Nick Offerman
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur
- 2025 · Sovereign as Jerry Kane
- 2025 · Smurfs as Ken (voice)
- 2025 · The Life of Chuck as Narrator (voice)
- 2025 · Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as General Sidney
- 2024 · Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry as Self
- 2024 · Civil War as President
- 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
- 2021 · Sing 2 as Norman (voice)
- 2021 · Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Vex (voice)
- 2021 · Cinema Toast as Don Doolittle
- 2021 · The Great North as Beef Tobin (voice)
- 2020 · Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
- 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 · 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 · The Conners as Adam Chestnut
- 2018 · Bad Times at the El Royale as Felix O'Kelly
- 2018 · Nostalgia as Henry Greer
- 2017 · Will & Grace as Jackson Boudreaux
- 2017 · Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
- 2017 · The Little Hours as Bruno
- 2017 · The Hero as Jeremy Frost
- 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 · 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 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Believe Me as Sean
- 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 · Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Husband
- 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 · Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- 2014 · The Lego Movie as Metal Beard (voice)
- 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 · The Kings of Summer as Frank Toy
- 2013 · Tuna as Nick
- 2012 · Gravity Falls as Agent Powers (voice)
- 2012 · Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
- 2012 · 21 Jump Street as Deputy Chief Hardy
- 2012 · Smashed as Dave Davies
- 2011 · Billy on the Street 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 · 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
- 2005 · Sin City as 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 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Good Morning, Miami as Officer
- 2002 · Stealing Harvard as Electrician
- 2002 · Monk as Jack Whitman
- 2002 · George Lopez as Randy
- 2001 · Early Bird Special as Laredo
- 2001 · 24 as Marcus
- 2000 · Curb Your Enthusiasm as Cody
- 2000 · Gilmore Girls as Beau Belleville
- 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 Charles Rossi
- 1996 · Profiler as Bobby
- 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)
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Announcer
- Future · Voicemails for Isabelle as
- 2026 · The Pout-Pout Fish as Mr. Fish (voice)
- 2025 · Under the Lights as Mr. O
- 2024 · Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II as Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2022 · American Rock Stars as Narrator (voice)
- 2021 · Colin in Black and White as Rick Kaepernick
- 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
- 2019 · J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius as Self
- 2018 · Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short as Metal Beard (voice)
- 2018 · Making It as Self - Host
- 2018 · Hearts Beat Loud as Francis James "Frank" Fisher
- 2017 · Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson as Brad Pitt / George W. Bush / John Swartzwelder
- 2017 · Comrade Detective as Captain Covaci (voice)
- 2017 · Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally - Summer of 69: No Apostrophe as Himself
- 2016 · Son of Zorn as Dr. Klorpins (voice)
- 2015 · You, Me and the Apocalypse as Buddy
- 2015 · Danny Collins as Guy DeLoach
- 2014 · The Emmet Awards Show! as MetalBeard (voice / uncredited / archive footage)
- 2014 · Date and Switch as Terry
- 2013 · Somebody Up There Likes Me as Sal
- 2012 · Casa de Mi Padre as Agent Parker
- 2011 · Conan O'Brien Can't Stop as Self
- 2007 · Wristcutters: A Love Story as Cop
- 2007 · American Body Shop as Rob
- 2006 · 3 lbs as Dr. Coffey
- 2002 · Murder by Numbers as Cop at Richard's House
- Future · Butterfly in the Typewriter as Bobby Byrne
- 2014 · Nick Offerman: American Ham as Himself
- 2013 · Millers Unleashed: Outtakes Overload as Self
- 2008 · RSO [Registered Sex Offender] as Simmons
- 2003 · Mix It Up as Nick the Carpenter
- 2002 · Robbery Homicide Division as Big Guy (uncredited)
- 2001 · Speaking of Sex as Sheriff Panghorn
- 2000 · Forever Lulu as Man - Boardner's
- 1999 · Treasure Island as Samuel
- Future · Margo's Got Money Troubles as Jinx
- 2000 · Groove as Sergeant Channahon
- 1999 · Lush as Gerry
- Future · Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building as Host / Narrator