Nolan North Biography

Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor. His voice work includes characters such as Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed video game series, Ghost from the Bungie title Destiny, the Penguin in the Batman: Arkham video game franchise, Cpt. Martin Walker in Spec Ops: The Line, David in The Last of Us, several characters in various pieces of Marvel media (most popularly Deadpool), Superboy in Young Justice, himself in Saints Row IV, and Edward Richtofen in the Call of Duty Zombies storyline.

Life and career

North was born in New Haven, Connecticut. 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 Port Charles' run, he worked on a few video games as a voice actor and began to focus on voice acting following Port Charles' cancellation.

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 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since then, he has continued to portray the character in Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (released in 2009), Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (released in 2011), and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (released in 2016). 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 Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, 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.

Other notable video game voice work includes roles as the Prince in Prince of Persia, Shun in Ar tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica, Vossler in Final Fantasy XII, Eradan in Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Doctor Edward Richtofen in Call of Duty: World at War, Call of Duty: Black Ops and Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Brawl in Transformers: War for Cybertron, the Ghost Rider in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, 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. More recently he replaced Peter Dinklage as the voice of the Ghost in Destiny: The Taken King.

North is well known in his animation roles such as Cyclops in Wolverine and the X-Men, Snow Job in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Raphael in TMNT, both Superboy and Superman in Young Justice, and Smokescreen in Transformers: Prime.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
	The Legend of Tarzan	Scox
	Ben 10	Henchman, Teen Attendant	Episode: "A Small Problem"
-07	The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Waking Nightmare / Beware of the Undertoad	Exercise Dude, others
	Back at the Barnyard	Stumpity Joe	Episode: "Lights! Camera! Moo!/Animal Farmers"
	Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby	Big Bad Wolf
	Wolverine and the X-Men	Cyclops, Pyro, Berzerker, Carl, Doctor
	Hulk Vs.	Deadpool
	Fanboy & Chum Chum	Thorvald the Red	Episodes: "Norse-ing Around" and "Norse Code"
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	El-Les	Episode: "Clone Cadets"
	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Balder, Jimmy Woo, Living Laser, Piledriver, Chemistro, others
	Black Panther	Cyclops, Nightcrawler
-13	Young Justice	Superboy, Superman, Zatara, Professor Ojo, Marvin White, L-6, Match, Clayface, Norman, Tribune	Nominated - BTVA Award for Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Television Series - Action/Drama
	G.I. Joe: Renegades	Snow Job	Episode: "White Out"
-13	MAD	Shrek, Thor, Captain America, Optimus Prime, Conan the Barbarian, Wolverine, James Bond, Ant-Man, others
	Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated	Brad Chiles (Young)	Episodes: "Pawn of Shadow" and "All Fear the Freak"
	Generator Rex	Dr. Branden Moses, Security Guard, others	Episodes: "Black in Black" and "A Femily Holiday"
-13	Transformers: Prime	Smokescreen, Skylynx, others	Nominated - BTVA Award Best Male Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Supporting Role - Action/Drama
	Regular Show	Additional voices
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	The Kraang, Commander Grundch, Lunk, Chrome Dome, Mind Master, Graah, Slug Person, Bishop, others
-present	DreamWorks Dragons	Stoick the Vast
	Robot and Monster	Crikey, Blimey, Pendulum Depot, Lev Krumholtz, Uncle Kuffley
-15	Ultimate Spider-Man	John Jameson/Man Wolf, Maximus, Gorgon
-16	Sanjay and Craig	Huggle Bunny, Ronnie Slithers
	The Legend of Korra	Additional voices
	Monsters vs. Aliens	Derek Dietl	Episode: "It Came from Channel 5"
-present	Breadwinners	Captain, Oonski the Great, others
-present	Clarence	Various classmates
	Curious George	Hunt Official, Nilguini	Episode: "George and Allie's Lawn Service/Curious George's Scavenger Hunt"
"?present	Rick and Morty	Scroopy Noopers, others	Episodes: "Something Ricked This Way Comes", "Auto Erotic Assimilation", "Interdimensional Cable 2: Tempting Fate" and "The Wedding Squanchers"
	TripTank	Various characters
-15	Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.	Gorgon, Maximus, Werewolf by Night
	Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Additional voices
-present	Blaze and the Monster Machines	Blaze
	Pig Goat Banana Cricket	Various characters
	Fresh Beat Band of Spies	Sven Frugengeblugen	Ep. "Frozen Fresh Beats"
	Lego: Master Builders of the Universe	Superman, Micro Manager
	Frederick Cooper	Frederick
	Voltron: Legendary Defender	Additional voices
	Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh	Smek

