Nick Kroll

Nicholas Kroll(born June 5, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for theFXcomedy seriesThe League(2009–2015), creating and starring in theComedy CentralseriesKroll Show(2013–2015), and starring in and co-creating the animatedNetflixseriesBig Mouth(2017–present) andHuman Resources(2022–2023) and theHulusketch comedy seriesHistory of the World, Part II(2023).
He has also acted or voice-acted in films such asI Love You, Man(2009),Get Him to the Greek(2010),Adult Beginners(2014),Vacation(2015),Sausage Party(2016),The House(2017),The Secret Life of Pets 2(2019),How It Ends(2021),The Bob's Burgers Movie(2022),First Time Female Director(2023) andRed One(2024).
Kroll was born inRye, New York,on June 5, 1978,to Lynn andJules Kroll. His father is a billionaire businessman who founded the corporate investigations and risk consulting firmKroll Inc.The youngest child in the family,Kroll has a brother, Jeremy, and two sisters, Vanessa and Dana.He grew up in aConservative Jewishfamily,and attended theSolomon Schechter School of Westchester.He went on to high school atRye Country Day School.During this time, he also briefly attendedThe Mountain SchoolinVershire, Vermont, where he developed a fondness for hiking.In 2001, Kroll graduated fromGeorgetown University.He described himself as a history major who minored in art and Spanish, but found himself "gravitating toward media studies as time went on".
Early in his career, Kroll contributed writing forComedy Central'sChappelle's ShowandMTV'sHuman Giant. In November and December 2008, he toured withAziz Ansarion hisGlow in the Darkcomedy tour in the United States.Kroll's live work is a mix of standup, sketch and characters. In 2011,Comedy Centralaired his stand-up specialThank You Very Cool.He has studied and performed regularly at theUpright Citizens Brigade Theaterin NYC and LA and co-hosted the stand-up showWelcome to Our WeekwithJessi 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 theFunny or Diewebsite, including theEd Hardy Boyzand an audition tape for theMTVshowJersey Shore.Other characters include Ref Jeff and Fabrice Fabrice, and Gil Faizon ofThe Oh, Hello Show, who he created with writing partnerJohn Mulaney.His character work features prominently inKroll Show, a sketch comedy show onComedy Central. Kroll was honored with the Breakout Star of the Year award from the 2013Just For LaughsComedy Festival inMontreal, Quebec, Canada.
Kroll toured the U.S. alongside John Mulaney in a show calledOh, 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.
Kroll's first significant career success came when he co-starred in theABCsitcomCavemen, based on theGeicoinsurance TV-commercial characters. Although the show was cancelled after seven episodes, he called his role "the most important experience of my professional career".He went on toVH1'sBest Week Ever, and to guest-starring roles onParks and Recreation,Community,Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, andNew Girl. He made appearances on numerousComedy Centralseries such asReno 911!,John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show, andThe Benson Interruption, both performing as himself and in character.
Kroll had a starring role as Rodney Ruxin in theFXXcomedy seriesThe League, which aired October 29, 2009 to December 9, 2015.Concurrently, he created and starred in his ownComedy Centralsketch series,Kroll Show, which aired January 16, 2013 to March 24, 2015. Kroll had a recurring role onChildrens HospitalonAdult Swim. His voice work includes the character Stu on theHBOanimated seriesThe Life & Times of Tim, Andrew LeGustambos in the animated Fox comedy seriesSit Down, Shut Up,and Reuben Grinder in thePBS Kids GO!seriesWordGirl. Kroll was one of the roasters on theComedy Central RoastofJames Franco.
In 2017, Kroll co-created, wrote, and starred inBig Mouth, an animated television show on Netflix.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.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.
Kroll starred inA Good Old Fashioned Orgyand had supporting roles in comedy films such asSing,Dinner for Schmucks,Date Night,Get Him to the Greek,Adventures of Power, andI Love You Man.
In 2016, Kroll's first villain role was avaginal douchein theadult animatedfilmSausage Party.Originally, he played Douche's voice in a British accent, but the team wanted to make aPixar-like film instead of aDisney Renaissance-like film.
In 2017, Kroll then had a second villain voice role as a villainous mad scientist Professor Poopypants in theDreamWorksanimated superhero filmCaptain Underpants: The First Epic Movie. Although many critics only either mentioned his character in passing, some pointing out his similarities withAlbert Einstein,or his "committed" performance,Matt Zoller Seitztook particular note of his performance, praising it as "irrepressibly silly" with "an orange juicespit-takevoice". 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."In recent years, Kroll has taken several non-comedic acting roles, such as that of Bernie Cohen inLovingand Rafi Eitan inOperation Finale, both historical drama films.
In 2005, Kroll published a book,Bar Mitzvah Disco, cowritten with Jules Shell and Roger Bennett.
In May 2013, Kroll began dating comedian and actressAmy Poehler.They ended their relationship in 2015.
Kroll met landscape artist Lily Kwong in 2018.They married in November 2020 and their son was born in January 2021.In November 2023, they announced the birth of their daughter.
Kroll's brother-in-law is journalistRoger Bennett.Through his wife, his cousin-in-law is fashion designerJoseph Altuzarra.
Before the2020 United States elections, Kroll and other celebrities participated in the #IDCheck Challenge fromVoteRidersto raise awareness about what identification voters need to cast a ballot in the election.