Uncharted 4′s Nathan Drake Looks Different, Now Looks a Lot Like a Certain Actor

With each iteration of Uncharted, Nathan Drake appears to looks slightly different. He originally was compared with Nathan Fillion, leading to rumours (or more like hopes) that the Firefly actor would eventually play the treasure hunter and adventurer Nathan Drake in a movie. However, in Uncharted 4, Nathan Drake looks like a different person yet again, and he looks more like a famous Hollywood actor. Could Naughty Dog have done the same thing they did with The Last of Us and accidentally create a main character that looks like a real life actor?

[-Foxtrot]

Maybe it's just because the graphics have become better and Drake has become older

I mean you could do a celeb look a like with the majority of game characters

I would hate if if he was cast as Drake, he just wouldn't be able to pull it off. Renner is a good actor but he's too serious for this kind of role.

[thorstein]

I agree. And, I think Renner is just too short.

[mochachino]

Way too short.

[SuperBlur]

like, he cant do a roller coaster ride too short.

[starchild]

Yeah, and I think he looks even more like Nathan Fillion than he ever did.

Now that there is so much detail in the face and the facial animations I was amazed how similar he looked to Nathan Fillion in some of the expressions and stuff.

http://img1.wikia.nocookie....

He looks more like Nathan Fillion than any other actor that I have seen.

[Blasphemy]

Drake is short though.

[Nes_Daze]

5'10 is short? Damn...

[LOOK_AT_THIS_I]

The wife says Josh Duhamel from transformers. Possibly younger drake

https://pbs.twimg.com/profi...

[lawgone]

He's 5'10. That's not short.

[bigrob904]

he's 5'10" thats average height.

[CoryHG]

5'10"? Um, that's way short.

[GameSpawn]

The actor matter some because you want someone fairly close in looks. However, what is more important is acting ability. Nolan North has set a bar both with his voice acting and motion capture that almost no one but Nolan North can match.

I think Fillion can match North's attitude as Drake, but it will still be off by a bit. If North couldn't do it for any reason I'd settle with Fillion. The makeup dept would have a hell of a time getting Fillion to look like Drake though -- North is a dead ringer (this is probably because the animators included some of North's own features into Drake -- it's common for CG characters to inherit their voice actors' features).

Sorry for keeping the post short -- typing on an iPad.

[HollywoodLA]

Yeah, because short actors don't appear tall on camera lol...

[Dude420]

Nathan Fillion is Drake (Firefly spoilers)

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

nuff said...

[XB1_PS4]

Never once in a movie, have I thought wow Tom Cruise is short. That's because they film to make him look taller. They'd do the same with Renner, and Renner isn't even short. He's 2" shy of 6'.

[thorstein]

Sorry guys, but Robert Downey Jr. is 5'8"

Here is a pic of him with Renner:
http://media-cache-ak0.pini...

[thorstein]

And Scarlet is 5'3"

http://images4.fanpop.com/i...

Chris Evans is 6'

http://www1.pictures.zimbio...

And Sam Jackson is 6'2"

[iamnsuperman]

Too me it just looks like an older Drake with increased detail.

Also agree he wouldn't make a good Drake. But they need someone with that level of fame

[morganfell]

I do not think it resembles Renner at all. Not even close. Another actor actually comes to mind...

http://images.fanpop.com/im...

http://starsmedia.ign.com/s...

http://s3.amazonaws.com/sgu...

http://www.space-debris.com...

Flannigan also has a natural Drake personality:

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[SniperControl]

@morganfell

Spot on, Flanigan is a bloody legend, he was awesome in Atlantis, always wondered why his career never took off after that.

He would need to beef up though, bit skinny.

[-Foxtrot]

Thing is you can never have both. You either get an actor who has massive amounts of star power or you have someone who has no fame at all but looks/sounds just like the games character

I mean I'd rather have Nolan North in the films. He's not as young I agree or has star power for advertising but I'm sure Hollywood magic can make him look younger.

I'd rather have someone like that then a big name actor who's only purpose is to attract an audience...not because he can actually pull off the role.

