Fillion called his time on Firefly the best acting job he ever had, and compares every job he has had to it.

In the New York Times review of the movie Serenity, Manohla Dargis had this to say about the character and Nathan Fillion: " Mal is no Neo redux ; he's closer to Indiana Jones, if absent Harrison Ford's rakishly handsome looks and star magnetism.

" In Buffy, though, he wore the heavy makeup of an important recurring character, the demon D ' Hoffryn, Anyanka's boss, so he's barely recognizable, as Fillion notes in the DVD commentary.

In 2009, Nathan Fillion stated in an interview with MTV news that he would be interested in rebooting the series with him as the lead role.

Whedon approached Nathan Fillion to play the lead, and after explaining the premise and showing Fillion the treatment for the pilot, Fillion was eager for the role.

In the episode " Dirty Girls ", Xander's left eye is gouged out by the evil preacher Caleb ( Nathan Fillion ), and he begins wearing an eyepatch.

Caleb, played by Nathan Fillion, is a fictional character in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer created by Joss Whedon.

It enlists the services of Caleb ( played by Nathan Fillion ), a misogynistic preacher, who commanded the Bringer army — Harbingers who were ordered to kill those who were in line to become the next Slayers, should the current ones die.

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy, David Boreanaz as Angel, Nathan Fillion as Caleb / Malcolm Reynolds on Firefly and Eliza Dushku as Faith / Echo on Dollhouse.

* Nathan Fillion as Caleb / The First

The First tells Caleb ( Nathan Fillion ) to let Buffy go, so that she could attempt to save the Potentials from the trap Faith ( Eliza Dushku ) led them into.

Fillion joined the cast of ABC's Desperate Housewives at the beginning of the fall 2007 season as Dr. Adam Mayfair.

Fillion made a brief cameo appearance in the season 5 episode " Revolving Doors " of the web series The Guild.

In episode 4 season 2 of Castle, Fillion is seen wearing two blue gloves and miming " two " by " two ", a reference to the actions and gloves of the Blue Sun Corporation.

In 2002, Fillion starred as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the Joss Whedon science fiction television series Firefly, for which he won the Cinescape Genre Face of the FutureMale award by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA.

Nathan Fillion played Malcolm Reynolds in Joss Whedon's short-lived space western Firefly.

This was improvised by Nathan Fillion, and was left in the shot because Joss Whedon felt it was such a natural movement for Malcolm to make.

He was played by Nathan Fillion in Joss Whedon's film version.

Like the rest of the cast, Mr. Fillion is a charming performer, but he borrows rather than owns the screen, which dovetails with Mr. Whedon's modest aspirations for this film.

Nathan Fillion (; born March 27, 1971 ) is a Canadian actor, currently starring as Richard Castle on the ABC series Castle.

Fillion lent his voice to the animated series King of the Hill in 2001, the video game Jade Empire ( as the voice of Gao the Lesser ), and the animated series Justice League Unlimited ( as Vigilante in the episodes " Hunter's Moon " and " Patriot Act ") in 2005 and 2006.

In October 2006, Fillion signed a talent holding contract with the Fox Broadcasting Company, and in December 2006, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Fillion was cast as Alex Tully in the series Drive, which debuted on Fox in the spring of 2007.

In March 2009, the first episode of the ABC television series Castle aired, in which Fillion stars as the title character Richard Castle, a mystery novelist who helps the NYPD solve crimes.

Fillion was featured in a spoof porn web video on Spike called " Nailing Your Wife ", part of the PG Porn series.

In late September 2011, Fillion guest starred as the Action Sports 1 anchor in the web series Husbands.

Richard Edgar " Rick " Castle ( born Richard Alexander Rodgers ) is a fictional character ( also pseudo-realistic author ) portrayed by Nathan Fillion in the ABC crime series Castle.

Reynolds is played by actor Nathan Fillion in the 2002 TV series Firefly and the 2005 film Serenity.

In Fillion's new series Castle where Fillion plays crime writer Richard Castle, there are numerous fan Easter Eggs and references to Firefly and Malcolm Reynolds hidden around Richard Castle's office.

He also appeared in the fifth episode of the series Brimstone, as well as the short-lived Fox series Drive, created and produced by Fireflys Tim Minear, as Detective Ehrle ( pronounced " Early ") alongside fellow Firefly cast member Nathan Fillion.

* Castle ( TV series ), a 2009 American television series starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic

Brightlight recently produced its sequel, White Noise 2: The Light, starring Nathan Fillion and Katee Sackhoff with Gold Circle Films ; In the Name of the King, starring Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Burt Reynolds and John Rhys-Davies ; 88 Minutes, starring Al Pacino and Wicker Man, starring Nicolas Cage both for Nu Image / Millennium Films and Emmett Furla Films as well as the TV series Saved for TNT with Fox 21, Slither ; Postal, based on the video game of the same name and American Venus, directed by Bruce Sweeney and starring Rebecca De Mornay ; which recently screened at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, along with the psychological thriller They Wait, starring Sin City ’ s Jaime King and directed by Ernie Barbarash.

( From left to right ) Alexis Denisof, Alyson Hannigan, Brendon, Nathan Fillion, Danny Strong and Tom Lenk at a John Kerry fund raiser.

Radio host Jeff Fillion urged listeners to vote for ADQ candidate Sylvain Légaré in a by-election for the local district of Vanier.

Fillion was born in Edmonton, Alberta, the younger son of Cookie and Bob Fillion, both of whom are retired English teachers.

According to Fillion, he is descended from Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early.

After working in several theatre, television and film productions, including Theatresports with Rapid Fire Theatre and the improvised soap opera Die-Nasty, Fillion moved to New York City in 1994 where he acted in the soap opera One Life to Live as Joey Buchanan, for which he was nominated in 1996 for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series.

Fillion also won the Syfy Genre Awards in 2006 for Best Actor / Television and was runner-up for Best Actor / Movie.

Fillion starred in James Gunn's 2006 horror film Slither.

Fillion starred in the romantic comedy film Waitress, written and directed by the late Adrienne Shelly, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2007, and opened in theaters on May 2, 2007.

Fillion starred in White Noise 2: The Light.

In 2009, Fillion was nominated for Satellite Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama for his performance in Castle.