The thing about Nolan North is, he’s exactly as you’d hope him to be. Gregarious, roguish, seemingly always on the cusp of delivering a Hollywood smile or knowing wink, Nathan Drake’s voice actor comes across in person very much like his character does onscreen.
As North reveals during our chat in a London bar not unlike Mos Eisley Cantina, that’s no coincidence. With each subsequent Uncharted outing Naughty Dog has allowed its cast greater room for deviation from the script, even outright improvisation, and it’s in those moments that its cast have imbued Drake, Sully, Elena et al with the personalities of their actors. Drake is cheeky, because North is cheeky. North has a habit of talking to himself, and so Drake inherits it.
North – who’s voiced dozens of…
