#215: Nolan North - A World of Superlatives

Funny In Failure

Nolan North is an acclaimed American actor and voice actor recently honored with a BAFTA Award for outstanding contribution to performance in games. He has created some of the most beloved characters in games, setting the standard as a pioneer, with a range of exceptional performances in the medium. In Nolan's 27-year career he has portrayed characters in over 350 titles across gaming and animation. His portrayal as Nathan Drake in the acclaimed Uncharted Series made him a household name. Other notable video game performance work includes roles as Desmond Miles in the Assassin’s Creed series, David in The Last of Us, Ghost in Destiny and Destiny 2, the Penguin in the Batman: Arkham series, Deadpool, and Doctor Edward Richtofen in the Call of Duty games.

His numerous animation credits include Rick & Morty, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Blaze and the Monster Machines, TMNT, Dragons: Riders of Berk and Family Guy. Nolan has also starred on screen in multiple TV shows and film. He got his start on ABC’s Port Charles and went on to regular roles on the hit TV show Pretty Little Liars as well as the Emmy-nominated series Con Man.

We chat about cosplay nazis at conventions, pursuing baseball, working in journalism and standup, his many voices, unique take on success and failure, life changing advice from his brother, gratitude and enthusiasm, being your best mentality all with a lot of laughs!

The video footage of this entire chat is now out as well (one day after release)! So check them out on YouTube under Michael Kahan Check Nolan out on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reallynolannorth/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/nolan_north ------------------------------------------- Follow @Funny in Failure on Instagram and Facebook https://www.instagram.com/funnyinfailure/ https://www.facebook.com/funnyinfailure/ and @Michael_Kahan on Insta & Twitter to keep up to date with the latest info. https://www.instagram.com/michael_kahan/ https://twitter.com/Michael_Kahan