Nick Offerman
{{short description|American actor (born 1970)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nick Offerman
| image = Nick Offerman 2022 National Book Festival (52342575962) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Offerman in 2022
| birth_name = Nicholas David Offerman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|6|26}}
| birth_place = Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
| alma_mater = University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (BFA)
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1994–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Megan Mullally|2003}}
| website = {{URL| https://nickofferman.co}}
}}
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 Hulu series 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 also 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.
Early life
Nicholas David Offerman was born in Joliet, Illinois, on June 26, 1970, the son of nurse Cathy ({{née|Roberts}}) and social studies teacher Ric Offerman."Local News", The Herald-News (Joliet), November 30, 2003. His father taught at a high school in Minooka.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-19-9710190341-story.html|title=Cast party: When NBC's "ER" drew a large national audience...|date=October 19, 1997|publisher=Chicago Tribune|access-date=January 2, 2014|author=Ken O'Brien}} Offerman was raised Catholic{{cite web |author=Rock 'n Roll Ghost |url=http://rocknrollghost.com/2011/05/19/tv-interview-nick-offerman-parks-and-recreation-nbc |title=TV Interview: Nick Offerman – Parks and Recreation (NBC) |publisher=Rocknrollghost.com |access-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-date=August 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817034939/http://rocknrollghost.com/2011/05/19/tv-interview-nick-offerman-parks-and-recreation-nbc |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/blog/2010/02/_one_of_the_sec.html |title=Nick Offerman, deadpan man – Viewer Discretion |newspaper=Boston.com |date=February 24, 2010 |access-date=February 6, 2014}} in nearby Minooka, where he attended Minooka Community High School.{{Cite web|date=June 16, 2020|title=Actor Nick Offerman calls for change to "Minooka Indians" Minooka High School mascot|url=https://www.countryherald.com/featured/actor-nick-offerman-calls-for-change-to-minooka-indians-minooka-high-school-mascot/|access-date=January 24, 2021|website=Country Herald|language=en}} He received a BFA from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign in 1993. That year, he and a group of fellow students co-founded the Chicago theatre company Defiant Theatre. His parents were initially bewildered on his desire to become an actor, stating “It was bizarre to them…Nobody in our town had ever gone into the arts. So when I said: ‘I think I want to be an actor’, everybody kind of shook their head and said, ‘I don’t think you can get there from here.’”{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/jun/10/nick-offerman-standup-tour-interview | title=Nick Offerman: 'I was told I'd never not be Ron Swanson' | work=The Guardian | date=June 10, 2023 | last1=Sturges | first1=Fiona }}
Acting career
Offerman lived in Chicago in the mid-1990s, where he participated with theater companies such as Steppenwolf, Goodman, and Wisdom Bridge. At Steppenwolf, he also worked as a fight choreographer and master carpenter, the latter of which he received training from his father.{{cite web |first=Erik |last=Adams |url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/showrunner-michael-schur-on-building-parks-and-rec,81611/2/ |title=Showrunner Michael Schur on building Parks And Recreation's fourth season (Part 4 of 5) |publisher=The A.V. Club |date=June 21, 2012 |access-date=September 6, 2012 |archive-date=August 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815213034/http://www.avclub.com/articles/showrunner-michael-schur-on-building-parks-and-rec%2C81611/2/ |url-status=dead }} During this time, Offerman became acquainted with Amy Poehler, who was heavily involved with the Chicago improv comedy scene.{{Cite news|first=Maureen|last=Ryan|title=Nick Offerman serves up solid comedy on "Parks and Recreation"|work=Chicago Tribune|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/09/parks-and-recreation-nick-offerman.html|date=September 23, 2009|access-date=October 17, 2016|archive-date=March 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320001249/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/09/parks-and-recreation-nick-offerman.html|url-status=dead}}
In 2003, he married Will & Grace actress Megan Mullally. Offerman has also appeared on her talk show, The Megan Mullally Show. At the same time, he began appearing on television as a plumber on Will & Grace on its fourth season's Thanksgiving episode, on The King of Queens, in three episodes of 24, and in an episode of The West Wing. Prior to Parks and Recreation, his most prominent role was as a factory worker and Benny Lopez's love interest Randy McGee on George Lopez. He appeared twice on Gilmore Girls, in 2003's "The Festival of Living Art" and 2005's "Always a Godmother, Never a God" and in the third-season episode of Monk, "Mr. Monk and the Election" as a helper for the campaign of Natalie Teeger. In 2007, Offerman co-starred in the Comedy Central series American Body Shop.