Honestly I'm sick of people saying things like "Fillion is DRAKE" when they forget all about poor old Nolan North.

They are roughly the same age and they are people who wouldn't be able to pull in a massive crowd for the box office despite if Fillion has been in more stuff.

[ic3fir3]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm...

looks more Nathan Fillion

[Oner]

Completely agree Foxtrot. An Uncharted movie with Nolan North playing the character that actually voices/inflects etc Drake but in real life would make the movie a success in itself more so than a big name actor, especially in the gaming community alone.

[Myze]

Sadly, the actor is fairly unimportant with an uninspired director. Seth Gordon is no superstar director, and in fact, based on his directing past, the movie will be a comedy (Identity Thief, Horrible Bosses, Parks and Rec, Community, Modern Family, The Office, etc.) and will not be any good because of it. (Don't get me wrong, I really like most of the shows he's worked on...not so much the movies.)

Also, there are no big name writers with a good body of work attached to it either. I'm not sure what it matters who plays the part of Drake with the current line-up against the movie. Everything is shaping up to be, at best, a throw-away comedy movie with some action thrown in that's decent for a single viewing from Red Box or Netflix.

Obviously it would be great if I am able to change my mind when the movie is released, but with something like this (and pretty much all video game movies), it's much better to keep expectations very low.

[Fullmetalevolust]

Not only does he look older but he looks beaten down and it's probably taken out of a very vulnerable moment in the game.
Not sure what the time span is between games but his looks have matured between games, if I'm not mistaken.
I'd love to see Nolan North and or Nathan Fillion get the role, and some may shoot me for saying so, but I think Brendan Fraser wouldn't be so bad either.
Edit: just saw a recent pic of Nolan North, Nolan North= Nathan Drake, it's uncanny, down to the wrinkles! hehe

[N0gg1nsh0tz]

Naughty Dog said that they are still keeping the tone and all that from the past games the same :). Good to know i'd say, be weird if they changed it now.

[mclean_514]

I agree, but he would be alot better than Mark Wahlberg (I thought he was rumored to be cast)

[JetsFool3500]

Idk if its me but he looks alot like Mathew Perry

[81jono81]

Chris Pratt would be perfect IMO

[-Foxtrot]

Yes, kind of the few big actors I agree with

He had Drake like qualities in Guardians of the Galaxy.

[Blasphemy]

The new drake does look like Renner. I would love to see him play drake in a movie, he's a good actor.

[ChickeyCantor]

Does not explain the shape of his nose.

[assdan]

He doesn't look like Jeremy Renner lol.

[Tapewurm]

Anything under 6' tall is "short" for a man. 5' 10" is average...but also considered short...at least in the states.

[Dante81]

That's what happens with a superficial media culture.

[thorstein]

But Renner is like 5'7" tops. Downey Jr. is supposedly 5'8" and ScarJo is 5'3"

There are red carpet photos of them all together.

Chris Evans is 6' and he towers over Renner.

[WitWolfy]

I dont see it...

[Heisenburger]

I thought he looks like the spitting image of a in his prime Nathan Fillion. Especially from the side. I won't see an Uncharted movie regardless of who was in it. That's just genuinely who I thought he looked like in that reveal trailer.

[BitbyDeath]

Yea, looks nothing like him.

[assdan]

No one does.

[Kavorklestein]

I see it, but why the hell is this the TOP article on N4G?
Who really cares if he looks like somebody?
He's Nathan Drake, and he looks like someone.... What's so important about it?
Don't you Sony fans have Tomb Raider Drama to be over-reacting about?

[BinaryMind]

The article has sensationalist, over-exaggerated title. Those always make it to the top of N4G.

[FAT MAN GO BOOM]

Damn looks so much like that actor now...

IT would be good I like that actor for if he becomes Drake in the movie that would be good...

[the_mack_attack3]

I see it and want to see Fillion take on the role before they do something stupid and get Colin Farrell to take on the role!

[gaffyh]

I think Fillion's personality matches well too.

[FriedGoat]

and his voice, Fillion IS Drake.

