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Nick Offerman

Acting

Born June 26, 1970 · Joliet, Illinois, USA

Also known as Nicholas David Offerman

Biography

Nicholas David Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor. He became widely known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009–2015), for which he received the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy and was twice nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.  Offerman has also appeared in the second season of the FX series Fargo (2015), for which he received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award, as well as the FX on Huluseries Pam & Tommy (2022) and the HBO series The Last of Us (2023), for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. He has acted in numerous independent films, including The Kings of Summer (2013), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015), The Founder (2016), and Hearts Beat Loud (2018). Offerman's other work includes executive producing and starring in the film The House of Tomorrow (2017). He also played the President of the United States in the movie Civil War(2024), directed by Alex Garland. He voiced Agent Powers on Gravity Falls (2012–2016) and has provided voice acting work for The Lego Movie franchise (2014–2019), Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015), Ice Age: Collision Course (2016), and the Sing film franchise (2016–present). He hosted Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (2020).  He began co-hosting the NBC reality competition series Making It (2018–2021) with Parks and Recreation co-star Amy Poehler; the duo received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Nick Offerman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • TCA Awards

Filmography50+ titles

Gravity Falls

2012as Agent Powers (voice)

The Umbrella Academy

2019as Dr. Gene Thibedeau

The Last of Us

2023as Bill

Fargo

2014as Karl Weathers

The West Wing

1999as Jerry

Margo's Got Money Troubles

2026as Jinx

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013as Frederick

Deadwood

2004as Tom Mason

Good Omens

2019as Thaddeus Dowling

The Good Place

2016as Nick Offerman

Parks and Recreation

2009as Ron Swanson

Monk

2002as Jack Whitman

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000as Cody

The Simpsons

1989as Captain Bowditch (voice)

Gilmore Girls

2000as Beau Belleville

Sing 2

2021as Norman (voice)

Duncanville

2020as Zeb (voice)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014as Self

Bob's Burgers

2011as Clem (voice)

24

2001as Marcus

ER

1994as Rog

The Practice

1997as Charles Rossi

Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat

2020as Narrator

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

2021as Vex (voice)

3Below: Tales of Arcadia

2018as Varvatos Vex (voice)

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

2015as Greg's Dad

Party Down

2009as Dermott

Sin City

2005as Shlubb

George Lopez

2002as Randy

Death by Lightning

2025as Chester A. Arthur

Minions & More 2

2022as Norman (voice)

The Lego Movie

2014as Metal Beard (voice)

The Life of Chuck

2024as Narrator (voice)

Devs

2020as Forest

CSI: NY

2004as Joe Green

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025as General Sidney

Pam & Tommy

2022as Uncle Miltie

Conan

2010as Self

Sing

2016as Norman (voice)

The Founder

2016as Dick McDonald

Life in Pieces

2015as Spencer

Hot Ones

2015as Self

The King of Queens

1998as The Man

Making It

2018as Self - Host

The Conners

2018as Adam Chestnut

The Muppets.

2015as Self

The Kings of Summer

2013as Frank Toy

Childrens Hospital

2008as Lt. Chance Briggs

Wristcutters: A Love Story

2006as Cop

Profiler

1996as Bobby