File:Parks and Recreation Full Cast 2012.jpg
In 2009, The Office producers Michael Schur and Greg Daniels offered Offerman a series regular role in their NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation for the character Ron Swanson, the deadpan, government-hating, libertarian head of a city parks department and boss of Amy Poehler's character Leslie Knope. Slate magazine declared Offerman "Parks and Recreation{{'s}} secret weapon", and said he regularly stole scenes and "has a gift for understated physical comedy."{{Cite news|last=Weiner |first=Jonah |title=You Really Should Be Watching Parks and Recreation |date=December 2, 2009 |work=Slate |url=https://slate.com/culture/2009/12/you-really-should-be-watching-nbc-s-parks-and-recreation.html|access-date=October 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202221133/http://www.slate.com/id/2237077/ |url-status=live |archive-date=February 2, 2011}} The role weaves antagonism and political philosophy with humanity, while the intense libertarian philosophy the character lives out is often played off against the equally intense social liberalism and "do-gooder" mentality of Poehler's character. Offerman said that supporting parts such as that of Parks and Recreation are his ideal roles, and that he draws particular inspiration from Reverend Jim Ignatowski, the character played by Christopher Lloyd in the sitcom Taxi.
Offerman has also been featured in the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital with Rob Corddry and Rob Huebel. He is the voice of Axe Cop in the animated series of the same name that premiered on July 27, 2013.{{cite web |url=http://screencrush.com/fox-axe-cop-cast-premiere-date/ |title=FOX RELEASES 'AXE COP' VOICE CAST, SETS SATURDAY ANIMATION DOMINATION HD PREMIERE |last=Fitzpatrick |first=Kevin |date=January 8, 2013 |website=ScreenCrush |access-date=May 11, 2013}} In the same year, Offerman portrayed Johnny Cool in the "Boston" episode of Derek Waters' Drunk History on Comedy Central. In 2014, he portrayed a lovesick German talk show host in The Decemberists' video, Make You Better. The same year, he also appeared in a short film The Gunfighter directed by Eric Kissack. Offerman played the role of the narrator of the film where the actors of the film break the fourth wall and are able to hear the narrator.{{cite web|url=http://www.filmindependent.org/press/press-releases/winners-announced-for-2014-los-angeles-film-festival/|title=Winners Announced For 2014 Los Angeles Film Festival|date=2014|publisher=Film Independent|access-date=April 26, 2016|archive-date=November 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112080712/http://www.filmindependent.org/press/press-releases/winners-announced-for-2014-los-angeles-film-festival/|url-status=dead}}
Offerman can be seen on the big screen briefly as a construction worker in City of Angels (1998) and later in other films such as November (2004), Cursed (2005), Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005), Sin City (2005), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) and The Kings of Summer (2013). He also appeared in the 2006 film Wristcutters: A Love Story as a cop who attempts to arrest Shannyn Sossamon's character, Mikal. 2012 saw him in two film roles, as 21 Jump Street's Deputy Chief Hardy and in Casa de Mi Padre as DEA Agent Parker. He reprised his role as Deputy Chief Hardy in 22 Jump Street two years later. Additionally, he starred in and produced an independent film, Somebody Up There Likes Me (2012), shot in Austin, Texas. He appeared in the 2013 comedy We're the Millers, which starred Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston, and voiced MetalBeard in The Lego Movie. Offerman conceived of and starred in punk band FIDLAR's 2013 video for their song "Cocaine".{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/earshot/how-punk-band-fidlar-recruited-592622|title=How Punk Band FIDLAR Recruited 'Parks and Rec' Star Nick Offerman for NSFW Video (Q&A)|date=July 25, 2013|publisher=hollywoodreporter.com|access-date=November 6, 2013}} Offerman also played an alcoholic college guidance counselor in Believe Me. Offerman played the recurring role Karl Weathers in the second season of Fargo (2015). Offerman voiced Grandpa Mike alongside wife Megan Mullally who voiced Grandma Linda in Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015). He portrayed the first establisher of McDonald's, Dick McDonald, in The Founder (2016). Offerman also starred in alternative rock band They Might Be Giants' 2018 video for their song "The Greatest".{{cite web |url=http://tmbw.net/wiki/The_Greatest |title=The Greatest|publisher=tmbw.net |access-date=November 21, 2018}}
