Nick Kroll

Nicholas Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for creating and starring in the Comedy Central series Kroll Show, The Oh, Hello Show, the FX comedy series The League, and starring in and co-creating in the animated Netflix series Big Mouth.

Nick Kroll
Kroll in April 2011
Born
Nicholas Kroll

(1978-06-05) June 5, 1978
Alma materGeorgetown University
Occupation
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • writer
  • producer
Years active2004–present
Spouse(s)
Lily Kwong
(m. 2020)
Parent(s)Jules Kroll (father)
Websitewww.nickkroll.com

He has also acted or voice-acted in films such as Adult Beginners, Sausage Party, Loving, Sing, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, The House, Uncle Drew, Operation Finale, and The Secret Life of Pets 2.

Early life

Kroll was born in Rye, New York,[1][2] on June 5, 1978,[3] the son of Lynn and Jules Kroll. His father is a businessman who founded the corporate investigations and risk consulting firm Kroll Inc.[3][4] The youngest child in the family,[5] Kroll has a brother, Jeremy, and two sisters, Vanessa and Dana.[3] He grew up in a Conservative Jewish family,[6] and attended the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester.[7] He went on to high school at Rye Country Day School.[8] During this time, he also briefly attended The Mountain School in Vershire, Vermont, where he developed a fondness for hiking.[9] In 2001, Kroll graduated from Georgetown University.[5] He described himself as a history major who minored in art and Spanish, but found himself "gravitating toward media studies as time went on".[10]

Career

Early in his career, Kroll contributed writing for Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show and MTV's Human Giant. In November and December 2008, he toured with Aziz Ansari on his Glow in the Dark comedy tour in the United States. Kroll's live work is a mix of standup, sketch and characters. 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.

He is well known as a performer for his characters such as Bobby Bottleservice, who has been featured 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. Other characters include Ref Jeff and Fabrice Fabrice, and Gil Faizon of The Oh, Hello Show, who he created with writing partner John Mulaney. His character work features prominently in Kroll Show, a sketch comedy show on Comedy Central. Kroll was honored with the Breakout Star of the Year award from the 2013 Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The Oh, Hello Show

Kroll toured 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 and ran for six months to positive reviews. The Broadway performance was filmed and released on Netflix in 2017.[11]

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. Although the show was cancelled after seven episodes, he called his role “the most important experience of my professional career”.[12] He went on to VH1's Best Week Ever, and to guest-starring roles on Parks and Recreation, Community, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and New Girl. He made appearances on numerous Comedy Central series such as Reno 911!,[13] 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 had 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.[14] voiced to sound like a "modern day Snagglepuss",[14][15] 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.

In 2017, Kroll co-created, wrote, and starred in Big Mouth, an animated television show on Netflix.[16] The show features the experiences of a group of 7th graders in the throes of puberty. Two of the main characters are based on, and named after, Kroll and his best friend from childhood, Andrew Goldberg.[16] Kroll plays Nick, as well as Coach Steve, Maurice the Hormone Monster, Lola, Rick the Hormone Monster, the Jansen twins and Lady Liberty, in addition to several further minor and one-off characters. The second season premiered on October 5, 2018.

Film

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

In 2016, Kroll's first villain role was a vaginal douche in the adult animated film Sausage Party. Originally, he played Douche's voice in a British accent, but the team wanted to make a Pixar-like film instead of a Disney Renaissance-like film, so Kroll decided to do a douche bag's voice-like.

In 2017, Kroll then had a second villain voice role as a villainous mad scientist Professor Poopypants in the DreamWorks animated superhero film Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. Although many critics only either mentioned his character in passing, some pointing out his similarities with Albert Einstein,[17][18][19] or his "committed" performance,[20][21] Matt Zoller Seitz took particular note of his performance, praising it as "irrepressibly silly" with "an orange juice spit-take voice". Seitz further stated that "[t]he way Kroll savors every syllable of his alternately peevish, self-pitying and nonsensical dialogue—aided mightily by the animators, who've given the character a fireplug body and a waddling walk—transforms the ridiculous into the sublime."[22] In recent years, Kroll has taken several non-comedic acting roles, such as that of Bernie Cohen in Loving and Rafi Eitan in Operation Finale, both historical drama films.

Book

  • Bennett, Roger; Kroll, Nick; Shell, Jules (2005). Bar Mitzvah Disco. Crown Archetype. ISBN 978-1400080441.

Personal life

In May 2013, Kroll began dating comedian and actress Amy Poehler. Kroll is mentioned several times in her 2014 memoir, Yes Please.[23] They ended their relationship in 2015.[24]

Kroll has been in a relationship with landscape artist Lily Kwong since late 2018.[25][26] They have lived together since the beginning of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.[27] They married in November 2020 and announced that Kwong is pregnant with the couple's first child.[28]

His brother-in-law is journalist Roger Bennett.[29] His cousin-in-law is fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra.[30][31][32]

