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My Take
What I love about Nick Offerman is that the deadpan is not an act so much as a distillation. Ron Swanson became iconic because Offerman poured a real philosophy into him — self-reliance, craftsmanship, suspicion of fuss — and the proof is that the man actually runs a woodshop. Few comic performers can do so much with stillness; his pauses are funnier than most people's punchlines. I also respect the theater-trained discipline underneath the mustache. He strikes me as that rare Hollywood figure who would be perfectly content if the industry vanished tomorrow, and paradoxically that is exactly what makes him so magnetic on screen.
Overview
Nicholas David Offerman (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, carpenter, and writer. 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.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nick Offerman
- Name (Japanese)
- ニック・オファーマン
- Reading
- にっく・おふぁーまん
- Born
- June 26, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Dog
- Origin
- Joliet, Illinois, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / stage actor / voice actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Minooka Community High School
- University
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Awards & achievements
- TCA Awards
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.