In 2023, Offerman appeared in the third episode of the HBO series The Last of Us as Bill. His performance, along with that of his co-star Murray Bartlett, was critically acclaimed, with some critics naming it a career-best performance, and Dais Johnston of Inverse labelled them as "Emmy-worthy".{{cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-last-of-us-episode-3-director-peter-hoar-interview |title='The Last of Us' Episode 3 Director Reveals the Secret Meaning Behind the Last Shot |last=Johnston |first=Dais |work=Inverse |publisher=Bustle Digital Group |date=January 29, 2023 |accessdate=January 30, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130055026/https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/the-last-of-us-episode-3-director-peter-hoar-interview |archivedate=January 30, 2023 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-last-of-us-season-1-hbo-review/ |title=HBO's 'The Last of Us' Season 1 Is a Triumph |last=Goodman |first=William |work=Complex |publisher=Complex Networks |date=January 10, 2023 |accessdate=January 11, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110165831/https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/the-last-of-us-season-1-hbo-review/ |archivedate=January 10, 2023 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-last-of-us-review-hbo-zombies-neil-druckmann-pedro-pascal-bella-ramsey-1234655768/ |title='The Last of Us': A Finer Version of 'The Walking Dead' and HBO's Next Big Hit |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=Penske Media Corporation |date=January 10, 2023 |accessdate=January 11, 2023 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110164306/https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-reviews/the-last-of-us-review-hbo-zombies-neil-druckmann-pedro-pascal-bella-ramsey-1234655768/ |archivedate=January 10, 2023 |url-status=live }} He went on to win Guest Actor in a Drama Series at the 2023 Creative Arts Emmy Awards.{{Cite web |last=Chuba |first=Kirsten |date=2024-01-07 |title=Creative Arts Emmys: Nick Offerman and Storm Reid Win for Guest Acting in a Drama Series |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/2023-creative-arts-emmys-guest-actor-actress-drama-winners-nick-offerman-storm-reid-1235778568/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} Also in 2023, Offerman has also teamed up with Jacob Tremblay, Dennis Quaid for a Crime Thriller "Sovereign".{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2023-02-16 |title=Berlin: Nick Offerman, Jacob Tremblay, Dennis Quaid Team for Crime Thriller 'Sovereign' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sovereign-nick-offerman-jacob-tremblay-dennis-quaid-1235326189/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2023-05-22 |title=Nick Offerman, Dennis Quaid & Jacob Tremblay Thriller 'Sovereign' Acquired By Briarcliff Entertainment – Cannes |url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/nick-offerman-dennis-quaid-jacob-tremblay-sovereign-briarcliff-entertainment-cannes-1235375291/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
Offerman was the Show Announcer for the 97th Academy Awards.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/oscars-2025-announcer-nick-offerman-parks-and-recreation-11689334 |title=Yes, That Is Nick Offerman (AKA Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson) Announcing at the 2025 Oscars |author=Liza Esquibias |date=2 March 2025 |website=people.com}}
He will be appearing in the 2025 film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.{{Cite web |last=Motamayor |first=Rafarl |date=August 1, 2022 |title=Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning - Part Two Has Added Nick Offerman |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/948245/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-two-has-added-nick-offerman/ |access-date=August 1, 2022 |website=/Film |archive-date=August 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801191804/https://www.slashfilm.com/948245/mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-part-two-has-added-nick-offerman/ |url-status=live }}
Other ventures
=Writing=
Offerman has released four semi-autobiographical publications: the first, Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living was released in 2013; his second, Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers, was released May 26, 2015; the third, Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop, was released October 18, 2016. His fourth book, Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside, was released October 12, 2021. He has also narrated all four as audiobooks.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
=Comedy tours=
In 2017, Offerman launched his Full Bush Tour which consisted of 28 shows across the U.S. and Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://concertfix.com/tours/nick-offerman|title=Nick Offerman Tour Dates & Concert Tickets 2019|last=ConcertFix|website=ConcertFix|language=en|access-date=March 26, 2019}} His All Rise Tour kicked off on July 20, 2019, in Thackerville and continued through the rest of 2019, hitting major cities: Chicago, San Francisco, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, Detroit, and Atlanta.
