Nolan North

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Nolan North
Born Nolan Ramsey North
October 31, 1970 (1970-10-31) (age 41)
New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation Actor, Voice actor
Years active 1997–present
Spouse Jill Murray (1999–present)
Children 2 children

Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor and voice actor born in New Haven, Connecticut.[1] He has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man."[2]

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[edit] Biography

North attended the University of North Carolina with a baseball scholarship and majored in journalism.[1][3] He worked as a reporter for almost a year in New Jersey before moving to New York City to pursue stand-up comedy and acting.[1] 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. [3][4] He married fellow Port Charles actress Jill Murray in 1999[1] and has two children. During Port Charles' run he worked on a few video games as a voice actor and began to focus on voice acting following Port Charles' cancelation.[3]

One of his most notable roles came in 2007 when he voiced and motion capped the character Nathan Drake for the video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since then, he has continued to portray the character Drake in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (released in 2009) and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (released in 2011). 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."[2] North as Drake has been twice nominated at the Spike Video Game Awards in the "Best Performance by a Human Male" category.

Other notable video game voice work includes roles as the "Prince" in Prince of Persia, The Penguin in Batman: Arkham City, Vossler in Final Fantasy XII, Desmond Miles in the Assassin's Creed series, Doctor Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty: World at War and Call of Duty: Black Ops, Brawl in Transformers: War for Cybertron, and Deadpool in several Marvel video games and productions. He also voiced the personality spheres and defective turrets in Portal 2.

North is well known in his animation roles such as Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men, Madara Uchiha from Naruto: Shippuden, Snow Job in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Raphael in TMNT, and both Superman and Superboy in Young Justice, making him the first actor to voice both of them.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Animation roles

[edit] Live-action roles

[edit] Video game roles

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Soap Central bio". Soap Central. http://www.soapcentral.com/pc/theactors/north.php. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Quirk, Justin (November 05, 2011). "Nathan Drake: unmasked". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/nov/05/nathan-drake-unmasked. Retrieved November 23, 2011. 
  3. ^ a b c Blake Snow (14 January 2010). "The man behind Nathan Drake". Gamepro. Archived from the original on 2010-09-26. http://web.archive.org/web/20100926214839/http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/213578/the-man-behind-nathan-drake-i-get-paid-to-do-what-used-to-get-me-detention/. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  4. ^ "IMDB filmography". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0636046/. Retrieved 3 June 2011. 
  5. ^ Jenna Busch (2010-02-08). "AVENGERS Animated Assembling w/ Phil Lamarr". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/tv/Lamarr-Avengers-Animated-100208.html. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 
  6. ^ Gross, Edward (19 August 2010). "YOUNG JUSTICE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Producers Greg Weisman & Brandon Vietti". Comic Book Movie. http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/SuperHeroTooniverse/news/?a=21712. Retrieved 19 August 2010. 
  7. ^ Nolan North at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  8. ^ Ryan Payton's podcast Kojima Productions Report. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
  9. ^ "SEGA Announces Nolan North in Resonance of Fate". RPGFan. http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2010/82.html. 
  10. ^ "TRON Evolution voice cast announced, no Bridges". Fragland. http://www.fragland.net/news/TRON-Evolution-voice-cast-announced-no-Bridges/24408. 

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