nicholas offerman played ron swanson on parks and recreation.
nicholas offerman played ron swanson on parks and recreation.
who played ron swanson on parks and recreation?
nicholas offerman
nicholas offerman (born june 26, 1970) is an american actor, writer, comedian, and carpenter who is 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 dick mcdonald, one of the brothers who developed the fast food chain mcdonald's. his first major television role since 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.
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the character of ron swanson received critical acclaim; he developed a cult following and is widely considered the show's breakout character. joel keller of tv squad called ron "one of the more inspired sitcom characters of the last decade," zap2it writer joel keller called him one of the best sitcom characters since cosmo kramer of "seinfeld", and geoff berkshire of "variety" said that the character would "go down in tv history as one of the all-time comedy greats." gabriel perna of "international business times" wrote, "offerman's ron swanson is one of the main reasons to watch parks and recreation. considering how funny the show is and the scope of its cast, that says a lot." likewise, gail pennington, television critic with the "st. louis post-dispatch", called nick offerman "the funniest guy on tv," and tv fanatic writer eric hochberger said, "there's certain character i watch this show for: ron swanson." jonah weiner of slate.com said ron "has regularly stolen his scenes" and that offerman has "a gift for understated physical comedy," and steve heisler of the a.v. club said offerman was not only funny, but capable of expressing a surprising range of emotions.
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