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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-06-26 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Joliet, Illinois, USA

Nick 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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Sovereign as Jerry Kane
Smurfs as Ken (voice)
The Life of Chuck as Narrator (voice)

2024

Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II as Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
Civil War as President

2023

Origin as Dave the Plumber
Dicks: The Musical as Steve Chaney
Dumb Money as Ken Griffin

2022

Minions & More Volume 2 as Norman (voice)
Pam & Tommy as Uncle Miltie
American Rock Stars as Narrator (voice)
The Resort as Murray Thompson
A League of Their Own as Dove Porter

2021

Sing 2 as Norman (voice)
Colin in Black and White as Rick Kaepernick
The Great North as Beef Tobin (voice)
Cinema Toast as Don Doolittle

2020

Duncanville as Zeb (voice)
Devs as Forest

2019

The House of Tomorrow as Alan Whitcomb
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as MetalBeard (voice)
Frances Ferguson as Narrator
Lucy in the Sky as Will Plimpton
Good Omens as Thaddeus Dowling
The Umbrella Academy as Dr. Gene Thibedeau

2018

Nostalgia as Henry Greer
Hearts Beat Loud as Francis James "Frank" Fisher
Making It as Self - Host
3Below: Tales of Arcadia as Varvatos Vex (voice)
The Conners as Adam Chestnut

2017

Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson as Brad Pitt / George W. Bush / John Swartzwelder
The Hero as Jeremy Frost
Gunter Babysits as Norman (voice)
Comrade Detective as Captain Covaci (voice)
Will & Grace as Jackson Boudreaux

2016

The Founder as Dick McDonald
Sing as Norman (voice)
Ice Age: Collision Course as Gavin (voice)
Son of Zorn as Dr. Klorpins (voice)
The Good Place as Nick Offerman

2015

Hotel Transylvania 2 as Mike (voice)
Danny Collins as Guy DeLoach
The Muppets as Self
Life in Pieces as Spencer
Hot Ones as Self

2014

The Lego Movie as Metal Beard (voice)
22 Jump Street as Deputy Chief Hardy
The Gunfighter as (voice)
Believe Me as Sean
The Emmet Awards Show! as MetalBeard (voice / uncredited / archive footage)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as The Home Depot Consultant
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Voice of Narrator (voice)
Fargo as Karl Weathers

2013

Paradise as Doug Mannerheim
The Kings of Summer as Frank Toy
In a World... as Heners
We're the Millers as Don Fitzgerald
Dalai Lama as Leo
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Frederick
Axe Cop as Axe Cop
Drunk History as Johnny Cool

2012

21 Jump Street as Deputy Chief Hardy
Casa de Mi Padre as Agent Parker
Smashed as Dave Davies
Gravity Falls as Agent Powers (voice)

2011

Bob's Burgers as Cooper (voice)
Bob's Burgers as Pete (voice)
Bob's Burgers as Clem (voice)

2010

All Good Things as Jim McCarthy
Audrey the Trainwreck as David George
Harmony and Me as Meter Maid Man
Conan as Self

2009

Taking Chances as Hoke Hollander
Parks and Recreation as Ron Swanson
Party Down as Dermott

2008

Childrens Hospital as Lt. Chance Briggs
Childrens Hospital as Detective Chance Briggs

2007

The Go-Getter as Nick the Potter

2006

3 LBS as Dr. Coffey

2005

Cursed as Officer
Sin City as Burt Shlubb

2004

November as Officer Roberts
Deadwood as Tom Mason
CSI: NY as Joe Green

2003

Mix It Up as Nick the Carpenter

2002

Murder by Numbers as Cop at Richard's House
Stealing Harvard as Electrician
Monk as Jack Whitman
George Lopez as Randy

2001

Speaking of Sex as Sheriff Panghorn
24 as Marcus

2000

Groove as Sergeant Channahon
Forever Lulu as Man - Boardner's
Gilmore Girls as Beau Belleville

1999

Lush as Gerry
Treasure Island as Samuel
The West Wing as Jerry

1998

City of Angels as Construction Worker
Will & Grace as Nick

1997

The View as Self - Guest
The View as Self

1996

1994

ER as Rog

1993

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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The Pout-Pout Fish as Mr. Fish (voice)
Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur

Writing

2009

Production

2024

All Illusions Must Be Broken as Executive Producer

2019

Frances Ferguson as Executive Producer
The House of Tomorrow as Executive Producer

2018

Hearts Beat Loud as Executive Producer

2017

Infinity Baby as Executive Producer

Directing

2009