Nick Offerman

Nicholas "Nick" Offerman is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his roles as Ron Swanson in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (in which he received the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy), as well as Dick McDonald, one of the brothers who developed the fast-food chain McDonald's in the 2016 biographical drama film The Founder. He also voiced MetalBeard in The LEGO Movie franchise and Gavin in Blue Sky's Ice Age: Collision Course.

For Disney, he voiced Whiskers in the Sofia the First episode "Winter's Gift" and Agent Powers in Gravity Falls. He also portrayed himself in The Muppets episode "Bear Left Then Bear Write" and Uncle Miltie in the Hulu web series Pam & Tommy.

Offerman was born in Joliet, Illinois, the son of nurse Cathy (née Roberts) and social studies teacher Ric Offerman. His father taught at a high school in Minooka. Offerman was raised Catholic in nearby Minooka, where he attended Minooka Community High School. 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.