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. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Nick Offerman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Officer Roberts
November
Officer
Cursed
Karl Steele
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Dave the Plumber
Origin
Corin Tucker
Path of Wellness
Brad Pitt / George W. Bush / John Swartzwelder
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
Hoke Hollander
Taking Chances
Simmons
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
Deputy Chief Hardy
21 Jump Street
Agent Parker
Casa de Mi Padre
Jerry Kane
Sovereign
Dave Davies
Smashed
Sal
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Terry
Date and Switch
Gerry
Lush
Doug Mannerheim
Paradise
Frank Toy
The Kings of Summer
Heners
In a World...
Don Fitzgerald
We're the Millers
Metal Beard (voice)
The Lego Movie
Himself
Nick Offerman: American Ham
Steve Chaney
Dicks: The Musical
Laredo
Early Bird Special
Deputy Chief Hardy
22 Jump Street
REI Dave
A Walk in the Woods
(voice)
The Gunfighter
Sydney
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Metal Beard (voice)
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
Sean
Believe Me
Nick the Potter
The Go-Getter
Greg's Dad
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Scott
Knight of Cups
Jim McCarthy
All Good Things
Burt Shlubb
Sin City
Samuel
Treasure Island
Cop
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II
Ken Griffin
Dumb Money
David George
Audrey the Trainwreck
Norman (voice)
Minions & More Volume 2
Dick McDonald
The Founder
Moses
Welcome to Happiness
President
Civil War
Scotty Mercer
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Narrator
Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat
Pip
Candy Cane Lane
Ken (voice)
Smurfs
Mike (voice)
Hotel Transylvania 2
Norman (voice)
Sing
Cop at Richard's House
Murder by Numbers
Gavin (voice)
Ice Age: Collision Course
Bruno
The Little Hours
Sergeant Channahon
Groove
Jeremy Frost
The Hero
Alan Whitcomb
The House of Tomorrow
Neo
Infinity Baby
Henry Greer
Nostalgia
Norman (voice)
Gunter Babysits
Bobby Byrne
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Himself
Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally - Summer of 69: No Apostrophe
Leo
Dalai Lama
Francis James "Frank" Fisher
Hearts Beat Loud
Meter Maid Man
Harmony and Me
Tuna
Sheriff Panghorn
Speaking of Sex
Felix O'Kelly
Bad Times at the El Royale
MetalBeard (voice)
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Narrator
Frances Ferguson
Self
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
Will Plimpton
Lucy in the Sky
Host / Narrator
Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building
Man - Boardner's
Forever Lulu
Self
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Ron Swanson
A Parks and Recreation Special
Self
Nick Offerman: Full Bush
Electrician
Stealing Harvard
Vex (voice)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Self
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Ron Swanson
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
Construction Worker
City of Angels
Wilks
Going All the Way
MetalBeard (voice / uncredited / archive footage)
The Emmet Awards Show!
Guy DeLoach
Danny Collins
Norman (voice)
Sing 2
Narrator (voice)
The Life of Chuck
Mr. Fish (voice)
The Pout-Pout Fish
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
86
Gender
Male
Birthday
1970-06-26
Place of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Nicholas David Offerman