Filmography

Feature films
Year Title Role Notes
2008The Negotiating TableWGA employeeShort film
Adventures of PowerVersatio Bakir
2009I Love You, ManLarry
2010Date NightThe Maître D
Get Him to the GreekKevin McLean
Dinner for SchmucksJosh
Little FockersYoung Doctor
2011A Good Old Fashioned OrgyAdam Richman
2014Adult BeginnersJake WentonAlso writer
2015VacationColorado Cop
Knight of CupsNick
2016JoshyEric
My Blind BrotherBill
Sausage PartyDouche (voice)
LovingBernie Cohen
SingGunter (voice)[33][34]
2017Captain Underpants: The First Epic MovieProfessor Poopypants (voice)
The HouseBob Schaeffer
2018Uncle DrewMookie
Operation FinaleRafi Eitan
2019Olympic DreamsEzraAlso writer and producer
The Secret Life of Pets 2Happy Sergei (voice)
The Addams FamilyUncle Fester (voice)
2020Have a Good Trip: Adventures in PsychedelicsHimselfDocumentary
2021 How It Ends Completed
Sing 2Gunter (voice)In production
TBADon't Worry DarlingFilming
Television shows
Year Title Role Notes
2006Late Night with Conan O'BrienVariousEpisode: "2269"
2006Cheap Seats without Ron ParkerTodd LazarovEpisode: "NFL/MLB Arm Wrestling"
2006Samurai Love God(voice)Miniseries
2007Human GiantFabrice Fabrice, Various, Brolin DiBiasi2 episodes
2007–2008CavemenNick Hedge8 episodes
2008Best Week EverHimselfEpisode: "November 14, 2008"
2008–2009Worst WeekAdam6 episodes
2008–2011Childrens HospitalNicky, Dr. Geza6 episodes
2008–2012The Life & Times of TimStu (voice)30 episodes
2009Reno 911!El Chupacabra3 episodes
2009Mayne StreetPaparazzoEpisode: "There's Ben"
2009Sit Down, Shut UpAndrew LeGustambos (voice)13 episodes
2009–2010WordGirlReuben Grinder (voice)2 episodes
2009–2015The LeagueRodney RuxinMain cast; also writer
2010Nick Swardson's Pretend TimeHeadmasterEpisode: "I Just Got Voodoo'd"
2010John Oliver's New York Stand-Up ShowHimselfEpisode: "1.1" (as Fabrice Fabrice), "1.5"
2011CommunityJuergenEpisode: "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism"
2011PortlandiaDaniel Prison2 episodes
2011–2012American Dad!Dry Cleaner, Student, Andy Dick (voice)4 episodes
2011–2015Parks and RecreationThe Douche5 episodes
2012–2016Comedy Bang! Bang!Various5 episodes
2013–2015Kroll ShowVarious characters23 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer
2013New GirlJamieEpisode: "Chicago"
2013Burning LoveKhris4 episodes
2013The Greatest Event in Television HistoryJeremy BayEpisode: "Hart to Hart"
2013The SoupHimselfEpisode: "9.55"
2013Comedy Central Roast of James FrancoRoasterTV special
2013Family GuyRicky (voice)Episode: "Into Harmony's Way"
2013Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!Himself3 episodes
2013The Jeselnik OffensiveHimself2 episodes
2014Drunk HistoryRonald ReaganEpisode: "Hollywood"
2014MulaneyJesse Tyler MunozEpisode: "It's a Wonderful Home Alone"
2015Brooklyn Nine-NineAgent KendrickEpisode: "Windbreaker City"
2015Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtChristopher "Tristafé" MicelliEpisode: "Kimmy Rides a Bike!"
2015The Grace Helbig ShowHimselfEpisode: "Nick Kroll & Tyler Oakley"
2015The SimpsonsLem (voice)Episode: "Halloween of Horror"
2015SuperMansionCleb (voice)Episode: "Babes In The Wood"
2016Animals.Jerry (voice)Episode: "Pigeons."
2016Bajillion Dollar Propertie$Graham SimonEpisode: "Predator Party"
2016Mr. Neighbor's HousePhoto Joe (voice)TV special
201732nd Independent Spirit AwardsHimself (host)TV special
2017Bob's BurgersMr. Desanto / Customer (voice)Episode: "Ain't Miss Debatin'"
2017The Oh, Hello ShowGil FaizonTV special
2017I'm SorryLonEpisode: "Weekend Alone"
2017–presentBig MouthNick Birch / Maury the Hormone Monster / Coach Steve / Lola / various voices31 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer
2017At Home with Amy SedarisRandy FingerlingEpisode: "Gift Giving"
201833rd Independent Spirit AwardsHimself (host)TV special
2018ExplainedNarratorEpisode: "!"
2018PortlandiaGil FaizonEpisode: "Peter Follows P!nk"
2019–2020What We Do in the ShadowsSimon the Devious2 episodes
2019–2020Crank YankersHimself (voice)2 episodes
2020Curb Your EnthusiasmRestaurant ManagerEpisode: "The Ugly Section"
2020High MaintenanceNickEpisode: "Trick"
2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride[35]Vizzini / Inigo Montoya / FezzikEpisode: "The Shrieking Eels"

Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result
2009Denver Film Critics Society AwardDenver Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting EnsembleI Love You, ManNominated
2015People's Choice Award[36]Favorite Sketch Comedy TV ShowKroll ShowNominated
2017Annie AwardVoice Acting in a Feature ProductionCaptain Underpants: The First Epic MovieNominated
2018Gotham AwardBreakthrough Series – Long FormBig MouthNominated
2019Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Animated ProgramNominated
2020Nominated

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