Ron Swanson had been director of Pawnee Parks and Recreation Department for six years at the time Parks and Recreation began. Ron said that when he was 18, his father wanted him to work at the steel mill, but he chose to go to college instead. When he was 15, Ron moved in with his first wife, Tammy One, who was a candy striper at the hospital when he was born, and subsequently both his math and Sunday school teacher he has said that although the circumstances of their relationship were considered scandalous, people were too afraid of her to say anything. Ron says that at age 11, he was offered a higher paying job at the tannery and attempted to do both jobs while going to middle school before realizing it would be better to only work at the sheet metal factory saying, “don't half-ass two things - whole-ass one thing." Ron claimed that, at age 12, he went to prom and was working at a quarry. Ron is opposed to child labor laws, stating he got his first job at a sheet metal factory at age 9 and, in two weeks, was running the floor. He grew up on a farm in a small town and is shown to have enjoyed woodworking from an early age, building his first chair at age 5. He was born in a small town to Tamara "Tammy" Swanson and a father unnamed in the series. Offerman received several award nominations for the role, and won the TCA Award for Individual Achievement in Comedy, tying with Ty Burrell of Modern Family.ĭespite Ron being a very private person, including getting his birthdate redacted from all public documents, his background does occasionally come up. Ron's platonic relationship with Leslie has been compared to that of Mary Richards and Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Schur called Ron "our cast MVP." He was described by some critics as one of the best characters in a situation comedy in decades, and has been called the best comedic character on television since Cosmo Kramer of Seinfeld. The character developed a cult following and is widely considered the breakout character of the series. Offerman's portrayal of Ron Swanson has received widespread critical acclaim. The traits of the character were also partially inspired by a real-life Libertarian elected official in Burbank, California. Offerman had some input into the character's creation, and some aspects of Ron's personality were inspired by the actor, like his affinity for woodworking and 16-year-old Lagavulin Single Malt scotch. Ron claims not to be interested in the personal lives of those around him but actually cares a great deal about his colleagues and has a particularly strong respect for Leslie.Ĭonceived by series creators Michael Schur and Greg Daniels, Ron has been a central character since the pilot episode of Parks and Recreation. He hates and fears his ex-wives, both named Tammy, one of whom is played by Offerman's real-life wife, Megan Mullally. He loves meat, woodworking, hunting, Lagavulin whisky, breakfast foods, nautical literature, and sex. Ron, who has an extremely deadpan and stereotypical masculine personality, actively works to make government less effective and despises interacting with the public. In demeanor, political philosophy and work ethic, Knope and Swanson are polar opposites: where Knope is sunny and outgoing, decidedly liberal and constantly working, Swanson is distant, and as a staunch libertarian, is a strong advocate for small government-stating his belief that government should be privatized-and therefore believes that the parks department should not even exist. In the series, Ron is the director of the Parks and Recreation department of fictional town of Pawnee, Indiana, and the immediate superior of series protagonist Leslie Knope ( Amy Poehler). Ronald Ulysses Swanson is a fictional character portrayed by Nick Offerman from the situation comedy television series Parks and Recreation on NBC, created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur.
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