33 Facts About Nick Offerman

1.

Nick Offerman became widely 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.

2.

Nick Offerman portrayed McDonald's co-founder Richard McDonald in The Founder and began co-hosting the NBC reality competition series Making It with Amy Poehler; the duo received two nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Competition Program.

3.

Nick Offerman voiced Agent Powers on Gravity Falls and has provided voice acting work for The Lego Movie franchise, Hotel Transylvania 2, Ice Age: Collision Course, and the Sing film franchise.

4.

Nick Offerman hosted Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics.

5.

Nick Offerman starred as Bill in the acclaimed third episode of the HBO series The Last of Us, with some critics naming it potentially the best performance of his career.

6.

Nicholas David Nick Offerman was born in Joliet, Illinois, on June 26,1970, the son of nurse Cathy and social studies teacher Ric Nick Offerman.

7.

Nick Offerman's father taught at a high school in minooka.

8.

Nick Offerman was raised Catholic in nearby Minooka, where he attended Minooka Community High School.

9.

Nick Offerman lived in Chicago in the mid-1990s, where he participated with theater companies such as Steppenwolf, Goodman, and Wisdom Bridge.

10.

Nick Offerman has appeared on her talk show, The Megan Mullally Show.

11.

In 2007, Nick Offerman co-starred in the Comedy Central series American Body Shop.

12.

Nick 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.

13.

Nick Offerman has been featured in the Adult Swim series Childrens Hospital with Rob Corddry and Rob Huebel.

14.

Nick Offerman is the voice of Axe Cop in the animated series of the same name that premiered on July 27,2013.

15.

Nick 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.

16.

Nick Offerman appeared in the 2006 film Wristcutters: A Love Story as a cop who attempts to arrest Shannyn Sossamon's character, Mikal.

17.

Nick Offerman reprised his role as Deputy Chief Hardy in 22 Jump Street two years later.

18.

Nick Offerman appeared in the 2013 comedy We're the Millers, which starred Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston, and voiced MetalBeard in The Lego Movie.

19.

Nick Offerman conceived of and starred in punk band FIDLAR's 2013 video for their song "Cocaine".

20.

Nick Offerman played an alcoholic college guidance counselor in Believe Me.

21.

Nick Offerman played the recurring role Karl Weathers in the second season of Fargo.

22.

Nick Offerman voiced Grandpa Mike alongside wife Megan Mullally who voiced Grandma Linda in Hotel Transylvania 2.

23.

Nick Offerman starred in alternative rock band They Might Be Giants' 2018 video for their song "The Greatest".

24.

In 2023, Nick Offerman appeared in the third episode of the HBO series The Last of Us as Bill.

25.

Nick Offerman makes furniture and other wooden structures such as canoes and boats at his woodshop.

26.

Nick Offerman released an instructional DVD in 2008 titled Fine Woodstrip Canoe Building with Nick Offerman, shot by Jimmy DiResta.

27.

Nick Offerman has been featured in, and contributed articles to, the magazine Fine Woodworking.

28.

Nick 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 Nick Offerman Woodshop, was released October 18,2016.

29.

In 2017, Nick Offerman launched his Full Bush Tour which consisted of 28 shows across the US and Canada.

30.

Nick Offerman's 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.

31.

In 2015, Offerman starred as Ignatius J Reilly in a theatrical adaptation of A Confederacy of Dunces with the Huntington Theatre Company.

32.

Nick Offerman's voice appears in all 153 episodes in the production credits.

33.

Nick Offerman speaks the word "Fremulon", one of the 3 production companies.