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Nolan North

Nolan North

5 films · 369 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20152025

Born 31 October 1970 · New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Nolan North is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Nathan Drake in the Uncharted video game series, Desmond Miles in the Assassin's Creed video game series, Dr. Edward Richtofen in the Call of Duty Zombies mode, Deadpool in various Marvel Comics media, and the Penguin in the Batman: Arkham franchise.

North was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended the University of Connecticut, where he studied theater. After graduating, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting.

North's first major voice acting role was as Nathan Drake in the 2007 video game Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 369 frames · top-billed in 2 · 20152025

  • British Academy Games Special Award2018
  • The Game Awards − Best Performance2016

How their films are shot

Measured across 369 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Nolan takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 5 films we hold, 47% of their frames are night, 48% natural — the look of the work Nolan takes.

Time of day

Night47%
Day31%
Interior18%

Lighting

Natural48%
High key27%
Low key25%

Shot size

Medium62%
Wide14%
Closeup12%
Establishing8%

Camera angle

Eye level69%
Low angle17%
High angle13%

Mood

Neutral62%
Tense9%
Joyful7%
Ominous7%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 369 frames from Nolan North's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.