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Nick Offerman

Actor, Writer and Carpenter; Best Known for his Breakout Role as Ron Swanson on "Parks and Recreation"

Actor Nick Offerman, best  known for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC's “Parks and Recreation” Offerman is also a humorist, woodworker and the author of the New York Times bestseller “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living” and the forthcoming “Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers”. As a lifelong reader coming from a family of librarians, he credits his aunt, Michelle Houchens, the local history librarian at the Three Rivers Public Library in Minooka, Illinois, with encouraging his love of reading. Offerman acted with Ch...

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Actor Nick Offerman, best  known for his role as Ron Swanson on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” Offerman is also a humorist, woodworker and the author of the New York Times bestseller “Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man’s Fundamentals for Delicious Living” and the forthcoming “Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers”.

As a lifelong reader coming from a family of librarians, he credits his aunt, Michelle Houchens, the local history librarian at the Three Rivers Public Library in Minooka, Illinois, with encouraging his love of reading.

Offerman acted with Chicago theater companies, worked as a fight choreographer and master carpenter at Steppenwolf Theatre Company and has appeared in numerous films.

Prior to “Parks and Recreation,” for which he received the Television Critics Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, his most prominent role was as factory worker and Benny-Lopez-love-interest Randy McGee on “George Lopez.”

In 2007, he co-starred in the Comedy Central series “American Body Shop.” Other TV appearances include as a plumber on “Will & Grace,” as a hobo on “The King of Queens,” in “24” and in an episode of “The West Wing.”

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An Evening With Nick Offerman
Attendees can look forward to a humor-filled hour if the introduction on Offerman’s professional woodshop: “We like to carve spoons, chainsaw stumps, plank canoes, keep our chisels sharp with stones, build pinball machines and fine furniture.  From refined modern designs to enormous Middle-Earth masterpieces, we build it all while smiling a lot.”

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Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals for Delicious Living
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Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
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