Nolan North | |
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North at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International
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Born |
Nolan Ramsey North October 31, 1970 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, voice actor |
Years active | 1997–present |
Agent | CESD |
Notable work |
Uncharted as Nathan Drake Assassin's Creed as Desmond Miles Batman: Arkham as The Penguin Portal 2 as Corrupt Cores and Defective Turrets Spec Ops: The Line as Cpt. Martin Walker The Last of Us as David Call of Duty: Black Ops as Edward Richtofen Destiny as Ghost Team Fortress 2 as Merasmus |
Spouse(s) | Jill Murray (m. 1999) |
Children | 2 |
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, Meepo the Geomancer in "Dota 2", 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.
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.