Nicholas David Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor,
writer, comedian and producer. He is best known for his role as Ron
Swanson in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, 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 is also
known for his role in The Founder, in which he portrays Richard
McDonald, one of the brothers who developed the fast food chain
McDonald's. His first major television role following the end of Parks
and Recreation was as Karl Weathers in the FX series Fargo, for which
he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best
Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. Since 2018, Offerman has
co-hosted the NBC reality competition series, Making It, with Amy
Poehler.Offerman served as an executive producer for the film The
House of Tomorrow, in which he also starred. He has provided
voice-work for The Lego Movie, Hotel Transylvania 2, Sing, Ice Age:
Collision Course, and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Most
recently, Offerman has hosted Have A Good Trip: Adventures in
Psychedelics on Netflix.Offerman was born in Joliet, Illinois and grew
up in nearby Minooka. He is the son of Cathy (née Roberts), a nurse,
and Ric Offerman, who taught social studies at a junior high school in
nearby Channahon. Offerman was raised Catholic. He received a Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois at
Urbanaâ€"Champaign in 1993. That year, he and a group of fellow
students co-founded the Defiant Theatre, a Chicago-based theatre
company.
writer, comedian and producer. He is best known for his role as Ron
Swanson in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, 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 is also
known for his role in The Founder, in which he portrays Richard
McDonald, one of the brothers who developed the fast food chain
McDonald's. His first major television role following the end of Parks
and Recreation was as Karl Weathers in the FX series Fargo, for which
he received a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best
Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries. Since 2018, Offerman has
co-hosted the NBC reality competition series, Making It, with Amy
Poehler.Offerman served as an executive producer for the film The
House of Tomorrow, in which he also starred. He has provided
voice-work for The Lego Movie, Hotel Transylvania 2, Sing, Ice Age:
Collision Course, and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Most
recently, Offerman has hosted Have A Good Trip: Adventures in
Psychedelics on Netflix.Offerman was born in Joliet, Illinois and grew
up in nearby Minooka. He is the son of Cathy (née Roberts), a nurse,
and Ric Offerman, who taught social studies at a junior high school in
nearby Channahon. Offerman was raised Catholic. He received a Bachelor
of Fine Arts degree from the University of Illinois at
Urbanaâ€"Champaign in 1993. That year, he and a group of fellow
students co-founded the Defiant Theatre, a Chicago-based theatre
company.
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