Nolan North
Nolan Ramsey North is an American actor and voice actor. His best known performances include portraying characters such as treasure hunter Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed series, The Penguin in the franchise, and portrayal of Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool in various media, most notably the Deadpool video game.
Life and career
Nolan North was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Rhode Island. He attended Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick and played baseball there. He majored in journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a baseball scholarship. He worked as a reporter for almost a year in New Jersey before moving to New York to pursue stand-up comedy and acting. North eventually relocated to Hollywood and was cast in the General Hospital spin-off series Port Charles, playing Dr. Chris Ramsey during the show's run from 1997 to 2003. He married fellow Port Charles actress Jill Murray in 1999, and has two children. During the run of Port Charles, he worked on a few video games as a voice actor and began to focus on voice acting following the cancellation of Port Charles.One of his most notable roles came in 2007 when he voiced and performed motion capture for the character Nathan Drake for the video game '. Since then, he has continued to portray the character in ', ', and , and also reprised his role in the PlayStation Vita exclusive '. In an interview with The Guardian, North reflects on his time as Drake as requiring "a lot of imagination. Motion capture is basically theatre in Spandex; there's minimal props, and you need a willingness to make an ass of yourself." North as Drake has been twice nominated at the Spike Video Game Awards in the "Best Performance by a Human Male" category. North reprised his role as Drake in , released in 2016.
North had a role in Star Trek Into Darkness, the sequel to 2009's live-action movie Star Trek. Director J. J. Abrams cited North's performance as Drake for the casting, he and his son being fans of the Uncharted series.
His other notable video game voice-work includes roles such as the Prince in Prince of Persia, Vossler in Final Fantasy XII, Eradan in ', Doctor Edward Richtofen in ', ', ' and ', Call of Duty Black Ops 4, Brawl in ', Ghost Rider in ', Shadow Demon, Lycan, Lone Druid, Brewmaster, Gyrocopter, Ogre Magi, Meepo, Earth Spirit, Troll Warlord, the Keeper of the Light in Dota 2, and voices various Team Fortress 2 characters, including Merasmus, Redmond Mann, Blutarch Mann, Zepheniah Mann, various lines for the Engineer and the Bombinomicon. In late 2015 however, he replaced Peter Dinklage as the voice of the Ghost in '. In addition, he re-recorded all of Dinklage's lines from the base game of Destiny and continues to voice the character in subsequent releases. Following the release of he portrayed not only Ghost, but also the character of Cayde-6 to finish off the lovable character that Nathan Fillion portrayed over the years.
North is well known in his animation roles such as Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men, Snow Job in ', Raphael in TMNT, both Superboy and Superman in Young Justice, and Smokescreen in '. He has also voiced Blaze in Blaze and the Monster Machines since 2014.
North was honored at a special event hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts during Electronic Entertainment Expo 2018, where he will be given a Special Award for his "outstanding contribution to performance in games".
In April 2018, North began hosting Retro Replay with fellow voice actor Troy Baker. The show partnered with Rooster Teeth in April 2019. Baker left Retro Replay in April 2020 due to an apparent disagreement on the future direction of the show. The following month, North announced that the show was ending its partnership with Rooster Teeth.
