Nick Kroll is an accomplished actor and comedian, who has also made major achievements in voice acting, writing, and producing. He is perhaps most known for his comedic roles, the various characters and impersonations he performs, and for co-creating the successful Netflix original series Big Mouth. Prior to that, of course, he found success through his own comedy show, Kroll Show, which is widely regarded by critics and fans alike as one of the best comedy sketch shows of recent memory.

In addition to television, Kroll also enjoyed success starring in movies, starring in hits such as Get Him to the Greek, and securing voice acting roles in Sausage Party, which was a huge hit at the box office. This year alone, Kroll starred in two highly talked-about movies, The Bob’s Burgers Movie and Don’t Worry Darling. Next year, per Deadline, he will appear opposite Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans in the holiday action-comedy Red One. Kroll’s career shows no signs of slowing down, and this list of his best performances proves why he’s here to stay.

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8 Olympic Dreams

     IFC Films

Olympic Dreams is a unique story that takes place during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. It centers on an Olympian named Penelope (Alexi Pappas) and the friendship she develops with a dentist (Kroll) working with athletes at the Games. It’s a bit of a departure from Kroll’s more light-hearted roles, but surely proved his talents in other genres. What’s more, he also served as co-writer and co-producer on this film. Olympic Dreams went largely unseen, but is nonetheless a gem in Kroll’s filmography.

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7 Sing

     Illumination

Sing kicked off a successful animated musical franchise, featuring an ensemble cast of A-list actors and comedians playing anthropomorphic animals who compete in a singing competition. Matthew McConaughey is Buster Moon, a koala theater manager who has one final chance to save his theater from closing. To do so, he hosts a singing competition, which attracted ordinary citizens to audition. One of those characters is Kroll’s Gunter, an outrageous pig with a passion for dancing. A sequel, Sing 2, came out in 2021, and while a Sing 3 is still up in the air, McConaughey has expressed interest in a threequel (via Cinema Blend).

6 Get Him to the Greek

     Apatow Productions

Get Him to the Greek is a successful 2010 comedy film that loosely ties into the events of Judd Apatow’s Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The film features Russell Brand as a rock star named Aldous Snow, starring alongside Jonah Hill as Aaron Green, a record employee working with Snow. In one of his earliest film roles, Kroll stars as Kevin McLean, who works for Sergio Roma, and he provides the usual laughs each time he is on the screen.

5 Oh, Hello On Broadway

     Netflix

Oh, Hello On Broadway is a filmed performance of Kroll’s hit Broadway show, Oh, Hello. The story follows Kroll and John Mulaney’s characters, Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland respectively, who are two New Yorkers telling the history of their friendship. The show is essentially a two-man show, and it’s one of Kroll’s highest-rated performances of all time. Both actors have incredible comic timing and bounce off each other’s energy perfectly. It’s well worth a watch and brings Broadway to viewers at home.

4 The League

     FX

The League is a sitcom that aired on FX/ FXX from 2009 to 2015, running for five seasons. The story is set in Chicago, Illinois, and centers around a fantasy football league, its members, and their everyday lives. The main cast consist of six friends who participate in a football league and become extremely invested, doing anything it takes to win. Kroll stars as Rodney Ruxin, an attorney who is ruthless in his professional life as well as on the field. He brings his usual humor to the role, and the series overall is one of the most celebrated sitcoms of the 2010s.

3 Sausage Party

     Columbia Pictures

Sausage Party is another success that Kroll found in voice acting. The animated film features supermarket foods who are alive and want to avoid being eaten. The film is ridiculous and hilarious, and Kroll plays a villain in the movie. He brings his usual humor, making the viewing experience totally unique.

2 Loving

     Focus Features

Loving is a historical drama that is very different from most of Kroll’s other TV and film appearances. The movie is a historical drama in which Kroll plays a lawyer named Bernie Cohen, who represents the main characters, Mildred and Richard Loving (a Black woman and a white man), during their struggle to remain married in the late 1950s when segregation laws were impacting people’s lives. Kroll shows his range more in this film, which was his biggest hit with critics.

1 Kroll Show

     Comedy Central

Kroll Show is a sketch show co-created by Kroll himself. The series parodies several aspects of the internet, pop culture, and advertisement, with Kroll featuring in sketches that critique several different situations. The series is influenced by reality TV, featuring formats similar to shows like Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Kroll regularly plays more than one character, allowing his talents to fully shine. The series remains critically praised and was celebrated widely when it was on air.