and Los Angeles.
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