Filmography
Animation
Live-action
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 21.02.2006 | Ultimate Avengers | Giant-Man | ||
| 08.08.2006 | ' | Giant-Man | ||
| 05.07.2007 | ' | Marcus Octavius | Credited as Zachary Samuels; English dub | |
| 27.01.2009 | Hulk Versus | Deadpool | Appears in Hulk vs. Wolverine | |
| 06.12.2009 | Invasion of the Christmas Lights | Narrator | ||
| 23.02.2010 | ' | Green Lantern, Power Ring | ||
| 12.06.2012 | Superman vs. The Elite | Pokolistani Ambassador | ||
| 13.10.2013 | ' | Smokescreen, Skylynx | ||
| 25.07.2014 | ' | Penguin, KGBeast | ||
| 02.09.2014 | Heavenly Sword | Master Shen, Kyo, Roach | ||
| 27.10.2014 | ' | Superman, Alfred Pennyworth | ||
| 10.02.2015 | ' | Superman, Bizarro | ||
| 25.08.2015 | ' | Superman | ||
| 01.03.2016 | ' | Superman | ||
| 13.07.2016 | ' | Superman | ||
| 25.07.2016 | ' | Mitch | ||
| 30.01.2018 | ' | Frankenstein | ||
| 13.02.2018 | ' | Superman, Kal-El, Killer Croc | ||
| 31.07.2018 | ' | Superman | ||
| 28.04.2020 | ' | Superman, Alfred Pennyworth |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 22.11.2006 | Déjà Vu | Ex-Fiancé | ||
| 23.03.2007 | TMNT | Raphael / Nightwatcher | ||
| 04.03.2008 | ' | Parrot | ||
| 12.01.2012 | The Outback | Hex | ||
| 27.01.2012 | Back to the Sea | Farley | ||
| 10.06.2012 | ' | Bobby | ||
| 30.11.2012 | Dino Time | Morris, Guard #3 | ||
| 2014 | Immediately Afterlife | Leader | ||
| 06.02.2015 | ' | Seagull, Dead Parrot, Pigeon Cabbie | ||
| 14.08.2019 | The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Terence |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 22.11.1999 | Interstate '82 | Hinkley | ||
| 05.11.2003 | The Cat in the Hat | Fish | ||
| 20.01.2004 | Maximo vs. Army of Zin | Baron, Baron's Guard, Bandit | ||
| 09.07.2004 | EverQuest II | Assistant Draek, Lieutenant Daro, Rion Rolana, Medic Brendan, Grayl Turfstrider, Jorgie Icearmor, Qeynosian Infiltrator, Agent Vylo, a Dervish Kingpin, Dranok Bileblood, Freeport Mole, Voltari il'Ferceri, Volarr, Mikul, Sandon Breezebender, Tamera Brinebringer, Arconius, Maliz T'Raan | ||
| 12.10.2004 | ' | Karlos, Duncan, Snappy | ||
| 05.04.2005 | SWAT 4 | SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard | ||
| 25.04.2005 | Area 51 | McCan | ||
| 26.04.2005 | Guild Wars | Mhenlo, Palawa Joko, Olaf Olafson, Gron Fierceclaw, Mamp | ||
| 22.05.2005 | God of War | Hades, Greek Soldier, Fisherman | ||
| 23.08.2005 | ' | Guard #1 | ||
| 13.09.2005 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 13.09.2005 | ' | Deadites | ||
| 21.09.2005 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 11.10.2005 | ' | Karlos, Snappy | ||
| 19.10.2005 | Crash Tag Team Racing | Doctor N. Gin | ||
| 21.10.2005 | ' | Gill Hammerstein | ||
| 25.10.2005 | Call of Duty 2 | Sergeant Randall | ||
| 25.10.2005 | Shrek SuperSlam | Quasimodo | ||
| 27.10.2005 | ' | Patrick Narracott, The Harbormaster | ||
| 08.11.2005 | Gun | Additional voices | ||
| 17.11.2005 | ' | Spinoza | ||
| 17.01.2006 | Ape Escape 3 | Dr. Tomoki | English dub | |
| 28.02.2006 | ' | SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard | ||
| 14.03.2006 | ' | The Mexican | ||
| 31.03.2006 | Keepsake | Zak, Mustavio | ||
