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 8 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
- 2020 · Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- 2020 · A Parks and Recreation Special as Ron Swanson
- 2019 · Lucy in the Sky as Will Plimpton
- 2018 · Bad Times at the El Royale as Felix O'Kelly
- 2018 · Hearts Beat Loud as Francis James "Frank" Fisher
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Henry Greer
- 2017 · Comrade Detective as Captain Covaci (voice)
- 2017 · The Hero as Jeremy Frost
- 2016 · Son of Zorn as Dr. Klorpins (voice)
- 2015 · You, Me and the Apocalypse as Buddy
- 2015 · Knight of Cups as Scott
- 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
- 2014 · Believe Me as Sean
- 2014 · Date and Switch as Terry
- 2013 · Paradise as Doug Mannerheim
- 2013 · In a World... as Heners
- 2013 · Axe Cop as Axe Cop
- 2013 · The Kings of Summer as Frank Toy
- 2012 · Casa de Mi Padre as Agent Parker
- 2012 · Smashed as Dave Davies
- 2011 · Billy on the Street as Self
- 2011 · Conan O'Brien Can't Stop as Self
- 2010 · All Good Things as Jim McCarthy
- 2009 · Taking Chances as Hoke Hollander
- 2007 · Wristcutters: A Love Story as Cop
- 2006 · 3 LBS as Dr. Coffey
- 2002 · Robbery Homicide Division as Big Guy
- 2002 · Good Morning, Miami as Officer
- 2002 · Stealing Harvard as Electrician
- 2002 · Murder by Numbers as Cop at Richard's House
- 2002 · George Lopez as Randy
- 1997 · Going All the Way as Wilks
- Future · Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur
- 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 · The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as Ron Swanson
- 2020 · Devs as Forest
- 2020 · Duncanville as Zeb (voice)
- 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 · Making It as Self - Host
- 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 · The Little Hours as Bruno
- 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 · Ice Age: Collision Course as Gavin (voice)
- 2016 · Welcome to Happiness as Moses
- 2015 · The Muppets as Self
- 2015 · Life in Pieces as Spencer
- 2015 · Hotel Transylvania 2 as Mike (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 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 · The Lego Movie as Metal Beard (voice)
- 2014 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 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 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Frederick
- 2013 · We're the Millers as Don Fitzgerald
- 2013 · Drunk History as Johnny Cool
- 2013 · Somebody Up There Likes Me as Sal
- 2013 · Tuna as
- 2012 · Gravity Falls as Agent Powers (voice)
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · 21 Jump Street as Deputy Chief Hardy
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Cooper (voice)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Pete (voice)
- 2011 · Bob's Burgers as Clem (voice)
- 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 · 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 · American Body Shop as Rob
- 2007 · The Go-Getter as Nick the Potter
- 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 · Monk as Jack Whitman
- 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
- Future · Margo's Got Money Troubles as Jinx
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Bobby Byrne
- Future · Sovereign as Jerry Kane
- 1999 · Treasure Island as Samuel
- 1999 · Lush as Gerry
- 1998 · The King of Queens as The Man
- 1998 · Will & Grace as Nick
- 1998 · City of Angels as Construction Worker
- 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 · Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building as Host / Narrator
- Future · The Pout-Pout Fish as Mr. Fish (voice)