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Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor who has been described as "the nearest thing the games industry has to a bona fide leading man."〔 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.〔Serrels, Mark. (May 22, 2012). ("Nolan North, The Man In Every Video Game Ever Made, Is Now In Star Trek" ). ''Kotaku''. Retrieved July 21, 2015 〕 ==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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Soap Central bio )〕 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.〔 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.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=IMDb filmography )〕 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 motion capped 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) 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."〔 North as Drake has been twice nominated at the Spike Video Game Awards in the "Best Performance by a Human Male" category. North will reprise his role as Drake in ''Uncharted 4: A Thief's End,'' to be 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 Bungies 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''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nolan North」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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