| 26.04.2006 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 06.06.2006 | Cars | Jeff Robertson | ||
| 28.06.2006 | ' | Don Carrera De La Vega | ||
| 29.08.2006 | Saints Row | Additional voices | ||
| 17.10.2006 | ' | George Armstrong Custer | ||
| 24.10.2006 | ' | Ghost Rider, Hawkeye, Colossus | ||
| 24.10.2006 | ' | Crab Soldier #1, Crab Soldier #2, Crab Refugee #2 | ||
| 31.10.2006 | Final Fantasy XII | Vossler York Azelas | English dub | |
| 07.11.2006 | ' | Vandal | ||
| 07.11.2006 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 12.01.2007 | ' | Joe, Narrator | ||
| 12.01.2007 | ' | Joe, Narrator | ||
| 14.11.2007 | ' | Edward Masterman, Cyrus Hardman, Dr. Constantine | ||
| 13.02.2007 | ' | Multiplayer Voices | ||
| 20.03.2007 | Armored Core 4 | Sherring, VIP | ||
| 22.03.2007 | TMNT | Raphael / Nightwatcher | ||
| 25.06.2007 | The Darkness | Young Jackie Estacado | ||
| 18.09.2007 | World in Conflict | Lt. Parker | ||
| 25.09.2007 | Halo 3 | Marine | ||
| 04.10.2007 | Crash of the Titans | Doctor N. Gin, Tiny Tiger, Dingodile, additional voices | ||
| 23.10.2007 | ' | Goldar, Operation Overdrive Red Ranger | ||
| 23.10.2007 | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Various Atlantean Guards | ||
| 13.11.2007 | Assassin's Creed | Desmond Miles, Abbas Sofian | ||
| 19.11.2007 | ' | Nathan Drake | Also motion capture | |
| 19.11.2007 | Unreal Tournament 3 | Bishop | ||
| 03.12.2007 | ' | Factorybots | ||
| 08.02.2008 | Lost Odyssey | Dark Acolyte | ||
| 25.02.2008 | Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed | Trahn, Ratpoo, Corn Cob King | ||
| 25.03.2008 | Dark Sector | Soldiers, Civilians | ||
| 12.06.2008 | ' | Additional voices | English dub | |
| 19.08.2008 | Too Human | Wolf Veteran #1, Valiant Leader, Wolf Trooper #2 | ||
| 07.10.2008 | ' | Doctor N. Gin | ||
| 14.10.2008 | Saints Row 2 | Additional voices | ||
| 14.10.2008 | ' | Commando #2, Pilot #2 | ||
| 21.10.2008 | Fable II | Hero of Bowerstone | ||
| 04.11.2008 | Quantum of Solace | Additional voices | ||
| 04.11.2008 | Valkyria Chronicles | Musaad Mayfield | ||
| 05.11.2008 | ' | Baboon Goon #1, Gorilla Goon #1 | ||
| 11.11.2008 | ' | Dr. Edward Richtofen | ||
| 23.11.2008 | Secret Service | Agent Pierce | ||
| 01.12.2008 | Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon | Emperor Meningitis | ||
| 02.12.2008 | Prince of Persia | The Prince | ||
| 03.03.2009 | Halo Wars | Sergeant John Forge | ||
| 13.01.2009 | ' | Gondorian Officer, Evil Human Officer | ||
| 10.03.2009 | MadWorld | Operator B, Master Father, Yokozuna Daisangen | ||
| 17.03.2009 | ' | Roland Mallery | ||
| 26.03.2009 | Infamous | Civilian | ||
| 07.04.2009 | ' | Guards | ||
| 01.05.2009 | Terminator Salvation | Dobkin | ||
| 02.06.2009 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 09.06.2009 | Prototype | Additional voices | ||
| 23.06.2009 | ' | Sideswipe, additional voices | ||
| 28.08.2009 | Shadow Complex | Jason Fleming | ||
| 15.09.2009 | ' | War Machine, Sentry, Officer Swanson | ||
| 22.09.2009 | ' | Lance Corporal Kojo "Romeo" Agu | ||
| 13.10.2009 | ' | Nathan Drake | Also motion capture; Nominated – VGX Award for Best Voice Actor | |
| 20.10.2009 | Marvel Super Hero Squad | War Machine | ||
| 23.10.2009 | ' | Nathan Drake | ||
| 27.10.2009 | ' | Sigmund, Nefarious Trooper | ||
