Nick Kroll

Nick Kroll
Kroll at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival   premiere of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
Born	(1978-06-05) June 5, 1978 Rye, New York   , U.S.
Occupation	Actor Comedian Writer Producer
Years active	1998–present
Website
http://www.nickkroll.com

Nicholas J. "Nick" Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American

 

actor and comedian best known for his role as Ruxin on The League

 

. He previously co-starred in comedy programs such as Best Week Ever

 

, Cavemen

 

, Sit Down, Shut Up

 

, and The Life & Times of Tim

 

.

Life and career

The son of Kroll Inc.

 

founder Jules B. Kroll

 

, Nick Kroll was raised Jewish in Westchester County, NY. He went to the Solomon Schechter School of Westchester

 

until the 8th grade, but then left for high school going to Rye Country Day

 

. During these years he also briefly attended The Mountain School

 

in Vermont

 

where he where he developed his fondness for hiking. After attending Rye Country Day School

 

he went on to graduate from Georgetown University

 

. He 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, craft services coordinator for the sitcom That's So Raven

 

; and Gil Faizon of the Oh, Hello Show, which he created with writing partner John Mulaney

 

.

Kroll voices Stu on the HBO

 

animated series The Life & Times of Tim

 

. He also co-stars as Ruxin in the FX

 

comedy series The League

 

and had a recurring role on Childrens Hospital

 

on Adult Swim

 

. In 2008, Kroll co-starred in the ABC

 

sitcom Cavemen

 

based on the popular GEICO

 

Cavemen commercials and was a regular commentator on VH1

 

's Best Week Ever

 

. Kroll is one of the co-authors of the critically acclaimed book Bar Mitzvah Disco and a graduate of Rye Country Day School

 

, where he gave a contentious graduation speech in which, contrary to widespread belief, he did not expose his genitals, although he did gently chastise the school administration.

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

 

.

 

 

Nick Kroll performing on stage

In November and December 2008, he toured as the support with Aziz Ansari

 

on his Glow in the Dark comedy tour in the USA.

Also in 2008, Kroll played the role of Versatio Bakir in the critically acclaimed comedy film Adventures of Power

 

as the comic MC of an airdrumming competition. His other co-stars included Ari Gold

 

, Adrian Grenier

 

, Jane Lynch

 

, Michael McKean

 

, Chiu Chi Ling

 

, and Shoshannah Stern

 

. Later, Kroll signed several items in support of director Ari Gold's music education charity auction "Power Saves the Music", created to support the Vh1 Save the Music Foundation

 

, which works to preserve music education in public schools. Other artists who participated with Kroll in the auction included Ke$ha

 

, Ringo Starr

 

, Rush

 

, and many more. The auction eventually raised enough to help the Foundation restore a full music program at an elementary school in New Jersey.

In 2009, Kroll became a regular voice cast member of the animated Fox comedy series Sit Down, Shut Up

 

. He voiced Andrew LeGustambos, the flamboyant, bisexual drama teacher. According to Kroll, Andrew is (alongside Helen) a loser amongst losers. Kroll voices him to talk like a "modern day Snagglepuss". The series premiered on April 19, 2009. He also lent his voice to Reuben Grinder in the PBS Kids GO!

 

series WordGirl

 

.

Kroll has appeared on the Comedy Central

 

series John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show

 

, once performing stand-up as his character "Fabrice Fabrice", a flamboyant craft services coordinator and the other time as himself.

Kroll has also recently created a new stand-up character named "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

 

.

Kroll also appears as a character known as El Chupacabra on numerous comedy podcasts, radio programs and the Comedy Central show Reno 911!

 

.

In 2010, Kroll performed on the Comedy Central

 

program The Benson Interruption

 

.

In 2011, Comedy Central

 

aired his stand-up special Thank You Very Cool. He also appeared in the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation

 

in the Season 3 episodes "Media Blitz

 

" and "The Fight

 

" as well as in Community

 

in the Season 3 episode "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism

 

", and appeared in the feature film A Good Old Fashioned Orgy

 

, premiering September 16, 2011.

Kroll created and stars in a sketch show titled Kroll Show

 

for Comedy Central

 

that begins airing in January 2013.

On January 23, 2013, Kroll conducted an "AMA" on Reddit. It quickly became apparent that he never learned punctuation as a child.

 

His favorite cereal is Cookie Crisp.

External links

• Official website
   
• Nick Kroll
   
  on Twitter
   
• Nick Kroll
   
  on Funny or Die
   
• Nick Kroll
   
  at the Internet Movie Database