Nick Offerman Lands Two Emmy Nods, Shares 'No Assholes' Rule
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- Nick Offerman received two Emmy nominations: one for playing Vice President Chester A. Arthur in Netflix's limited series 'Death by Lightning' (adapted by Mike Makowsky from Candice Millard's 2011 book on President Garfield's assassination) and one as wrestler Jinx in Apple TV's 'Margo's Got Money Troubles.'
- 'Margo's Got Money Troubles' co-stars Elle Fanning as Margo and Michelle Pfeiffer as Shyanne; Offerman called the wrestling scenes 'two days of incredibly concentrated fun' and credited professional wrestler Chavo Guerrero and stunt coordinator Jon Epstein for getting him airborne from the top rope.
- Offerman is currently starring opposite wife Megan Mullally in 'Iceboy! Or The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene O'Neill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh' at Chicago's Goodman Theater, a run he says is sold out for the rest of the summer.
- Offerman will next star in a live-action 'Elden Ring' adaptation, reuniting with 'Devs' creator Alex Garland, whom he called 'a next-level thinker' and 'so brilliant.'
- From Parks and Recreation's 125-episode, seven-year run, Offerman said his most enduring professional takeaway was a team-building rule: 'no a**holes' — even if it costs budget or prestige.
- Offerman's self-described guilty pleasure is listening to British detective audiobooks with Mullally — particularly Peter Grainger's DC Smith series, set in Norfolk — while completing jigsaw puzzles. He called it 'our opiate.'
Why it matters: Offerman's dual nominations arrive while he remains unusually active across stage, streaming, and film — Goodman Theater through summer, then a Garland-directed 'Elden Ring.' For Netflix and Apple TV+, his recognition validates two very different bets: a prestige historical limited series and a family-dramedy anchored by Pfeiffer and Fanning. Offerman frames both as products of collaboration, not stardom.