=Theatre=
In 2014, Offerman and Mullally starred alongside each other in the off-Broadway one-act play, Annapurna. The two play an estranged couple that reunites one last time.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/theater/megan-mullally-and-nick-offerman-star-in-annapurna.html|title=Watch Out: The Ex-Wife Has Arrived, and She's Got Lots of Baggage|work=The New York Times|date=April 22, 2014|access-date=April 30, 2020|last1=Isherwood|first1=Charles}} In 2015, Offerman starred as Ignatius J. Reilly in a theatrical adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces with the Huntington Theatre Company.{{Cite web|first=Carolyn|last=Clay|title=A 'Confederacy' Of Laughter At The Huntington|url=https://www.wbur.org/artery/2015/11/20/nick-offerman-in-a-confederacy-of-dunces|date=November 20, 2015|access-date=April 27, 2021|website=www.wbur.org|language=en}}
=Woodworking=
Offerman runs a Offerman Woodshop with a crew of six craftsmen and women in Los Angeles since 2001.{{cite web | title=Offerman Woodshop | website=Lee Valley Tools | date=2024-03-20 | url=https://www.leevalley.com/en-gb/discover/inspired-to-make/offerman-woodshop | access-date=2025-01-31}}{{cite magazine | last1=Miller | first1=Julie | last2=Julie Miller | first2=Justin Bishop | title=An Exclusive Look Inside Nick Offerman's Woodshop | magazine=Vanity Fair | date=2015-06-09 | url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/nick-offerman-woodshop | access-date=2025-01-31}} He has said that acting in TV and movies is "cramping my style at the woodshop" and "if I just had a life of woodworking and live theater, that'd be perfectly fine with me". He educated himself about woodworking with books and periodicals and has written several books about woodworking. He emphasizes that literature about the craft tends to be too somber and sober and actually it's important to know going in that you're supposed to make mistakes.{{cite web | title=Nick Offerman Shares His Love Of Woodworking In 'Good Clean Fun' | website=NPR | date=2016-11-17 | url=https://www.npr.org/2016/11/17/502476216/nick-offerman-shares-his-love-of-woodworking-in-good-clean-fun | access-date=2025-01-31}}
Personal life
Offerman married actress Megan Mullally on September 20, 2003.{{cite web|last=Fox|first=Jesse David|title=The History of Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally's Awesome Marriage|date=March 29, 2013 |url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/03/history-of-offerman-and-mullallys-marriage.html|publisher=Vulture|access-date=March 31, 2014}} They met while co-starring in the play The Berlin Circle with the Evidence Room Theatre Company in the summer of 2000.{{cite web|title=Nick Offerman Talks Costarring With Wife Megan Mullally|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nick-offerman_n_3355578|publisher=HuffPost|access-date=March 31, 2014|date=May 29, 2013}} They have worked together on series and films such as Will & Grace, Parks and Recreation, The Kings of Summer, Smashed, Hotel Transylvania 2, Bob's Burgers, You, Me and the Apocalypse, The Great North and The Umbrella Academy. They began a live comedy tour in 2016, the theme of which was their sex life.{{Cite news|first=Marah|last=Eakin|url=https://www.avclub.com/nick-offerman-on-middle-aged-sex-and-what-people-get-wr-1798251166|title=Nick Offerman on middle-aged sex and what people get wrong about Ron Swanson|publisher=The A.V. Club|date=August 22, 2016|access-date=January 24, 2018}} In 2019, they started In Bed with Nick and Megan, a podcast discussing their personal lives while interviewing guests.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-26|title=The Naked Truth About Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally's Enviable Love Story|url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1165036/the-naked-truth-about-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullallys-enviable-love-story|access-date=2022-01-07|website=E! Online}}{{Cite web|title=In Bed with Nick and Megan podcast on Earwolf|url=https://www.earwolf.com/show/in-bed-with-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullally/|access-date=2022-01-07|website=www.earwolf.com|language=en-US|archive-date=January 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107154245/https://www.earwolf.com/show/in-bed-with-nick-offerman-and-megan-mullally/|url-status=dead}}
