'We all get our things': Nick Offerman knows his strengths and how to use them

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Set us as preferred Nick Offerman is more than just his facial hair.For one thing, the actor made viewers weep with his Emmy-winning turn as Bill, a man who found unexpected love in “The Last of Us.”Then again, Bill did have a great beard.Fans who celebrated Ron Swanson and his mustache on “Parks and Recreation” have had much to enjoy with the two roles that earned Offerman Emmy nominations this year.

As Chester A.Arthur, corrupt politician-turned-surprise president in Netflix’s limited series “Death by Lightning,” and retired professional wrestler and recovering addict Jinx in the Apple TV series “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” he had two powerful redemption arcs to navigate.

As well as some mighty coifs.“I pride myself on that,” he deadpans.“It’s not something you can learn.

I literally come by it honestly because it’s what Mother Nature provided me.Benedict Cumberbatch got the cheekbones and the nimble, articulate language tools.

I got whiskers, and shoveling, and slow talking.We all get our things.”Speaking by video chat from the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, where he’s playing Eugene O’Neill opposite wife Megan Mullally’s Broadway diva in “Iceboy! The Musical,” Offerman is humble and erudite, poking fun at himself while praising colleagues.

He is “sincerely gobsmacked” by the double nod.He is also fresh-faced, because he’s filming the Alex Garland film “Elden Ring” in London during his downtime.

“Here is this meager little mustache that someone made me, and I glue it on every night,” he says, holding up two tiny hairy wings.In contrast, Arthur’s mutton chops just won’t stop.“If a president is not thin and has facial hair, then it’s been suggested that I should play him,” Offerman says.

“People send me all of them, you name it: McKinley, Harrison, Teddy ...