Live action

List of live-action performances in television

Year	Series	Role	Notes	Source
-2003	Port Charles	Dr. Chris Ramsey	Series Regular
	Broken	Rob McCardel	Short film
	Spyder Games	Dr. Horton	2 episodes
	Six Feet Under	Soap Actor	2 episodes
	JAG	ER Intern	Episode: "Hard Time"
	She Spies	Peter	Episode: "Spies Gone Wild"
	Malcolm in the Middle	Leonard Nimoy	Episode: "Hal Grieves"
	Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide	Nigel Hattorff
	NCIS	Officer Lou Giotti	Episode: "Faking It"
	Ugly Betty	Male Anchor	Episode: "Sofia's Choice"
	Big Love	Joey's Lawyer	Episode: "Damage Control"
	CSI: Miami	Ken Walker	Episode: "Cyber-Lebrity"
	Dirty Sexy Money	Walsh	Episode: "The Game"
	Modern Family	Donald Flum	Episode: "En Garde"
	Melrose Place	Curtis Heller	Episodes: "San Vicente" and "Sepulveda"
-present	Pretty Little Liars	Peter Hastings
	Haven	Will Brady	Episode: "Last Goodbyes"
2016	Rizzoli & Isles	Phillip Dayton	Episode: "Dangerous Curve Ahead"

Films

List of live-action performances in film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	The Last Stand	Scott Jacobs
	The Spiderwick Chronicles	Various Goblins
	On the Doll	Charlie
	Star Trek Into Darkness	USS Vengeance helmsman

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Ultimate Avengers	Giant-Man
	Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther	Giant-Man
	Invasion of the Christmas Lights	Narrator
	Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths	Green Lantern, Power Ring
	Superman vs. The Elite	Pokolistani Ambassador
	Transformers Prime Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising	Smokescreen, Skylynx
	Batman: Assault on Arkham	Penguin, KGBeast
	Heavenly Sword	Master Shen, Kyo, Roach
	Lego DC Comics: Batman Be-Leaguered	Superman, Alfred Pennyworth
	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League vs. Bizarro League	Superman, Bizarro
	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom	Superman
	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash	Superman
	Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Gotham City Breakout	Superman
	Batman: The Killing Joke	Mitch

List of voice performances in feature film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Dj Vu	Ex-Fiance
	TMNT	Raphael/Nightwatcher
	Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief	Parrot
	The Outback	Hex
	Back to the Sea	Farley
	The Reef 2: High Tide	Bobby
	Dino Time	Morris, Guard #3
	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Seagull, Dead Parrot, Pigeon Cabbie

