Nick Offerman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

167

Gender

Male

Birthday

1970-06-26 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Joliet, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

  • Nicholas David Offerman

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.

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Known For

21 Jump Street
6.9%

21 Jump Street

Mar 14, 2012

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

The Umbrella Academy
8.5%

The Umbrella Academy

Feb 15, 2019

We're the Millers
6.8%

We're the Millers

Aug 7, 2013

Sin City
7.5%

Sin City

Apr 1, 2005

Sing
7.1%

Sing

Nov 23, 2016

22 Jump Street
6.8%

22 Jump Street

Jun 5, 2014

The Lego Movie
7.4%

The Lego Movie

Feb 6, 2014

Hotel Transylvania 2
6.8%

Hotel Transylvania 2

Sep 21, 2015

The Last of Us
8.6%

The Last of Us

Jan 15, 2023

The Founder
7.1%

The Founder

Nov 24, 2016

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Acting

Butterfly in the Typewriter as Bobby Byrne
Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building as Host / Narrator
The Pout-Pout Fish as Mr. Fish (voice)
Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur
Margo's Got Money Troubles as Jinx
2025
Smurfs as Ken (voice)
2025
Sovereign as Jerry Kane
2025
The Life of Chuck as Narrator (voice)
2025
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as Sydney
2024
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry as Self
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
Cinema Toast as Don Doolittle
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
A Parks and Recreation Special as Ron Swanson
2020
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation 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 Self
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
2014
Date and Switch as Terry
2014
The Lego Movie as Metal Beard (voice)
2014
Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2014
Nick Offerman: American Ham as Himself
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
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
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
Going All the Way as Wilks
1997
The View as Self - Guest
1997
The View as Self
1997
The Practice
1996
Profiler
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)
1953
The Oscars as Self - Announcer

Directing

2009
Parks and Recreation as Director

Production

Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building as Producer
2024
All Illusions Must Be Broken as Executive Producer
2019
The House of Tomorrow as Executive Producer
2019
Frances Ferguson as Executive Producer
2018
Hearts Beat Loud as Executive Producer
2017
Infinity Baby as Executive Producer
2016
Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry as Co-Producer
2013
Somebody Up There Likes Me as Producer
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