=Politics=
When asked whether he is a libertarian like his character Ron Swanson, Offerman said in 2017, "While I admire the philosophy of the libertarian mindset, I think it's proven to be ineffectual in actual governance. So no, I'm not. I'm a free-thinking American."{{cite AV media |date=June 28, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhSMPu97fSE |title=Nick Offerman Replies to Fans on the Internet {{!}} Actually Me {{!}} GQ |publisher=GQ |via=YouTube |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608172412/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhSMPu97fSE |archive-date=June 8, 2022 |url-status=live}} He described Donald Trump as racist and sexist during the 2016 U.S. presidential election, but also mocked Trump's opponent Hillary Clinton for her private email controversy.{{Cite web |last=McDermott |first=Maeve |title=Nick Offerman turned the Webbys into a Donald Trump roast |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/entertainthis/2016/05/17/webby-awards-nick-offerman-donald-trump-roast/84472236/ |access-date=2022-09-21 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}} Upon voting in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, he tweeted a photo of himself with an "I Voted" sticker, adding the caption "#VoteWarren" in reference to Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren.{{Cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/485826-nick-offerman-says-he-voted-for-warren-posts-photo-outside|title=Nick Offerman says he voted for Warren, posts photo outside 'Pawnee' city hall|last=Seipel|first=Brooke|work=The Hill|language=en-US|date=March 3, 2020|access-date=June 20, 2020}} That year, he also tweeted his support for Democratic candidate Charles Booker in the U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Kentucky.{{cite tweet |last=Offerman |first=Nick |author-link=Nick Offerman |user=Nick_Offerman |number=1271522170380750848 |date=June 12, 2020 |title=Well, @Booker4KY seems like the right call - the KY farmers I know also prefer his policy https://t.co/BaZ4eeb4iB |language=en |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112021246/https://twitter.com/nick_offerman/status/1271522170380750848 |archive-date=November 12, 2021 |url-status=live}}
Although some political commentators likened Offerman's depiction of the US President in Civil War to Donald Trump, Offerman denied that his performance was based on Trump and argued that politics did not serve as an influence on the film.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/04/civil-war-premiere-nick-offerman-donald-trump-potus-character-megan-mullally-1235874601/ |title='Civil War' Premiere: Nick Offerman On If Donald Trump Inspired His POTUS Take & If He Would Run For Office With Megan Mullally |date=April 3, 2024 |access-date=2024-05-21}} In an April 2024 GQ interview, Offerman described himself as "progressive", but also "conservative in many ways". In the same interview, he said he believes the "semantics" of the political spectrum "have lost their meaning."{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/story/nick-offerman-addresses-a-divided-nation|title=Nick Offerman Addresses a Divided Nation|date=April 24, 2024 }} On August 27, 2024, he endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 presidential election with a song titled "Proud to Be a Kamala Man".{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJk7BiKc4Wc |title='Nick Offerman - "Proud to Be a Kamala Man"' |website=YouTube |date=Aug 27, 2024 |access-date=2024-09-11}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1997
| Wilks | |
| 1998
| Construction Worker | |
| 1999
| Samuel | |
| rowspan="2"| 2000
| Groove | Sergeant Channahon | |
| Forever Lulu
| Man at Boardner's | |
| 2002
| Officer at Richard's House | |
| 2004
| November | Officer Roberts | |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Cursed | Officer | |
| Sin City
| Shlubb | |
| 2006
| Cop | |
| 2007
| Nick the Potter | |
| 2008
| Harmony & Me | Meter Maid Man | |
| rowspan="2"| 2009
| Scotty Mercer | |
| Taking Chances
| Sheriff Hoke Hollander | |
| rowspan=2|2010
| David George | |
| All Good Things
| Jim McCarthy | |
| rowspan="4"| 2012
| Sal | Also producer |
| Smashed
| Dave Davies | |
| 21 Jump Street
| Deputy Chief Hardy | |
| Casa de Mi Padre
| DEA Agent Parker | |
| rowspan=4|2013
| Frank Toy | |
| In a World...
