Cast & creator
Nick Offerman
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Simpsons
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.
Also known as: Nicholas David Offerman
101
film credits
88
television credits
177
1953–2028 · acting roles
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Filmography (189)
Showing 189 of 189 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
The Simpsons
Captain Bowditch (voice)
1989
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Golden Globes Audience Member (uncredited)
1975
The View
Self - Guest
1997The View
Self
1997
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
24
Marcus
2001
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
The West Wing
Jerry
1999
Gilmore Girls
Beau Belleville
2000
Bob's Burgers
Cooper (voice)
2011Bob's Burgers
Pete (voice)
2011Bob's Burgers
Clem (voice)
2011
Monk
Jack Whitman
2002
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Frederick
2013
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Fargo
Karl Weathers
2014
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Cody
2000
CSI: NY
Joe Green
2004
ER
Rog
1994
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Home Depot Consultant
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Voice of Narrator (voice)
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Husband
2014
The Practice
Charles Rossi
1997
Parks and Recreation
Ron Swanson
2009Parks and Recreation
Director
2009Parks and Recreation
Writer
2009
The King of Queens
The Man
1998
Will & Grace
Nick
1998
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
Self
2013
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Gravity Falls
Agent Powers (voice)
2012
The Last of Us
Bill
2023
Childrens Hospital
Chance Briggs
2008Childrens Hospital
Detective Chance Briggs
2008
Arli$$
Zinger Otofsky
1996
Profiler
Bobby
1996
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
Self
2019
The Great North
Beef Tobin (voice)
2021
The Umbrella Academy
Dr. Gene Thibedeau
2019
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Self
2012
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
General Sidney
2025
The Good Place
Nick Offerman
2016
Life in Pieces
Spencer
2015
The Conners
Adam Chestnut
2018
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Self
2014
Good Omens
Thaddeus Dowling
2019
Deadwood
Tom Mason
2004
The Oscars
Self - Announcer
1953
Drunk History
Johnny Cool
2013
Party Down
Dermott
2009
Will & Grace
Jackson Boudreaux
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
The Bachelor
Self
2002
Ice Age: Collision Course
Gavin (voice)
2016
Civil War
President
2024
Margo's Got Money Troubles
Jinx
2026
Sing
Norman (voice)
2016
Sing 2
Norman (voice)
2021
Hotel Transylvania 2
Mike (voice)
2015
Who Do You Think You Are?
Self
2010
Devs
Forest
2020
We're the Millers
Don Fitzgerald
2013
The Lego Movie
Metal Beard (voice)
2014
Voicemails for Isabelle
Chef Bastien
2026
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
MetalBeard (voice)
2019
21 Jump Street
Deputy Chief Hardy
2012
Duncanville
Zeb (voice)
2020
The Founder
Dick McDonald
2016
The Muppets
Self
2015
George Lopez
Randy
2002
Dumb Money
Ken Griffin
2023
Sin City
Shlubb
2005
22 Jump Street
Deputy Chief Hardy
2014
Good Morning, Miami
Officer
2002
Billy on the Street
Self
2011
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Self - Guest
2025
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Varvatos Vex (voice)
2018
Smurfs
Ken (voice)
2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 4
(voice)
2027
The Pout-Pout Fish
Mr. Fish (voice)
2026
The Life of Chuck
Narrator (voice)
2025
City of Angels
Construction Worker
1998
Pam & Tommy
Uncle Miltie
2022
Candy Cane Lane
Pip
2023
The Resort
Murray Thompson
2022
A League of Their Own
Dove Porter
2022
Death by Lightning
Chester A. Arthur
2025
You, Me and the Apocalypse
Buddy
2015
Bad Times at the El Royale
Felix O'Kelly
2018
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Vex (voice)
2021
Colin in Black and White