[Rimeskeem]

Problem is how old he is to play Drake.

[yellowgerbil]

Collin Farrell is an amazing actor, just watch his stuff that isn't Hollywood crap like In Bruges or 7 Psychopaths
though he isn't near as good a fit as fillion, he even dressed like drake in Firefly

[Blasphemy]

LOL troll post.

[Neonridr]

I would say Fillion before Jeremy Renner. I immediately thought of the Castle star when I thought of Drake's real life counterpart.

Renner is too serious while Fillion has that sort of aloofness at times that I feel would work perfectly with Drake.

[lalalala]

But Renner's got some Hollywood star power, Fillion unfortunately is nowhere near as popular.

[randomass171]

Kevin Conroy wasn't too popular before he played Batman. They could get bigger actors for some of the other characters. :P

[Neonridr]

Probably the best reason why they shouldn't be going for big name actors. I never agreed with using people like George Clooney to play Batman or Angelina Jolie to play Lara Croft.

[ThatOneGuyThere]

who cares? people dont ONLY see movies for the actor. especially ones based on video games.

[JimmyHACK]

Fillion would be great for it, but would definitely have to hit the gym before shooting. In his prime Fillion would have been a great fit.

[frenchtoast]

@Neon - If a film has a major actor in it, it is more likely to succeed. Renner is right between that balance of being famous, but also will probably be reasonably priced because he's not too famous.

Think about how any films you've watched that are direct to DVD and most likely it's because they don't have a major actor in them.

[Neonridr]

lol, don't get me wrong. I would totally understand why they would use a guy like Renner over Fillion. But since we are playing a game of who would be the better fit and it's all hypothetical.. that is my reasoning for Fillion.

But yes, actors do sell movies.

Again though, a movie like Uncharted is going to have the largest fanbase from people who played the game. So they would see the movie regardless if it had Fillion or Renner as the lead actor. So it could still work.

[tigertron]

Looks nothing like Jeremy Renner.

[ThatOneGuyThere]

i didnt see it either. what the hell is the author talking about? haha

[frenchtoast]

Looks more like him than before, I think that's the point. They can't make him look exactly like him, otherwise they'd get sued.

[SaveFerris]

Perhaps this might be tied in with the casting for the movie? I'd personally prefer Joe Flanigan for the role of Nathan Drake but Jeremy Renner has a much higher profile and Hollywood tends to choose more established actors for these types of movies nowadays.

[WitWolfy]

Doesnt help he looks like the character (to some) but lacks the talent to pull of the attitude and quick whips which makes Drake.. Well Drake.

[mcarsehat]

Lol, really?

Saying that, they might be making him different looking so that they can cast the film. Nolan North will still be playing him in the game don't worry.

Jeremy Renner won't be able to do it anyway with the Bourne sequel coming up yaaaaaaaaaaaaay Bourne sequel!!!!! :D

[holdmyown83]

James roday from psych looks like the pt2 and 3 drake

[LordMaim]

Not even a little bit.

[maxcoronel]

What the hell? It looks nothing like Renner.

[Phene]

I had to google some look alikes and honestly this would be my list:
- Ben Affleck
- Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (GOT)
- Pedro Pascal (GOT) ...this dude looks a lot like the new Drake
- Bradley Cooper
- Dylan McDermott
- Chris Pine

I think finding a look alike would be easy, but someone to capture Drake's personality/voice would be tough. He's semi-serious, I'd say light hearted and some of these choices just don't match ..who knows, a movie will probably be disappointing.

[mcarsehat]

It's most likely going to be Bradley Cooper(who's a monster now so he needs to lose weight) or Chris Pratt from Parks and Recreation.

I would go as far as to mention Shia Lebeouf and Jack Reynor, they aren't perfect casting choices but they are realistic.

Id say no to waldau, he can't really do an american accent, no to pascal as he isn't famous enough and neither is dylan mcdermot. Chris Pine is ok though.

Victor Garber for sully!

[ChickenOfTheCaveMan]

I'm sure I'm not gonna make any friend but I would go with Liam Hemsworth and age him a bit. He's similar physically to the Drake we know, witty guy, he would be able to give the role some of his personality just like Pratt did with Quill.

