Nick Offerman

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Nick Offerman played the beloved character Ron Swanson in the comedy series Parks and Recreation.

He won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor and

in a drama series for his role in a heartbreaking episode of the series The Last of Us.

In addition to Margot's Got Money Troubles, he stars in the Netflix show Death by Lightning.

Nick Offerman, welcome back to Fresh Air.

Thank you so much for having me.

This series is great and you're so good in it.

You said that playing this role really scared you.

What was so scary about it?

Well, I suppose I've had a really lucky career.

I've gotten to work a lot, which for an actor, just getting jobs is wild.

The numbers are so stacked against you.

And with the good fortune of getting to work consistently, I also fell into the

a certain category of like dependable supporting actor, you know, journeyman, bus driver slash plumber, you know, slash guy manning the grill.

And so one thing I haven't been called on to do a lot of is have like a complicated emotional relationship or have an inner emotional arc that we want the audience to care about.

And so that part of the show, not only having two of those relationships with Al Fanning and with Michelle Pfeiffer, not only having that for the first time kind of, but to have them with these like world-class Mount Rushmore, like A-list actresses, you know, it was like, well, I wanted a challenge.

Here you go, buddy.

Well, I've read when you're preparing for a role, you think a lot about facial hair, maybe all of your hair, but facial hair in particular.