Rick Kaepernick
2021
Cinema Toast
Don Doolittle
2021
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Karl Steele
2005
Live from the Other Side with Tyler Henry
Self
2024
Danny Collins
Guy DeLoach
2015
Minions & More 2
Norman (voice)
2022
All Good Things
Jim McCarthy
2010
3 lbs
Dr. Coffey
2006
Son of Zorn
Dr. Klorpins (voice)
2016
Comrade Detective
Captain Covaci (voice)
2017
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Greg's Dad
2015
The Little Hours
Bruno
2017
Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly
Self (archive footage)
2026
Murder by Numbers
Cop at Richard's House
2002
Robbery Homicide Division
Big Guy (uncredited)
2002
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Scotty Mercer
2009
Axe Cop
Axe Cop
2013
Knight of Cups
Scott
2015
Making It
Self - Host
2018
Lucy in the Sky
Will Plimpton
2019
A Walk in the Woods
REI Dave
2015
The Kings of Summer
Frank Toy
2013
Cursed
Officer
2005
The Hero
Jeremy Frost
2017
Dicks: The Musical
Steve Chaney
2023
The Paley Center Salutes Parks and Recreation
Ron Swanson
2020
Casa de Mi Padre
Agent Parker
2012
Speaking of Sex
Sheriff Panghorn
2001
Wristcutters: A Love Story
Cop
2007
Origin
Dave the Plumber
2023
Date and Switch
Terry
2014
Stealing Harvard
Electrician
2002
The House of Tomorrow
Alan Whitcomb
2019The House of Tomorrow
Executive Producer
2019
In a World...
Heners
2013
Butterfly in the Typewriter
Bobby Byrne
Hearts Beat Loud
Francis James "Frank" Fisher
2018Hearts Beat Loud
Executive Producer
2018
Sovereign
Jerry Kane
2025
Gunter Babysits
Norman (voice)
2017
A Parks and Recreation Special
Ron Swanson
2020
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics
Self
2020
Forever Lulu
Man - Boardner's
2000
Groove
Sergeant Channahon
2000
Smashed
Dave Davies
2012
Elden Ring
2028
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
Self
2011
Emmet's Holiday Party: A LEGO Movie Short
Metal Beard (voice)
2018
Springfield of Dreams: The Legend of Homer Simpson
Brad Pitt / George W. Bush / John Swartzwelder
2017
Going All the Way
Wilks
1997
Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II
Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
The Go-Getter
Nick the Potter
2008
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Sal
2013Somebody Up There Likes Me
Producer
2013
Millers Unleashed: Outtakes Overload
Self
2013
Nostalgia
Henry Greer
2018
Tuna
Nick
2013
American Body Shop
Rob
2007
November
Officer Roberts
2004
Paradise
Doug Mannerheim
2013
Frances Ferguson
Narrator
2019Frances Ferguson
Executive Producer
2019
Taking Chances
Hoke Hollander
2009
Welcome to Happiness
Moses
2016
Believe Me
Sean
2014
Infinity Baby
Neo
2017Infinity Baby
Executive Producer
2017
All Illusions Must Be Broken
Executive Producer
2024
Harmony and Me
Meter Maid Man
2010
Nick Offerman: American Ham
Himself
2014Nick Offerman: American Ham
Writer
2014
Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building
Host / Narrator
Canoecraft: Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building
Producer
Treasure Island
Samuel
1999
Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally - Summer of 69: No Apostrophe
Himself
2017Nick Offerman & Megan Mullally - Summer of 69: No Apostrophe
Writer
2017
The Gunfighter
The Narrator (voice)
2014Mix It Up
Nick the Carpenter
2003
Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
Co-Producer
2016
Audrey the Trainwreck
David George
2010
The Emmet Awards Show!
MetalBeard (voice / uncredited / archive footage)
2014
Lush
Gerry
1999
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius
Self
2019
Under the Lights
Mr. O
2025
Nick Offerman: Full Bush
Self
2020
American Rock Stars
Narrator (voice)
2022
Dalai Lama
Leo
2013
Sacred Cow: The Nutritional, Environmental and Ethical Case for Better Meat
Narrator
2020
Early Bird Special
Laredo
2001![RSO [Registered Sex Offender]](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w1280/6HYQIIK4whVpwNYSOTBD2UqolAr.jpg?width=1200)
RSO [Registered Sex Offender]
Simmons
2008