Nolan North discusses being the voice of Nathan Drake

by Jem Alexander { Jun 17th 2009 at 3:45PM }

Nolan North may be a posterboy for video game voice acting but, as you'll hear in his interview with the PS Blog's Jeff Rubenstein after the break, working on the Uncharted games is his favorite job so far. He describes what makes voicing these games so different from others -- but that's not all he discusses. There's almost eleven minutes of pure Nolan North interview to watch here, including a visit from a few of his Uncharted 2 voicing buddies.

As for the burning question of who would be best to play Nathan in an Uncharted movie, we're surprised no-one mentioned the obvious answer. Nathan Fillion, duh.

Tags: jeff-rubenstein, naughty-dog, nolan-north, uncharted, uncharted-2

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

tmacairjordan87 @ Jun 17th 2009 3:55PM

Nolan's the man. Drake's the best new character this gen, and he's the reason why. Fantastic actor.

the Sawyer family @ Jun 17th 2009 4:17PM

i want that shirt that Jeff is wearing

Yingerman @ Jun 17th 2009 5:18PM

me to! I saw it on the Home E3 vids and I wanted it then. 695 trophies/lvl 11.57
:)

cuteSAVAGE @ Jun 17th 2009 4:17PM

I really wish he would have given Ubisoft a nice kick in the groin for being forced to voice such a prick.

I second tmac's notion that Drake is this generation's best original character though. Without North's voice and demeanor, Drake would have been unbearably cliche and generic. Can't wait to play Uncharted 2. Footage so far makes it look as if it will finally topple Half-Life 2's reign over character expression.

gkwie @ Jun 17th 2009 5:21PM

he was awesome in Hulk vs. Wolverine as Deadpool. lol

[slow-mo] noooooo that's my favorite gun.[/slow-mo]

gkwie @ Jun 17th 2009 5:23PM

Oh and here is some new Uncharted gameplay footage that was in the preview where he meets Elena.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkWffCtdJqM&feature=player_embedded

Enjoy!! :D

Dmacleod14 @ Jun 17th 2009 8:09PM

Nathan Fillion sounds exactly like Nolan North, it'd be perfect beyond all belief.

Dmacleod14 @ Jun 17th 2009 8:10PM

sorry, Nolan North sounds like Nathan Fillion, my bad

juanissimo07 @ Jun 18th 2009 1:07AM

you know, I watched a rerun of Serenity a couple of weeks back, and I thought exactly the same thing. I even had to double check to see whether Nathan was/wasn't the voice of N.D.

mgsrocks1 @ Jun 18th 2009 3:25AM

This is why Uncharted is my favorite series on PS3 after Metal Gear Solid. Please turn this into a movie Sony!

NitroMikeo @ Jun 18th 2009 5:03AM

Nate is the best character created in a video game, in a loong time.

advil @ Jun 18th 2009 9:55AM

Not only great (voice) actors, but good looking people as well! For once the sexy voices match the physical appearances. Hellooo Elena!! My Video game crush on you doesn't make me feel so creepy now... lol