Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor and
voice actor. His performances include portraying characters such as
Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles from the
Assassin's Creed series, The Penguin in the Batman: Arkham franchise,
and portrayal of Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool in various media,
most notably the Deadpool video game, and Dr. Edward Richtofen in the
Zombies game mode of the Call of Duty video game series.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 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since
then, he has continued to portray the character in Uncharted 2: Among
Thieves (2009), Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011), and Uncharted
4: A Thief's End (2016), and also reprised his role in the PlayStation
Vita exclusive Uncharted: Golden Abyss (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." 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.
voice actor. His performances include portraying characters such as
Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles from the
Assassin's Creed series, The Penguin in the Batman: Arkham franchise,
and portrayal of Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool in various media,
most notably the Deadpool video game, and Dr. Edward Richtofen in the
Zombies game mode of the Call of Duty video game series.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 Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. Since
then, he has continued to portray the character in Uncharted 2: Among
Thieves (2009), Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (2011), and Uncharted
4: A Thief's End (2016), and also reprised his role in the PlayStation
Vita exclusive Uncharted: Golden Abyss (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." 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.
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