| Heners | |
| We're the Millers
| Don Fitzgerald | |
| Paradise
| Mr. Mannerhelm | |
| rowspan="7"| 2014
| Himself | Stand-up film; Also writer and executive producer |
| The Lego Movie
| Voice role |
| Ernest & Celestine
| George | Voice role; English dub |
| Date and Switch
| Terry | |
| The Gunfighter
| Narrator | Voice role; short film |
| 22 Jump Street
| Deputy Chief Hardy | |
| Believe Me
| Sean | |
| rowspan="6"| 2015
| REI Dave | |
| Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
| Victor Gaines | |
| Knight of Cups
| Scott | |
| Danny Collins
| Guy DeLoach | |
| Welcome to Happiness
| Moses | |
| Hotel Transylvania 2
| Mike Loughran | rowspan=3|Voice role |
| rowspan=3"| 2016
| Gavin |
| Sing
| Norman |
| The Founder
| |
| rowspan="6"| 2017
| Gunter Babysits | Norman | Voice role; short film |
| The House of Tomorrow
| Alan Whitcomb | Also executive producer |
| The Little Hours
| Lord Bruno | |
| The Hero
| Jeremy | |
| My Life as a Courgette
| Raymond | Voice role; English dub |
| Infinity Baby
| Neo | |
| rowspan="4"| 2018
| Henry Greer | |
| Hearts Beat Loud
| Francis James "Frank" Fisher | |
| Bad Times at the El Royale
| Felix O'Kelly | |
| White Fang
| Marshal Weeden Scott | rowspan="3"| Voice role |
| rowspan="3"| 2019
| The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | MetalBeard |
| Frances Ferguson
| Narrator |
| Lucy in the Sky
| Will Plimpton | |
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics | Himself | |
| Sacred Cow
| Narrator | rowspan=3|Voice role |
| rowspan="2"| 2021
| Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Varvatos Vex |
| Sing 2
| Norman |
| rowspan="4"| 2023
| Origin | Dave | |
| Dicks: The Musical
| Steve Chaney | |
| Dumb Money
| |
| Candy Cane Lane
| Pip | |
| rowspan="2"| 2024
| The President of the United States | |
| The Life of Chuck
| The Narrator | |
| rowspan="3"| 2025
| Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | General Sidney | |
| {{pending film|Sovereign}}
| TBA | Post-production{{cite web|title=Nick Offerman, Dennis Quaid, and Jacob Tremblay shooting movie in Fayetteville|date=February 28, 2024|website=KFSM-TV|url=https://www.5newsonline.com/article/news/local/nick-offerman-dennis-quaid-jacob-tremblay-movie-fayetteville/527-64405124-a273-4cc2-8ca5-777cc327d1e5|accessdate=March 4, 2024}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=2025-04-14 |title=Dennis Quaid, Nick Offerman & Jacob Tremblay Thriller ‘Sovereign’ Stakes Out Summer Release |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/dennis-quaid-sovereign-release-date-1236368233/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} |
| {{pending film|Smurfs}}
| Ken | Voice role; in production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1997
| ER | Rog | Episode: "Ambush" |
| rowspan="3"| 1998
| Arliss | Packers Fan | Episode: "Fans First" |
| Profiler
| Bobby | Episode: "Double Vision" |
| KaBlam!
| Colonel Kudzu | 2 episodes |
| 1999
| Jerry | Episode: "The Crackpots and These Women" |
| 2001
| Nick the Plumber | Episode: "Moveable Feast" |
| 2002
| Charles Rossi | Episode: "Manifest Necessity" |
| rowspan="3"| 2003
| Officer Nick | Episode: "About a Ploy" |
| 24
| Marcus | 3 episodes |
| The King of Queens
| The Man | Episode: "Thanks, Man" |
| 2001–2003
| Steven Debrees / Billy | 2 episodes |
| 2003–2004
| Randy | 8 episodes |
| 2004
| Deadwood | Tom Mason | Episode: "Deep Water" |
| rowspan="2"| 2005
| Greg | Episode: "The Gods of TV" |
| Monk
| Jack Whitman | Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Election" |
| 2003–2005
| Beau Belleville | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2006
| CSI: NY | Joe Green | Episodes: "Cool Hunter" |
| 3 lbs
| Dr. Coffey | Episodes: "Lost for Words" |
| 2007
| Rob | 10 episodes |
| 2008–2015
| Chance Briggs | 14 episodes |
| 2009–2020
| 125 episodes |
| 2012–2019
| Cooper / Pete / Clem Clements (voices) | 3 episodes |
| 2012
| Harris Grundle (voice) | Episode: "Tis the Cleveland to Be Sorry" |
| rowspan="3"| 2013
| Conan | Episode: "Occupy Conan: When Outsourcing Goes Too Far" |
| Out There
| Doug (voice) | Episode: "Viking Days" |
| Drunk History
| Johnny Cool | Episode: "Boston" |
| 2013–2015
| Axe Cop | Axe Cop (voice) | 22 episodes; also executive producer |
| rowspan="2"| 2014
