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Nick Offerman as Ron Swanson From the NBC Comedy 'Parks and Recreation'

Nick Offerman
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On Parks and Recreation, Nick Offerman plays Ron Swanson, the humorless head of the Pawnee, Indiana, Parks and Recreation Department, who undermines any effort to accomplish anything because he is against the entire idea of government.

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