Nick Offerman
Nicholas Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, writer, comedian, producer, and woodworker. He is best known for his role as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, 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 is also known for his role in The Founder, in which he portrays Richard McDonald, one of the brothers who developed the fast food chain McDonald's. His first major television role since the end of Parks and Recreation was as Karl Weathers in the FX series Fargo, for which he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. Since 2018, Offerman has co-hosted the NBC reality competition series, Making It, with Amy Poehler.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Smurfs Movie as (voice)
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Sydney
- 2024 · A Complete Unknown as Alan Lomax
- 2024 · 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 · Candy Cane Lane as Pip
- 2023 · Dicks: The Musical as Steve Chaney
- 2023 · Dumb Money as Ken Griffin
- 2023 · The Last of Us as Bill
- 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 · Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Vex (voice)
- 2021 · Path of Wellness as Corin Tucker
- 2021 · The Great North as Beef Tobin (voice)
- 2020 · Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat as Narrator
- 2020 · Nick Offerman: Full Bush as Self
- 2020 · Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- 2020 · The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as Ron Swanson
- 2020 · A Parks and Recreation Special as Ron Swanson
- 2020 · Devs as Forest
- 2020 · Duncanville as Zeb (voice)
- 2019 · Lucy in the Sky as Will Plimpton
- 2019 · A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The House of Tomorrow as Alan Whitcomb
- 2019 · Good Omens as Thaddeus Dowling
- 2019 · Frances Ferguson as Narrator
- 2019 · J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius as Himself
- 2019 · The Umbrella Academy as Dr. Gene Thibedeau
- 2019 · The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as MetalBeard (voice)
- 2018 · 3Below: Tales of Arcadia as Varvatos Vex (voice)
- 2018 · Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short as Metal Beard (voice)
- 2018 · The Conners as Adam Chestnut
- 2018 · Bad Times at the El Royale as Felix O'Kelly
- 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 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · Comrade Detective as Captain Covaci (voice)
- 2017 · The Little Hours as Bruno
- 2017 · The Hero as Jeremy Frost
- 2017 · Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally - Summer of 69: No Apostrophe as Himself
- 2017 · Infinity Baby as Neo
- 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 · Ice Age: Collision Course as Gavin (voice)
- 2016 · Welcome to Happiness as Moses
- 2015 · You, Me and the Apocalypse as Buddy
- 2015 · The Muppets as Self
- 2015 · Hotel Transylvania 2 as Mike (voice)
- 2015 · Life in Pieces as Spencer
- 2015 · Knight of Cups as Scott
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · A Walk in the Woods as REI Dave
- 2015 · Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Greg's Dad
- 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 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
- 2014 · Fargo as Karl Weathers
- 2014 · The Gunfighter as (voice)
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Date and Switch as Terry
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · The Lego Movie as Metal Beard (voice)
- 2014 · Nick Offerman: American Ham as Himself
- 2014 · Parks and Recreation in Europe as
- 2013 · Dalai Lama as Leo
- 2013 · @midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
- 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 · Somebody Up There Likes Me as Sal
- 2013 · The Kings of Summer as Frank Toy
- 2013 · Tuna as
- 2012 · Gravity Falls as Agent Powers (voice)
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · Casa de Mi Padre as Agent Parker
- 2012 · 21 Jump Street as Deputy Chief Hardy
- 2012 · Smashed as Dave Davies
- 2011 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2011 · Conan O'Brien Can't Stop as Self
- 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 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2010 · Harmony and Me as Meter Maid Man
- 2009 · Taking Chances as Hoke Hollander
- 2009 · The Men Who Stare at Goats as Scotty Mercer
- 2009 · Parks and Recreation as Ron Swanson
- 2009 · Parks and Recreation as Self
- 2009 · Party Down as Dermott
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Lt. Chance Briggs
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Detective Chance Briggs
- 2008 · RSO [Registered Sex Offender] as Simmons
- 2007 · Wristcutters: A Love Story as Cop
- 2007 · American Body Shop as Rob
- 2007 · The Go-Getter as Nick the Potter
- 2006 · 3 LBS as Dr. Coffey
- 2005 · Sin City as Burt Shlubb
- 2005 · Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Karl Steele
- 2005 · Cursed as Officer
- 2004 · CSI: NY as Joe Green
- 2004 · Deadwood as Tom Mason
- 2004 · November as Officer Roberts
- 2003 · Mix It Up as Nick the Carpenter
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Robbery Homicide Division as Big Guy
- 2002 · Good Morning, Miami as Officer
- 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 · Early Bird Special as Laredo
- 2001 · 24 as Marcus
- 2001 · Speaking of Sex as Sheriff Panghorn
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Cody
- 2000 · Gilmore Girls as Beau Belleville
- 2000 · Forever Lulu as Man - Boardner's
- 2000 · Groove as Sergeant Channahon
- 1999 · The West Wing as Jerry
- 1998 · The King of Queens as The Man
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Nick
- 1998 · City of Angels as Construction Worker
- 1997 · Going All the Way as Wilks
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · The Practice as
- 1996 · Profiler as
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · ER as Rog
- 1993 · Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Captain Bowditch (voice)
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Bobby Byrne
- Future · Margo's Got Money Troubles as Jinx
- 1999 · Treasure Island as Samuel
- 1999 · Lush as Gerry
- Future · Sovereign as Jerry Kane
- Future · Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur
- Future · Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building as Host / Narrator
- Future · The Pout-Pout Fish as Mr. Fish (voice)