| 03.11.2009 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 17.11.2009 | Assassin's Creed II | Desmond Miles, Adam | ||
| 08.12.2009 | The Saboteur | Crochet, additional voices | ||
| 12.01.2010 | ' | Elliot Salem | ||
| 19.01.2010 | Dark Void | Will Grey | ||
| 02.02.2010 | White Knight Chronicles | Cyrus | International edition | |
| 02.03.2010 | Supreme Commander 2 | Dominic Maddox | ||
| 09.03.2010 | Final Fantasy XIII | Additional voices | ||
| 16.03.2010 | Resonance of Fate | Vashyron | ||
| 01.06.2010 | Alpha Protocol | Steven Heck | ||
| 22.06.2010 | ' | Brawl, additional voices | ||
| 29.06.2010 | Singularity | Cpt. James Devlin | ||
| 29.06.2010 | ' | O'Neil | ||
| 23.08.2010 | Mafia II | Alberto Clemente, Citizen | ||
| 07.09.2010 | ' | Ultimate Deadpool | ||
| 30.09.2010 | Final Fantasy XIV | Additional voices | ||
| 19.10.2010 | ' | Obito Uchiha | ||
| 09.11.2010 | ' | Dr. Edward Richtofen, Dr. Gersh | ||
| 16.11.2010 | ' | Desmond Miles | ||
| 07.12.2010 | ' | Behemoth, Sentries, Blaze | ||
| 08.12.2010 | Marvel Pinball | Deadpool | ||
| 15.02.2011 | ' | Deadpool | ||
| 22.02.2011 | Knights Contract | Minukelsus | ||
| 02.03.2011 | PlayStation Move Heroes | Deathbot | ||
| 19.04.2011 | Portal 2 | Corrupt Cores, Defective Turrets | ||
| 19.04.2011 | ' | Gorman | ||
| 08.06.2011 | ' | Bruticus, Cliffjumper, Major Reynolds | ||
| 05.07.2011 | ' | Archangel, Kicker | ||
| 13.09.2011 | White Knight Chronicles II | Cyrus | ||
| 27.09.2011 | ' | Cyclops, Adrian's Father | ||
| 18.10.2011 | ' | Penguin, Black Mask, Officer Whitman, additional voices | ||
| 01.11.2011 | ' | Nathan Drake | Also motion capture; Nominated – VGX Award for Best Voice Actor Nominated – BAFTA Games Award for Best Performer, 8th British Academy Video Games Awards Nominated – BTVA Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Video Game | |
| 11.11.2011 | ' | Eradan | ||
| 15.11.2011 | ' | Desmond Miles | ||
| 15.11.2011 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | Deadpool | ||
| 20.12.2011 | ' | Jedi Consular Male | ||
| 15.02.2012 | ' | Nathan Drake | Nominated – BAFTA Games Award for Best Performer, 9th British Academy Video Games Awards | |
| 03.04.2012 | Kinect Star Wars | Mak Pra | ||
| 19.06.2012 | ' | Scarecrow, Captain Boomerang, Hush | ||
| 26.06.2012 | ' | Captain Martin Walker | ||
| 26.06.2012 | The Amazing Spider-Man | Alistair Smythe, Various OSCORP Guards | ||
| 21.08.2012 | ' | Cliffjumper, Bruticus, Brawl, additional voices | ||
| 28.08.2012 | Guild Wars 2 | Human Male Player | ||
| 21.10.2012 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 26.10.2012 | Team Fortress 2 | Merasmus, Bombinomicon, Redmond, Blutarch, Zepheniah, Soldier, Engineer | ||
| 30.10.2012 | Assassin's Creed III | Desmond Miles | ||
| 30.10.2012 | Lego The Lord of the Rings | Additional voices | ||
| 12.11.2012 | ' | Dr. Edward Richtofen, Bus Driver, Bus PA, Avogadro, Survivors, Stanley Ferguson, Brutus | ||
| 13.11.2012 | ' | Alex Mason | ||
| 20.11.2012 | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale | Nathan Drake | ||
| 05.02.2013 | ' | Cyrille LeParadox, El Jefe | ||
| 16.04.2013 | ' | General Zod | ||
| 26.04.2013 | Poker Night 2 | Fact Core | ||
| 04.06.2013 | Marvel Heroes | Deadpool | ||