[daBUSHwhaka]

Looks nothing like Jeremy Renner.Drakes acting «in game» is much better than anything Renner has done.Insult to Drake.

[Gamer777]

I believe Naughty Dog stated that Drake during the older games was modeled after Johnny Knoxville. As Drake aged he started to resemble Nolan North (his voice actor) and Nathan Fillion more and more.

[Funantic1]

He looks exactly like Josh Duhamel. You know the guy married to Fergie from The Black Eye Peas. Am I the only one who figured that out?

[spence52490]

Looks like a younger Liam Neeson to me.

[dmonee]

Doesn't look it to me. They could have stated the actor on the n4g headline screen but wanted the clicks. Boooooo

[SpinalRemains138]

Great catch!

Definite 100% Jeremy Renner knockoff.

Dont delude yourselves. It is him, and it is intentional. Though I don't put any stock into the Ellie stuff, this is impossible to deny.

[LordMaim]

Not impossible to deny, as I'm denying it. It doesn't look anything like him.

[SpinalRemains138]

You didn't create him either. No one accused you of anything.

[LordMaim]

Accuse Naughty Dog all you want, but it doesn't look anything like Jeremy Renner. It looks way closer to Nathan Fillion, now more than ever.

https://pbs.twimg.com/profi...

[DoubleYourDose]

Looks more like David Morrissey.
http://geeknewsnetwork.net/...

[MWH]

no one on earth is that close to Nathan Drake than Nathan Fillion in term of looks and personality. they even share the same name, what are the odds of that?

age is catching up with Fillion though so chances of him starring an "IF" Uncharted movie are slimmer every passing day.

it's a pity, Fillion could have wowed both fans and the casual movie goer on the big screen in an epic and fun title like Uncharted. it's going to be hard to let go of Fillions image every time we see Drake and the opposite can be said.

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

He just got older that's all

[LightDiego]

Everyone thinks Nathan Drake looks like me, i'm humble and i will not sue ND for that. We are just beautiful guys.

[thorstein]

...although, they used my body. lulz (obviously I am the one who understands your humor.)

[ThatEnglishDude]

Nathan Drake doesn't look particularly unique or interesting anyway. He's just your typical average looking guy. He looks like plenty of people.

[WitWolfy]

Some say he kinda resembles Morgan Freeman.

[scark92]

Knowing Hollywood they would probably cast Samuel L Jackson as Drake.

[bloodybutcher]

Yeah, Samuel L.Jackson but as Sully and John Travolta as Drake! ''Sully, would you give a foot massage to a guy?'' ''F..k you, Nate!''

[Gardenia]

Not really. They just made him look older

[Truth]

Nathan Fillion has a huge following in gamer/Firefly audiences as well as comic book fan boys who loved him voicing Deadpool. Then you throw in his success in a show like Castle and you could make a case he has enough star power to take a role like Nathan Drake in an Uncharted movie. I personally want it to happen if Nolan North can't do it... no other star out there could really pull off the humor in my opinion.

[HmongAmerican]

I think ND making Drake look older could mean that Nolan North is being cast for his role in the movie as Nathan Drake.

[CannonB8]

Sorry, but he looks like nothing like Renner.
Everything he does in that trailer screams Nathan Fillion. From the way he gets up, to the way he shakes his head and rubs his eyes, all the way to the way he stumbles off into the jungle. It's like they mo-capped him.
I do admit Joe Flanagan would be a good call for a younger version, though.

[Denny_Crane]

I think Eric Dane or Joe Flanagan would play Drake very well.

[oweowe]

This is definitely the young Nathan Drake:
http://www.filmroomtv.com/t...

[Flotche]

You might call me blind.But he remind me Liam Neeson but Younger. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5...

[Kazuya1799]

I think Eddie Mclintock from that show warehouse 13 on syfy channel is a dead ringer for Nathan Drake. He looks, sounds and even acts like him in the show. He's even got those smart ass wise cracks down.

