Nick Offerman
Acting
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
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movieVoicemails for Isabelle
2026
Chef Bastien
movieThe Pout-Pout Fish
2026
Mr. Fish (voice)
tvDeath by Lightning
2025
Chester A. Arthur
movieSovereign
2025
Jerry Kane
movieSmurfs
2025
Ken (voice)
movieThe Life of Chuck
2025
Narrator (voice)
movieMission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
General Sidney
movieCivil War
2024
President
movieGrounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II
2024
Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieOrigin
2023
Dave the Plumber
movieDicks: The Musical
2023
Steve Chaney
movieDumb Money
2023
Ken Griffin
movieMinions & More 2
2022
Norman (voice)
tvA League of Their Own
2022
Dove Porter
tvThe Resort
2022
Murray Thompson
tvPam & Tommy
2022
Uncle Miltie
tvAmerican Rock Stars
2022
Narrator (voice)
movieSing 2
2021
Norman (voice)
tvColin in Black and White
2021
Rick Kaepernick
movieTrollhunters: Rise of the Titans
2021
Vex (voice)
tvCinema Toast
2021
Don Doolittle
tvThe Great North
2021
Beef Tobin (voice)
movieA Parks and Recreation Special
2020
Ron Swanson
tvDevs
2020
Forest
tvDuncanville
2020
Zeb (voice)
movieLucy in the Sky
2019
Will Plimpton
movieThe House of Tomorrow
2019
Alan Whitcomb
tvGood Omens
2019
Thaddeus Dowling
movieFrances Ferguson
2019
Narrator
tvThe Umbrella Academy
2019
Dr. Gene Thibedeau
movieThe Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
2019
MetalBeard (voice)
tv3Below: Tales of Arcadia
2018
Varvatos Vex (voice)
movieEmmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
2018
Metal Beard (voice)
tvThe Conners
2018
Adam Chestnut
movieBad Times at the El Royale
2018
Felix O'Kelly
tvMaking It
2018
Self - Host
movieHearts Beat Loud
2018
Francis James "Frank" Fisher
movieNostalgia
2018
Henry Greer
movieSpringfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
2017
Brad Pitt / George W. Bush / John Swartzwelder
tvWill & Grace
2017
Jackson Boudreaux
tvComrade Detective
2017
Captain Covaci (voice)
movieThe Hero
2017
Jeremy Frost
movieGunter Babysits
2017
Norman (voice)
movieThe Founder
2016
Dick McDonald
movieSing
2016
Norman (voice)
tvThe Good Place
2016
Nick Offerman
tvSon of Zorn
2016
Dr. Klorpins (voice)
movieIce Age: Collision Course
2016
Gavin (voice)
movieHotel Transylvania 2
2015
Mike (voice)
tvLife in Pieces
2015
Spencer
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Guest
movieA Walk in the Woods
2015
REI Dave
movieMe and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015
Greg's Dad
movieDanny Collins
2015
Guy DeLoach
tvHot Ones
2015
Self
movieThe Emmet Awards Show!
2014
MetalBeard (voice / uncredited / archive footage)
movie22 Jump Street
2014
Deputy Chief Hardy
tvLast Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
The Home Depot Consultant / Voice of Narrator (voice) / Self / Husband
tvFargo
2014
Karl Weathers
movieThe Gunfighter
2014
The Narrator (voice)
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movieThe Lego Movie
2014
Metal Beard (voice)
movieParadise
2013
Doug Mannerheim
tvBrooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Frederick
movieIn a World...
2013
Heners
movieWe're the Millers
2013
Don Fitzgerald
tvAxe Cop
2013
Axe Cop
tvDrunk History
2013
Johnny Cool
movieThe Kings of Summer
2013
Frank Toy
movieTuna
2013
Nick
tvGravity Falls
2012
Agent Powers (voice)
movieCasa de Mi Padre
2012
Agent Parker
movie21 Jump Street
2012
Deputy Chief Hardy
movieSmashed
2012
Dave Davies
tvBob's Burgers
2011
Cooper (voice) / Pete (voice) / Clem (voice)
movieAll Good Things
2010
Jim McCarthy
tvConan
2010
Self
movieAudrey the Trainwreck
2010
David George
movieHarmony and Me
2010
Meter Maid Man
movieTaking Chances
2009
Hoke Hollander
movieThe Men Who Stare at Goats
2009
Scotty Mercer
tvParks and Recreation
2009
Ron Swanson
tvParty Down
2009
Dermott
tvChildrens Hospital
2008
Lt. Chance Briggs / Detective Chance Briggs
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movieThe Go-Getter
2007
Nick the Potter
tv3 lbs
2006
Dr. Coffey
movieSin City
2005
Shlubb
movieCursed
2005
Officer
tvCSI: NY
2004
Joe Green
tvDeadwood
2004
Tom Mason
movieNovember
2004
Officer Roberts
Mix It Up
2003
Nick the Carpenter
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
tvRobbery Homicide Division
2002
Big Guy (uncredited)
tvGood Morning, Miami
2002
Officer
movieStealing Harvard
2002
Electrician
tvMonk
2002
Jack Whitman
movieMurder by Numbers
2002
Cop at Richard's House
tvGeorge Lopez
2002
Randy
tv24
2001
Marcus
movieSpeaking of Sex
2001
Sheriff Panghorn
tvGilmore Girls
2000
Beau Belleville
movieForever Lulu
2000
Man - Boardner's
movieGroove
2000
Sergeant Channahon
tvThe West Wing
1999
Jerry
movieTreasure Island
1999
Samuel
movieLush
1999
Gerry
tvThe King of Queens
1998
The Man
movieCity of Angels
1998
Construction Worker
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest / Self
tvThe Practice
1997
Charles Rossi
tvProfiler
1996
Bobby
tvArli$$
1996
Zinger Otofsky
tvThe Daily Show
1996
Self / Self - Guest
tvER
1994
Rog
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
tvLate Show with David Letterman
1993
Self - Guest
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Captain Bowditch (voice)
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
tvSaturday Night Live
1975
Golden Globes Audience Member (uncredited)
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self - Announcer
movieButterfly in the Typewriter
Bobby Byrne
movieCanoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building
Host / Narrator
Production8
movieAll Illusions Must Be Broken
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe House of Tomorrow
2019
Executive Producer
movieFrances Ferguson
2019
Executive Producer
movieHearts Beat Loud
2018
Executive Producer
movieInfinity Baby
2017
Executive Producer
Writing3
Directing1
tvParks and Recreation
2009
Director