
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
Acting History
2026
Margo's Got Money Troubles as Jinx
2026The Pout-Pout Fish as Mr. Fish (voice)
2025Death by Lightning as Chester A. Arthur
2025Under the Lights as Mr. O
2025Sovereign as Jerry Kane
2025Smurfs as Ken (voice)
2025The Life of Chuck as Narrator (voice)
2025Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning as General Sidney
2024Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry as Self
2024Civil War as President
2024Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II as Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023Origin as Dave the Plumber
2023Candy Cane Lane as Pip
2023Dicks: The Musical as Steve Chaney
2023Dumb Money as Ken Griffin
2023The Last of Us as Bill
2022Minions & More Volume 2 as Norman (voice)
2022A League of Their Own as Dove Porter
2022The Resort as Murray Thompson
2022Pam & Tommy as Uncle Miltie
2022American Rock Stars as Narrator (voice)
2021Sing 2 as Norman (voice)
2021Colin in Black and White as Rick Kaepernick
2021Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans as Vex (voice)
2021Cinema Toast as Don Doolittle
2021The Great North as Beef Tobin (voice)
2020Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat as Narrator
2020Nick Offerman: Full Bush as Self
2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics as Self
2020A Parks and Recreation Special as Ron Swanson
2020The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation as Ron Swanson
2020Devs as Forest
2020Duncanville as Zeb (voice)
2019Lucy in the Sky as Will Plimpton
2019A Little Late with Lilly Singh as Self
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019The House of Tomorrow as Alan Whitcomb
2019Good Omens as Thaddeus Dowling
2019Frances Ferguson as Narrator
2019J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius as Self
2019The Umbrella Academy as Dr. Gene Thibedeau
2019The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part as MetalBeard (voice)
20183Below: Tales of Arcadia as Varvatos Vex (voice)
2018Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short as Metal Beard (voice)
2018The Conners as Adam Chestnut
2018Bad Times at the El Royale as Felix O'Kelly
2018Making It as Self - Host
2018Hearts Beat Loud as Francis James "Frank" Fisher
2018Nostalgia as Henry Greer
2017Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson as Brad Pitt / George W. Bush / John Swartzwelder
2017Will & Grace as Jackson Boudreaux
2017Carpool Karaoke: The Series as Self
2017Comrade Detective as Captain Covaci (voice)
2017The Little Hours as Bruno
2017The Hero as Jeremy Frost
2017Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally - Summer of 69: No Apostrophe as Himself
2017Infinity Baby as Neo
2017Gunter Babysits as Norman (voice)
2016The Founder as Dick McDonald
2016Sing as Norman (voice)
2016The Good Place as Nick Offerman
2016Son of Zorn as Dr. Klorpins (voice)
2016Ice Age: Collision Course as Gavin (voice)
2016Welcome to Happiness as Moses
2015You, Me and the Apocalypse as Buddy
2015The Muppets as Self
2015Life in Pieces as Spencer
2015Hotel Transylvania 2 as Mike (voice)
2015Knight of Cups as Scott
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest
2015A Walk in the Woods as REI Dave
2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Greg's Dad
2015Danny Collins as Guy DeLoach
2015Hot Ones as Self
2014Believe Me as Sean
2014The Emmet Awards Show! as MetalBeard (voice / uncredited / archive footage)
201422 Jump Street as Deputy Chief Hardy
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as The Home Depot Consultant
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Voice of Narrator (voice)
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Self
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Husband
2014Fargo as Karl Weathers
2014The Gunfighter as (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Date and Switch as Terry
2014Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
2014The Lego Movie as Metal Beard (voice)
2014Nick Offerman: American Ham as Himself
2013Dalai Lama as Leo
2013Millers Unleashed: Outtakes Overload as Self
2013@midnight with Chris Hardwick as Self
2013Paradise as Doug Mannerheim
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Frederick
2013In a World... as Heners
2013We're the Millers as Don Fitzgerald
2013Axe Cop as Axe Cop
2013Drunk History as Johnny Cool
2013Somebody Up There Likes Me as Sal
2013The Kings of Summer as Frank Toy
2013Tuna as Nick
2012Gravity Falls as Agent Powers (voice)
2012Comedy Bang! Bang! as Self
2012Casa de Mi Padre as Agent Parker
201221 Jump Street as Deputy Chief Hardy
2012Smashed as Dave Davies
2011Billy on the Street as Self
2011Conan O'Brien Can't Stop as Self
2011Bob's Burgers as Cooper (voice)
2011Bob's Burgers as Pete (voice)
2011Bob's Burgers as Clem (voice)
2010All Good Things as Jim McCarthy
2010Conan as Self
2010Audrey the Trainwreck as David George
2010Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2010Harmony and Me as Meter Maid Man
2009Taking Chances as Hoke Hollander
2009The Men Who Stare at Goats as Scotty Mercer
2009Parks and Recreation as Ron Swanson
2009Party Down as Dermott
2008Childrens Hospital as Lt. Chance Briggs
2008Childrens Hospital as Detective Chance Briggs
2008RSO [Registered Sex Offender] as Simmons
2007Wristcutters: A Love Story as Cop
2007American Body Shop as Rob
2007The Go-Getter as Nick the Potter
20063 lbs as Dr. Coffey
2005Sin City as Shlubb
2005Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Karl Steele
2005Cursed as Officer
2004CSI: NY as Joe Green
2004Deadwood as Tom Mason
2004November as Officer Roberts
2003Mix It Up as Nick the Carpenter
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Robbery Homicide Division as Big Guy (uncredited)
2002Good Morning, Miami as Officer
2002Stealing Harvard as Electrician
2002Monk as Jack Whitman
2002Murder by Numbers as Cop at Richard's House
2002George Lopez as Randy
2002The Bachelor as Self
2001Early Bird Special as Laredo
200124 as Marcus
2001Speaking of Sex as Sheriff Panghorn
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm as Cody
2000Gilmore Girls as Beau Belleville
2000Forever Lulu as Man - Boardner's
2000Groove as Sergeant Channahon
1999The West Wing as Jerry
1999Treasure Island as Samuel
1999Lush as Gerry
1998The King of Queens as The Man
1998Will & Grace as Nick
1998City of Angels as Construction Worker
1997Going All the Way as Wilks
1997The View as Self - Guest
1997The View as Self
1997The Practice as Charles Rossi
1996Profiler as Bobby
1996The Daily Show as Self
1994ER as Rog
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1989The Simpsons as Captain Bowditch (voice)
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953The Oscars as Self - Announcer
—Butterfly in the Typewriter as Bobby Byrne
—Voicemails for Isabelle
—Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building as Host / Narrator