[feraldrgn]

You've got to be kidding.
Same hairstyle, different Everything Else.

[ikarodemon]

New art style with less 3D only.
Don't resembles Renner.

[TheJacksonRGN]

Sorry but I don't see it at all.

[DanaBlack]

DYLAN MCDERMOTT

[Dirtnapstor]

I don't think Drake looks all that different, just older, kind of like what Guerrilla did with their characters in Killzone.
No need to exaggerate the difference as if going from Metal Gear Solid (PS1) to MGS4...

[Avalanche]

looks nothing like Renner. he looks different because this game may be going to take place 10years after U3.

[teo72]

So Joe Flanigan it is...hopefully

[KirbysDump]

Renner, very small mouth and chin. Funny looking guy.

[windblowsagain]

Gerard Butler

Should do the movie imo.

[Dasteru]

Looks kinda like Liam Neeson.

https://images.duckduckgo.c...

[Maxor]

If I want to my video game characters to be Hollywood ripoffs I would play Capcom games. There is no need for another Ellen Page episode, specially one with a well know franchise center piece like Drake.

[Firebird360]

He looks dead on like Timothy Olyphant.

[KontryBoy706]

when they were considering making the movie the perfect actor would have been Marco Dapper. Dude looks just like Nathan Drake. It's unreal

http://thewritefox.files.wo...

http://data.whicdn.com/imag...

[kevnb]

i dont see it, same hair style maybe?

[Justindark]

who cares who he looks like. lets stop mixing gaming with the film industry...

[digiaztlan]

Nathan Drake actually looks like John Wayne

[big_dom_part_2]

What drugs is the writer of this article on? He looks f*ck all like Renner. The actor he looks like is Nathan Fillion.

[Afterlife]

No he doesn't.

[aLiEnViSiToR]

U4 Drake looks somewhat like Jake Gyllenhaal to be honest...

http://www.playstationing.c...

http://media.cleveland.com/...

[_FantasmA_]

Just because they are both Nathan doesn't mean that one was made to look like the other, but maybe Fillion has been getting small cosmetic surgeries to look like Drake?

[thelaughingwiseman]

Bradley Cooper!

[CorruptBoyd]

He make look similar to a lot of people in the world, he doesn't look like Jeremer Renner tho

[wheresmymonkey]

Personally i think they should get Chris Paratt to be Drake, he's not a bad fit physically and he's more than capable of playing the bumbling action hero.

http://pmcvariety.files.wor...

[RondoMachete]

I'm getting this. Graphics look great. Is it just me or does he not look like Jeremy Renner

[Rob_Ko]

Holy Crap Nathan looks so old, I wonder how is Sully doing, better not make me push his weelchair.

[kryteris]

no.

[bauer007]

nothing like Renner....

[MCTJim]

I don't see the resemblance really to Renner

[elbeasto86]

I think he looks like Thomas Jane when you look at the cover photo to the article.

[WishMeWell259]

He looks about the same, for some reason the writer doesnt play age into question.
Uncharted came in 2007, 7 years ago. Drake was probably in his mid to late 20s.
hes now like mid 30s, his body has been thru hell, at least 3 times. So that will add some age. Hes looks about 50-60 in that picture. Ill say too much aging but at least it still looks like him. He also is cover in dirt so he looks even older. idk wht this writer is talking about.

[bangoskank]

Looks nothing like Renner. Actually reminds me of Cary Grant.

[Clown_Syndr0me]

Im not sure I like his new look =/ I guess its just the updated graphics, but he looks too different to me.
Probably just used to the style of Uncharted 1-3.

[danand82]

This seems like a real stretch...

[S2Killinit]

I would prefer Dr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes. Im not sure what his name is. (not the motion picture, im talking about the series)

[FreakyFox]

Keep Uncharted in computer land, i cant imagine anyone taking Nate and Sully on, if it was a CGI Movie then they could use Nolan North , Richard McGonagle, Emily Rose , Claudia Black etc

As far as the new game is concerned i think it's graphics moving on, i think when people hear Nate and Sully going at it, it will quickly feel like Uncharted ... at least i hope so.