Nick Kroll Biography

Nicholas J. "Nick" Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his role as Rodney Ruxin in the FXX comedy series The League, and for creating and starring in the Comedy Central series Kroll Show. He has had supporting roles in films such as I Love You, Man, Date Night, Get Him to the Greek, Dinner for Shmucks, and A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and more prominent roles in films such as Adult Beginners, Joshy, My Blind Brother, Sausage Party, and Loving.

Early life and education

Kroll was born in New York City, and raised in Westchester County, New York, the son of Lynn (Corda) and Jules B. Kroll, a businessman who founded Kroll Inc., a corporate investigations and risk consulting firm. The youngest child in the family, he has a brother, Jeremy, and two sisters, Vanessa and Dana. He attended the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester, then went on to high school at Rye Country Day School. During this time, he also briefly attended The Mountain School in Vermont where he developed his fondness for hiking. In 2001, Kroll graduated from Georgetown University. He described himself as "a history major, and I minored in art and Spanish, but I found myself gravitating toward media studies as time went on."

Career

Kroll has been a contributing writer to Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show and MTV's Human Giant. Kroll's live work is a mix of standup, sketch and characters. He is well known as a performer for his characters: Bobby Bottleservice, Fabrice Fabrice, and Gil Faizon of The Oh, Hello Show, which he created with writing partner John Mulaney. His character work features prominently in Kroll Show. Kroll was honored with the Breakout Star of the Year award from the 2013 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Canada. Kroll is a co-author of the book Bar Mitzvah Disco.

Live performance

Kroll tours the United States performing stand-up and makes frequent appearances on comedy podcasts and radio programs. In 2011, Comedy Central aired his stand-up special Thank You Very Cool. He has studied and performed regularly at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in NYC and LA and co-hosted the stand-up show Welcome to Our Week with Jessi Klein. In November and December 2008, he toured with Aziz Ansari on his Glow in the Dark comedy tour in the USA. Kroll created a stand-up character, "Bobby Bottleservice." He has featured the character in a number of online videos for the Funny or Die website, including the Ed Hardy Boyz and an audition tape for the MTV show Jersey Shore. Most recently, Kroll has been touring the U.S. alongside John Mulaney in a show called Oh, Hello, with both in character as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland, respectively. The show premiered on Broadway on September 23, 2016.

Television

Kroll's first significant career success came when he co-starred in the ABC sitcom Cavemen, based on the Geico-insurance TV-commercial characters. He genuinely called his role in the seven-episode comedy "the most important experience of my professional career"?. He went on to VH1's Best Week Ever, and to guest-starring roles on Parks and Recreation, Community, and New Girl. He made appearances on numerous Comedy Central series such as Reno 911!, John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, and The Benson Interruption, both performing as himself and in character.

Kroll had a starring role as Rodney Ruxin in the FXX comedy series The League, which aired October 29, 2009 to December 9, 2015. Concurrently, he created and starred in his own Comedy Central sketch series, Kroll Show, which aired January 16, 2013 to March 24, 2015. Kroll has a recurring role on Childrens Hospital on Adult Swim. His voice work includes the character Stu on the HBO animated series The Life & Times of Tim, as well as Andrew LeGustambos, the flamboyant, bisexual drama teacher in the animated Fox comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up. voiced to sound like a "modern day Snagglepuss", and as Reuben Grinder in the PBS Kids GO! series WordGirl. Kroll was one of the roasters on the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco.

Film

Kroll starred in A Good Old Fashioned Orgy and had supporting roles in comedy films such as Sausage Party, Dinner For Schmucks, Date Night, Get Him to the Greek, Adventures of Power, and I Love You Man.

Personal life

In May 2013, Kroll began dating comedian and actress Amy Poehler. He is mentioned several times in her 2014 memoir, Yes Please.

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	The Negotiating Table	WGA employee	Short film
2008	Adventures of Power	Versatio Bakir
2009	I Love You, Man	Larry
2010	Date Night	The Matre D
2010	Get Him to the Greek	Kevin McLean
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Josh
2010	Little Fockers	Young Doctor
2011	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	Adam Richman
2014	Adult Beginners	Jake Wenton	Also writer
2015	Vacation	Colorado Cop
2015	Knight of Cups	Nick
2016	Joshy	Eric
2016	My Blind Brother	Bill
2016	Sausage Party	Douche (voice)
2016	Loving	Bernie Cohen
2016	Sing	Gunter (voice)
2017	Captain Underpants	Professor Poopypants (voice)	Filming

Television shows

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Various	Episode: "2269"
2006	Cheap Seats without Ron Parker	Todd Lazarov	Episode: "NFL/MLB Arm Wrestling"
2006	Samurai Love God	(voice)	Miniseries
2007	Human Giant	Fabrice Fabrice, Various, Brolin DiBiasi	2 episodes
2007-2008	Cavemen	Nick Hedge	8 episodes
2008	Best Week Ever	Himself	Episode: "November 14, 2008"
2008-2009	Worst Week	Adam	6 episodes
2008-2011	Childrens Hospital	Nicky, Dr. Geza	6 episodes
2008-2012	The Life & Times of Tim	Stu (voice)	30 episodes
2009	Reno 911!	El Chupacabra	3 episodes
2009	Mayne Street	Paparazzo	Episode: "There's Ben"
2009	Sit Down, Shut Up	Andrew LeGustambos (voice)	13 episodes
2009-2010	WordGirl	Reuben Grinder (voice)	2 episodes
2009-2015	The League	Rodney Ruxin	Main cast; also writer
2010	Nick Swardson's Pretend Time	Headmaster	Episode: "I Just Got Voodoo'd"
2010	John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show	Himself	Episode: "1.1" (as Fabrice Fabrice), "1.5"
2011	Community	Juergen	Episode: "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism"
2011	Portlandia	Daniel Prison	Episode: "Baseball"
2011-2012	American Dad!	Dry Cleaner, Student, Andy Dick (voice)	4 episodes
2011-2015	Parks and Recreation	The Douche	5 episodes
2012-2016	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Various	5 episodes
2013-2015	Kroll Show	Various characters	Also co-creator, executive producer, writer
2013	New Girl	Jamie	Episode: "Chicago"
2013	Burning Love	Khris	4 episodes
2013	The Greatest Event in Television History	Jeremy Bay	Episode: "Hart to Hart"
2013	The Soup	Himself	Episode: "9.55"
2013	Comedy Central Roast of James Franco	Roaster	TV Special
2013	Family Guy	Ricky (voice)	Episode: "Into Harmony's Way"
2013	Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!	Himself	3 episodes
2013	The Jeselnik Offensive	Himself	2 episodes
2014	Drunk History	Ronald Reagan	Episode: "Hollywood"
2014	Mulaney	Jesse Tyler Munoz	Episode: "It's a Wonderful Home Alone"
2015	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Agent Kendrick	Episode: "Windbreaker City"
2015	Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt	Christopher "Tristaf" Micelli	Episode: "Kimmy Rides a Bike!"
2015	The Grace Helbig Show	Himself	Episode: "Nick Kroll & Tyler Oakley"
2015	The Simpsons	Lem (voice)	Episode: "Halloween of Horror"
2016	Animals.	Jerry (voice)	Episode: "Pigeons."
2016	Bajillion Dollar Propertie$	Graham Simon	Episode: "Predator Party"
2016	Mr. Neighbor's House	Photo Joe (voice)	TV special
2017	Big Mouth	Nick (voice)	Also co-creator, executive producer

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result
2009	Denver Film Critics Society Award	Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble	I Love You, Man
2015	People's Choice Award	Favorite Sketch Comedy TV Show	Kroll Show