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Nick Offerman

Acting

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.

Born: June 26, 1970

Place of Birth: Joliet, Illinois, USA

Filmography

2026
The Pout-Pout Fish

as Mr. Fish (voice)

2025
Death by Lightning

as Chester A. Arthur

2025
2025
Sovereign

as Jerry Kane

2025
Smurfs

as Ken (voice)

2025
The Life of Chuck

as Narrator (voice)

2024
Civil War

as President

2024
Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II

as Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)

2023
Origin

as Dave the Plumber

2023
2023
Dicks: The Musical

as Steve Chaney

2023
Dumb Money

as Ken Griffin

2023
2022
Minions & More Volume 2

as Norman (voice)

2022
A League of Their Own

as Dove Porter

2022
The Resort

as Murray Thompson

2022
Pam & Tommy

as Uncle Miltie

2022
American Rock Stars

as Narrator (voice)

2021
Sing 2

as Norman (voice)

2021
Colin in Black and White

as Rick Kaepernick

2021
Cinema Toast

as Don Doolittle

2021
The Great North

as Beef Tobin (voice)

2020
Devs

as Forest

2020
Duncanville

as Zeb (voice)

2019
Lucy in the Sky

as Will Plimpton

2019
The House of Tomorrow

as Alan Whitcomb

2019
Good Omens

as Thaddeus Dowling

2019
Frances Ferguson

as Narrator

2019
The Umbrella Academy

as Dr. Gene Thibedeau

2019
2018
3Below: Tales of Arcadia

as Varvatos Vex (voice)

2018
The Conners

as Adam Chestnut

2018
2018
Making It

as Self - Host

2018
Hearts Beat Loud

as Francis James "Frank" Fisher

2018
Nostalgia

as Henry Greer

2017
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson

as Brad Pitt / George W. Bush / John Swartzwelder

2017
Will & Grace

as Jackson Boudreaux

2017
Comrade Detective

as Captain Covaci (voice)

2017
2017
The Hero

as Jeremy Frost

2017
2017
Gunter Babysits

as Norman (voice)

2016
The Founder

as Dick McDonald

2016
Sing

as Norman (voice)

2016
The Good Place

as Nick Offerman

2016
Son of Zorn

as Dr. Klorpins (voice)

2016
2015
2015
Life in Pieces

as Spencer

2015
Hotel Transylvania 2

as Mike (voice)

2015
2015
2015
Danny Collins

as Guy DeLoach

2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2014
Believe Me

as Sean

2014
The Emmet Awards Show!

as MetalBeard (voice / uncredited / archive footage)

2014
22 Jump Street

as Deputy Chief Hardy

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as The Home Depot Consultant

2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

as Voice of Narrator (voice)

2014
Fargo

as Karl Weathers

2014
The Gunfighter

as (voice)

2014
2014
The Lego Movie

as Metal Beard (voice)

2013
2013
Paradise

as Doug Mannerheim

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Frederick

2013
In a World...

as Heners

2013
We're the Millers

as Don Fitzgerald

2013
Axe Cop

as Axe Cop

2013
Drunk History

as Johnny Cool

2013
2013
Tuna

as Nick

2012
Gravity Falls

as Agent Powers (voice)

2012
Casa de Mi Padre

as Agent Parker

2012
21 Jump Street

as Deputy Chief Hardy

2012
Smashed

as Dave Davies

2011
Bob's Burgers

as Cooper (voice)

2011
Bob's Burgers

as Pete (voice)

2011
Bob's Burgers

as Clem (voice)

2010
All Good Things

as Jim McCarthy

2010
Conan

as Self

2010
Audrey the Trainwreck

as David George

2010
Harmony and Me

as Meter Maid Man

2009
Taking Chances

as Hoke Hollander

2009
2009
Parks and Recreation

as Ron Swanson

2009
Party Down

as Dermott

2008
Childrens Hospital

as Lt. Chance Briggs

2008
Childrens Hospital

as Detective Chance Briggs

2007
The Go-Getter

as Nick the Potter

2006
3 lbs

as Dr. Coffey

2005
Sin City

as Shlubb

2005
Cursed

as Officer

2004
CSI: NY

as Joe Green

2004
Deadwood

as Tom Mason

2004
November

as Officer Roberts

2002
2002
Stealing Harvard

as Electrician

2002
Monk

as Jack Whitman

2002
Murder by Numbers

as Cop at Richard's House

2002
George Lopez

as Randy

2001
2001
24

as Marcus

2001
Speaking of Sex

as Sheriff Panghorn

2000
Gilmore Girls

as Beau Belleville

2000
Forever Lulu

as Man - Boardner's

2000
Groove

as Sergeant Channahon

1999
1999
1999
Lush

as Gerry

1998
1998
1998
City of Angels

as Construction Worker

1997
1997
The View

as Self - Guest

1997
The View

as Self

1997
The Practice

as Charles Rossi

1996
1994
ER

as Rog

1989
The Simpsons

as Captain Bowditch (voice)

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1953
The Oscars

as Self - Announcer

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