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Parks & Rec ruined his career


Sure, it made him popular but now everytime I see him in a TV show or a movie all I see is Ron Swanson. Such an iconic character that is hard not to see him in every character he plays.
Does he have the acting range to do something wildly different to not be typcast?

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Watch second season of Fargo to see his acting range .

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Uh, I absolutely loved him in Fargo and was impressed with his real acting chops but his ultra-Libertarian, alcohol-abusing, gun-carrying, anti-establishment, conspiracy-theorist character was pretty much a 70s-era Ron *beep* Swanson.

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I saw him live last night. He wrote a song about not to call him Ron Swanson or demand to know why he shaved his mustache. Lol. It was funny. But I got the impression from what he said that he wanted people not to typecast him with that character.

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Parks & Rec ruined his career

Sure, it made him popular but now everytime I see him in a TV show or a movie all I see is Ron Swanson.

That sounds more like it's your issue as opposed to Nick's.

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