Nick Kroll
Biography
Nick Kroll, an American comedian who also acts, writes and produces, began his career writing for Chappelle's Show and Human Giant. Born in 1978, he studied and performed at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater and built a live act blending stand-up, sketch and characters. His first major career break came with the ABC sitcom Cavemen, and he later played Rodney Ruxin on The League. He created and starred in Kroll Show and co-created Big Mouth, Human Resources and Mating Season. He also toured in The Oh, Hello Show with John Mulaney, which later ran on Broadway. His films include I Love You, Man (2009), Adult Beginners (2014), Vacation (2015), Sausage Party (2016), Sing (2016), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), Sing 2 (2021), The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022) and Red One (2024). He took the Breakout Star of the Year award at the 2013 Just for Laughs festival.
48years old
Turns 49 on June 5in 235 days
- Born New York City
- Star sign: GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20
- Nicholas Kroll (birth name)Also credited as Nicholas J. Kroll
Movie Career
- Films
- 34
- Career span
- 18 years2008 to 2026
Genres
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Big break
Kroll landed his first big career break co-starring in the ABC sitcom Cavemen, which drew on the Geico insurance TV commercial characters. The show was canceled after seven episodes, but he still called his part "the most important experience of my professional career".
Beyond film
Kroll toured the U.S. with John Mulaney in The Oh, Hello Show, both playing their characters Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland. The show opened on Broadway on September 23, 2016, and had a six month run.
Nick Kroll movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan directed three of these films together. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Conrad Vernon
All films by Greg Tiernan
Also three films together7 more actors
- Patton OswaltGOAT (2026), The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019) and Zoolander: Super Model (2016)
- Bill HaderThe Addams Family 2 (2021), Sausage Party (2016) and Comedy Central Roast of James Franco (2013)
- Oscar IsaacThe Addams Family 2 (2021), The Addams Family (2019) and Operation Finale (2018)
- Kristen SchaalThe Bob's Burgers Movie (2022), Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017) and Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
- Tiffany HaddishThe Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity (2018) and Uncle Drew (2018)
- Lake BellThe Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019), A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) and Nick Kroll: Thank You Very Cool (2011)
- Conrad VernonThe Addams Family 2 (2021), The Addams Family (2019) and Sausage Party (2016)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Nick Kroll's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$3.2 billion
21 of the 34 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 34 films: 21 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 21Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 6Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 73% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$634M19.8% of the total
- 2$429M13.4% of the total
- 3$408M12.8% of the total
- 4$204M6.4% of the total
- 5$194M6.0% of the total
- 6$186M5.8% of the total
- 7$152M4.8% of the total
- 8$141M4.4% of the total
$852 millionfrom the other 13 films with a worldwide figure, 27% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.