| 14.06.2013 | The Last of Us | David | Nominated – BTVA Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Video Game in a Supporting Role. Also motion capture | |
| 25.06.2013 | Deadpool | Deadpool, Himself | Nominated – BTVA Award for Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Video Game | |
| 09.07.2013 | Dota 2 | Brewmaster, Earth Spirit, Gyrocopter, Keeper of the Light, Lone Druid, Lycan, Meepo, Ogre Magi, Shadow Demon, Troll Warlord | ||
| 20.08.2013 | Saints Row IV | The Boss | ||
| 13.10.2013 | ' | Dune Bug, Mayor McBoom | ||
| 22.10.2013 | Lego Marvel Super Heroes | Ant-Man, Cyclops, Deadpool, Green Goblin, Magneto, Pyro, Vulture | ||
| 29.10.2013 | ' | Desmond Miles | ||
| 23.10.2013 | Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Kraang | ||
| 25.10.2013 | ' | Penguin | ||
| 19.11.2013 | ' | Superboy, Superman | ||
| 11.02.2014 | ' | Additional voices | ||
| 11.03.2014 | Titanfall | Hammond | ||
| 17.04.2014 | The Amazing Spider-Man 2 | Harry Osborn / Green Goblin, Kraven the Hunter | iOS/Android version only | |
| 24.06.2014 | ' | Bruticus, Cliffjumper | ||
| 10.09.2014 | Spider-Man Unlimited | Green Goblin, Oscorp Announcer | ||
| 23.09.2014 | ' | Green Goblin, Rocket Raccoon | ||
| 30.09.2014 | ' | Black Hand | ||
| 05.10.2014 | ' | Dune Bug | ||
| 11.11.2014 | ' | Beast Boy, Firestorm, Mad Hatter, Orion, Toyman, Condiment King, Jor-El, Bizarro | ||
| 13.11.2014 | ' | Lunarfall Footman | ||
| 18.11.2014 | LittleBigPlanet 3 | Marlon Random | ||
| 25.11.2014–15 | Tales from the Borderlands | August | ||
| 20.01.2015 | ' | The Boss | ||
| 27.01.2015 | Dying Light | Bernard | Cuisine & Cargo DLC | |
| 26.03.2015 | Infinite Crisis | Atomic Hal Jordan, Atomic Joker | ||
| 12.06.2015 | Lego Jurassic World | Additional voices | ||
| 23.06.2015 | ' | Penguin | ||
| Hellraid | Aiden, The Cursed Kin | |||
| 30.08.2015 | Disney Infinity 3.0 | Rocket Raccoon, Green Goblin | ||
| 15.09.2015 | Destiny | Ghost | ||
| 25.09.2015 | ' | Dune Bug | ||
| 27.09.2015 | Lego Dimensions | Lord Business, General Zod, Space Core | ||
| 23.10.2015 | ' | Human Male Player, Mordremoth | Expansion pack | |
| 06.11.2015 | ' | Dr. Edward Richtofen, Dr. Gersh | ||
| 10.05.2016 | ' | Nathan Drake | Also motion capture; Won – TGA Award for Best Performance Nominated – BAFTA Games Award for Best Performer, 13th British Academy Video Games Awards | |
| 24.05.2016 | ' | Leonardo, Splinter, Shredder / Super Shredder | ||
| 25.08.2016 | ' | Darlok Emperor, Sakkra Emperor | ||
| 07.10.2016 | Mafia III | Remy Duvall | ||
| 16.10.2016 | ' | Dune Bug | ||
| 21.02.2017 | Halo Wars 2 | Sergeant John Forge | ||
| 18.04.2017 | ' | Rocket Raccoon | ||
| 29.08.2017 | ' | Chosen Hunter | ||
| 08.09.2017 | Destiny 2 | Ghost, Cayde-6 | ||
| 22.09.2017 | ' | Human Male Player, Palawa Joko | Expansion pack | |
| 10.10.2017 | ' | Isildur, Tarandor, Zog, Nemesis Orcs, Humans | ||
| 20.04.2018 | God of War | Modi | ||
| 12.10.2018 | ' | Dr. Edward Richtofen, Brutus, Bus Driver | ||
| 16.10.2018 | Lego DC Super-Villains | Ultraman, Kent Clarkson, Bizarro, Music Meister | ||
| 19.07.2019 | ' | Deadpool, Rocket Raccoon | ||
| 27.09.2019 | Freedom Finger | Major Cigar | ||
| 04.09.2020 | Avengers | Tony Stark / Iron Man | ||
| Dirt 5 | Bruno Durand |