| Himself | Episode: "Nick Offerman Wears a Green Flannel Shirt & Brown Boots" |
| Kroll Show
| Vanya | Episode: "Krolling Around with Nick Klown" |
| 2014–2015
| Agent Powers (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2014–2021
| Captain Joseph Bowditch (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2014
| Whiskers (voice) | Episode: "Winter's Gift" |
| 2014–2023
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Guest actor and voice | 4 episodes{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIMgfBZrrZ8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/aIMgfBZrrZ8 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: State Legislatures and ALEC (HBO)|date=November 2, 2014|work=YouTube|access-date=September 19, 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0jQz6jqQS0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/L0jQz6jqQS0 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Sex Education (HBO)|date=August 9, 2015|work=YouTube|access-date=September 19, 2015}}{{cbignore}}{{Citation |title=President-Elect Trump: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | date=November 13, 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rSDUsMwakI |access-date=2023-05-06 |language=en}}{{Citation |title=Election Subversion: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) | date=November 6, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0LA7Ff2hgs |access-date=2023-05-06 |language=en}} |
| rowspan="4"| 2015
| Fargo | Karl Weathers | 5 episodes |
| The Muppets
| Himself | Episode: "Bear Left Then Bear Write" |
| You, Me and the Apocalypse
| Buddy | Episode: "Still Stuff Worth Fighting For" |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine
| Frederick | Episode: "Ava" |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
| Spencer | Episode: "Annulled Roommate Pill Shower" |
| Son of Zorn
| Dr. Klorpnis (voice) | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
| Captain Covaci (voice) | 5 episodes |
| Curb Your Enthusiasm
| Cody Goodger | Episode: "Fatwa!" |
| 2018
| Jackson Boudreaux | Episode: "Friends and Lover" |
| 2018–2021
| Himself (host) | 22 episodes |
| 2018–2019
| Commander Varvatos Vex (voice) | 26 episodes |
| 2019
| Thaddeus Dowling | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2"| 2020
| Nick Offerman | Episode: "Whenever You're Ready" |
| Devs
| Forest | Miniseries; 8 episodes |
| 2021–present
| Beef Tobin (voice) | Series regular |
| rowspan="3"| 2021
| Himself | 5 episodes |
| Duncanville
| Zeb (voice) | Episode: "Das Banana Boot" |
| Colin in Black & White
| Rick Kaepernick | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="5"| 2022
| Miniseries |
| 37th Independent Spirit Awards
| Himself (co-host) |
| The Resort
| Murray Thompson | Main role |
| A League of Their Own
| Dove Porter | 3 episodes |
| Who Do You Think You Are?
| Himself | Episode 3 |
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| Bill | Episode: "Long, Long Time"{{Cite web |last=Feinberg |first=Scott |date=2023-06-19 |title=From 'The Last of Us' to 'Succession': The Stacked Race for Drama Guest Actor |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/emmys-2023-race-drama-guest-actor-1235513790/ |access-date=2024-01-07 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} |
| Party Down
| Dermott | Episode: "First Annual PI2A Symposium" |
| rowspan="2"| 2024
| Adam Chestnut | Episode: "The Publisher Cops Show Pilot" |
| The Umbrella Academy
| Dr. Gene Thibedeau | 6 episodes |
| 2025
| Announcer | |
| rowspan="2"| TBA
| Upcoming miniseries |
| Margo's Got Money Troubles
| Jinx | Upcoming miniseries |
=Theatre=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Venue |
|---|
| 2014
| Annapurna | Ulysses | Acorn Theatre, New York City |
| 2015
| Ignatius Reilly | Huntington Theatre Company, Boston |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role |
|---|
| 1994
| Club Dead{{Citation|title=Club Dead|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326536/|access-date=July 13, 2020}} | Lewis Scudder |
| 2015
| MetalBeard |
=Theme park attractions=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2016
| The Lego Movie: 4D – A New Adventure | MetalBeard (voice) | |
Awards and nominations
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