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
	Interstate '82	Hinkley
	The Cat in the Hat	Fish
	Maximo vs. Army of Zin	Baron, Baron's Guard, Bandit
	EverQuest II	Assistant Draek, Lieutenant Daro, Rion Rolana, Medic Brendan, Grayl Turfstrider, Jorgie Icearmor, Royal Guard Novice #2, qeynosian infiltrator, Agent Vylo, a Dervish Kingpin, Dranok Bileblood, freeport mole, Voltari il'Ferceri, Volarr, Mikul, Sandon Breezebender, Tamera Brinebringer, Arconius, Maliz T'Raan
	Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 2: Bush Rescue	Karlos, Duncan, Snappy
	SWAT 4	SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard
	Area 51	McCan
	Guild Wars	Mhenlo, Olaf, Gron, Mamp
	God of War	Hades, Greek Soldier, Fisherman
	The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction	Guard #1
	EverQuest II: Desert of Flames	Additional voices
	Evil Dead: Regeneration	Deadites #2, #3, and #4
	Dungeons & Dragons: Dragonshard	Additional voices
	Ty the Tasmanian Tiger 3: Night of the Quinkan	Karlos, Snappy
	Crash Tag Team Racing	Doctor N. Gin
	SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!	Gill Hammerstein
	Call of Duty 2	Sergeant Randall
	Shrek SuperSlam	Quasimodo
	Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None	Patrick Narracott, The Harbormaster
	Gun	Additional voices
	50 Cent: Bulletproof	Spinoza
	Ape Escape 3	Dr. Tomoki
	SWAT 4: The Stetchkov Syndicate	SWAT Officer Tony "Subway" Girard
	Driver: Parallel Lines	The Mexican
	Keepsake	Zak, Mustavio
	Predator: Concrete Jungle	Additional voices
	Cars	Jeff Robertson
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow	Don Carrera De La Vega, Captured Pirate #3, Redcoat
	Saints Row	Various voices
	Yakuza	Additional voices
	Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs	George Armstrong Custer
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance	Ghost Rider, Hawkeye
	Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island	Crab Soldier #1, Crab Soldier #2, Crab Refugee #2
	Final Fantasy XII	Vossler York Azelas
	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault	Vandal
	The Sopranos: Road to Respect	Additional voices
	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition	Joe, Narrator
	Lost Planet: Colonies	Joe, Narrator
	Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express	Edward Masterman, Cyrus Hardman, Dr. Constantine
	Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters	Multiplayer voices
	Armored Core 4	Sherring, VIP
	TMNT	Raphael/Nightwatcher
	The Darkness	Jackie Estacado (Young)
	World in Conflict	Lt. Parker
	Halo 3	Marine
	Crash of the Titans	Doctor N. Gin, Tiny Tiger (Nintendo DS version), Dingodile (Nintendo DS version), additional voices
	Team Fortress 2	Merasmus, The Bombinomicon, Blutarch Mann, Redmond Mann, Zepheniah Mann, The Engineer
	Power Rangers: Super Legends	Goldar, Operation Overdrive Red Ranger
	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis	Various Atlantean Guards
	Assassin's Creed	Desmond Miles, Abbas Sofian
	Uncharted: Drake's Fortune	Nathan Drake
	Unreal Tournament 3	Bishop
	Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots	Factorybots
	Lost Odyssey	Dark Acolyte
	Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed	Trahn, Ratpoo, Corn Cob King
	Dark Sector	Soldiers, Civilians
	Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots	Various voices
	Crash: Mind over Mutant	Doctor N. Gin
	Saints Row 2	Various voices
	Secret Service	Agent Pierce
	SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation	Commando 2, Pilot 2
	Fable II	Hero of Bowerstone (Male)
	Quantum of Solace	Various voices
	Valkyria Chronicles	Musaad Mayfield
	Kung Fu Panda: Legendary Warriors	Baboon Goon #1, Gorilla Goon #1
	Call of Duty: World at War	Dr. Edward Richtofen
	Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon	Emperor Meningitis
	Prince of Persia	The Prince
	Halo Wars	Sergeant John Forge
	The Lord of the Rings: Conquest	Gondorian Officer, Evil Human Officer
	MadWorld	Operator B, Master Father (Francis), Yokozuna Daisangen
	Resistance: Retribution	Roland Mallery
	Infamous	Civilian
	The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena	Guards
	Terminator Salvation	Dobkin
	Red Faction: Guerrilla	Various voices
	Prototype	Miscellaneous voices
	Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen	Sideswipe, additional voices
	Shadow Complex	Jason Fleming
	Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2	War Machine, Sentry, Officer Swanson
	Halo 3: ODST	Lance Corporal Kojo "Romeo" Agu
	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Nathan Drake	Nominated - VGX Award for Best Voice Actor
	Marvel Super Hero Squad	War Machine
	Uncharted: Eye of Indra	Nathan Drake
	Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time	Sigmund, various voices
	Dragon Age: Origins	Additional voices
	Assassin's Creed II	Desmond Miles, Adam
	The Saboteur	Crochet, various voices
	Army of Two: The 40th Day	Elliot Salem
	Dark Void	Will Grey
	White Knight Chronicles	Cyrus	International edition
	Supreme Commander 2	Dominic Maddox
	Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices
