Nolan Ramsey North (born October 31, 1970) is an American actor and voice actor. His best known performances include portraying characters such as treasure hunter Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series, Desmond Miles from the Assassin's Creed series, The Penguin in the Batman: Arkham franchise, and portrayal of Marvel Comics superhero Deadpool in various media, most notably the Deadpool video game.
Nolan North was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Rhode Island. He attended Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick and played baseball there. 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 the run of Port Charles, he worked on a few video games as a voice actor and began to focus on voice acting following the cancellation of Port Charles.