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Richard Castle

Richard Castle

Played by Nathan Fillion

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Best-selling mystery author


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"The character of Nikki Heat is a smart, complicated detective with enormous depth and then the studio goes and casts the braless coed in blood-soaked t-shirt from Knife 2?" - Richard Castle

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  • Martha Rodgers to Castle:

    "Making your phone disappear doesn't make your problem disappear."

  • Kevin Ryan to Castle:

    "We really should have a code word so all we know which Beckett to kill when her clone army attacks."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "Let me know if you need any singles."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle, Ryan & Esposito:

    "Let's get everything we can on this kid. The clock is ticking and we gotta bring him back alive."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "Wow, I remember that face. It's about when I got my tattoo."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "So what's your theory, Castle? That she was abducted and then killed by aliens?"

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "It is him. The Triple Killer is back."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "You would have liked my grandfather. In fact, you remind me of him a little."

  • Martha Rodgers to Castle:

    "Think about how much you love Alexis and that is how much I love you."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "Why doesn't it surprise me that you have property on the moon?"

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "Kinda makes you wonder how many times this has happened since 9/11 and we were the ones who didn't know."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "You just can't stay out of my personal life, can you?"

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "It's not every day we get someone famous in here."

  • Martha Rodgers to Castle:

    "Richard, this isn't one of your books. You don't know the ending."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "He wasn't just shot. He was hunted down and killed."

  • Kate Beckett to Castle:

    "Come on, Castle, you don't actually believe that Klingons are behind this, do you?"

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Character Bio

Roguish best-selling author, Richard Castle is the consummate man about town. He is nearly as well known for his tabloid-generating antics as for his immensely successful novels. Living with his teenage daughter and mother, Castle’s life is never short on drama, but after killing off his most famous character, Derrick Storm, Castle was in desperate need of inspiration for this next book series.

When a serial killer began staging murders which copied the murder scenes in his books, Castle was pulled in by NYPD Detective Kate Beckett to consult on the investigation. It was then he discovered the perfect muse for his new book series, and a new calling. Turns out all those years of research for his crime novels paid off, as Castle used his unique knowledge and skills to help bring the killer to justice. In the aftermath of that case, an unlikely but valuable partnership was formed.

Since joining the ranks of the 12th precinct he’s proved to be an invaluable asset to Detective Beckett, as well a charming thorn in her side. Despite, or perhaps because of, the tension between the pair, there’s little doubt that Castle has found in Beckett much more than just a muse.

Actor Bio

In addition to his starring role on Castle, Nathan Fillion was a recurring star on Desperate Housewives, playing Dr. Adam Mayfair, the new neighbor on Wisteria Lane and much younger husband of Katherine Mayfair (Dana Delany). On the big screen he was seen in the independent feature Trucker, starring opposite Michelle Monoghan.

Fillion's other film credits include Waitress, a romantic comedy with Keri Russell; the Universal film Slither, co-starring Elizabeth Banks; White Noise 2; Serenity, which reunited him with director Joss Whedon; Saving Private Ryan; the independent film Water's Edge; Blast from the Past; Dracula 2000 and Doubting Reilly. On television he earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the daytime drama One Life to Live. Other TV credits include the series Drive, Two Guys and a Girl, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Pasadena and Miss Match.

A native of Edmonton, Alberta, Fillion wanted to be a high school teacher and studied at the University of Alberta. He later starred in productions at the Edmonton Fringe Festival and performed with comedy groups in town before moving on to pursue an acting career in New York and Los Angeles.

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