	Resonance of Fate	Vashyron
	Trauma Team	CR-S01
	Alpha Protocol	Steven Heck
	Transformers: War for Cybertron	Brawl, additional voices
	Singularity	Cpt. James Devlin
	Sniper: Ghost Warrior	O'Neil
	Mafia II	Alberto Clemente, Citizen
	Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions	Ultimate Deadpool
	Final Fantasy XIV	Cast
	Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2	Obito Uchiha (Tobi's Awakening)
	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Dr. Edward Richtofen
	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Desmond Miles
	Tron: Evolution	Behemoth, Sentries, Blaze
	Marvel Pinball	Deadpool
	Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds	Deadpool
	Knights Contract	Minukelsus
	PlayStation Move Heroes	Deathbot
	Portal 2	Corrupt Cores, Defective Turrets
	SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs	Gorman
	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Bruticus, Cliffjumper
	Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon	Archangel, Kicker
	White Knight Chronicles II	Cyrus
	X-Men: Destiny	Cyclops, Adrian's father
	Batman: Arkham City	Penguin, Black Mask, various prisoners/characters
	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception	Nathan Drake	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
	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Portal 2 Space Core	Official Valve mod
	The Lord of the Rings: War in the North	Eradan
	Assassin's Creed: Revelations	Desmond Miles
	Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3	Deadpool
	Star Wars: The Old Republic	Jedi Consular Male
	Uncharted: Golden Abyss	Nathan Drake	Nominated - BAFTA Games Award for Best Performer, 9th British Academy Video Games Awards
	Kinect Star Wars	Mak Pra
	Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes	Scarecrow, Captain Boomerang, Hush
	Spec Ops: The Line	Captain Martin Walker
	The Amazing Spider-Man	Alistair Smythe, Various OSCORP Guards
	Transformers: Fall of Cybertron	Cliffjumper, Bruticus, Brawl, additional voices
	Guild Wars 2	Human Male Player
	Skylanders: Giants	Additional voices
	Team Fortress 2	Merasmus, Bombinomicon, Redmond, Blutarch, Zepheniah, Soldier (Expiration Date short only; shared role), Engineer (Expiration Date short only)
	Assassin's Creed III	Desmond Miles
	Lego The Lord of the Rings	Additional voices
	Call of Duty: Black Ops II	Dr. Edward Richtofen, Bus Driver, Stanley Ferguson, Brutus
	Call of Duty: Black Ops - Declassified	Alex Mason
	PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale	Nathan Drake
	Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time	Cyrille LeParadox, El Jefe
	Injustice: Gods Among Us	General Zod
	Poker Night 2	Fact Core
	Marvel Heroes	Deadpool
	The Last of Us	David	Nominated - BTVA Award for Best Male Vocal Performance in a Video Game in a Supporting Role
	Deadpool	Deadpool, himself as a phone Easter egg	Nominated - BTVA Award for Best Male Lead Vocal Performance in a Video Game
	Dota 2	Brewmaster, Earth Spirit, Gyrocopter, Keeper of the Light, Lone Druid, Lycan, Meepo, Ogre Magi, Shadow Demon, Troll Warlord
	Saints Row IV	The Boss ("Nolan North" voice)
	Skylanders: Swap Force	Dune Bug, Mayor McBoom
	Lego Marvel Super Heroes	Ant-Man, Cyclops, Deadpool, Green Goblin, Magneto, Pyro, Vulture
	Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Desmond Miles
	Apache Overdose Gangstar IV	Harvey Bam
	Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Kraang
	Batman: Arkham Origins	Penguin
	Young Justice: Legacy	Superboy, Superman
	Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII	Additional voices
	Titanfall	Hammond
	Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark	Bruticus, Cliffjumper
	Spider-Man Unlimited	Green Goblin, Oscorp Announcer
	Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes	Green Goblin, Rocket Raccoon
	Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Black Hand
	Skylanders: Trap Team	Dune Bug
	Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham	Beast Boy, Firestorm, Hush, Mad Hatter, Orion, Toyman, Condiment King, Jor-El, Bizzaro
	World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor	Lunarfall Footman
	LittleBigPlanet 3	Marlon Random
-15	Tales from the Borderlands	August
	Saints Row: Gat out of Hell	The Boss (default voice)
	Dying Light	Bernard	Cuisine & Cargo DLC
	Infinite Crisis	Atomic Green Lantern, Atomic Joker
	Lego Jurassic World	Additional voices
	Batman: Arkham Knight	Penguin
	Hellraid	Aiden, The Cursed Kin
	Disney Infinity 3.0	Rocket Raccoon, Green Goblin
	Destiny	Ghost	Replaced Peter Dinklage for Destiny: The Taken King
	Skylanders: SuperChargers	Dune Bug
	Lego Dimensions	Lord Business, General Zod, Space Core
	Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns	Human Male Player, Mordremoth	Expansion pack
	Call of Duty: Black Ops III	Dr. Edward Richtofen	DLC Only
	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Nathan Drake
	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan	Leonardo, Splinter, Shredder/Super Shredder
	Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars	Darlok Emperor, Sakkra Emperor
2016	"Mafia III"	Remy Duvall