Nick Kroll Movies and TV Shows: A Guide to His Roles

Some comedians you meet through a single character, but Nick Kroll tends to arrive as several at once: a loud Broadway has-been, a middle-schooler battling puberty, a tiny, excitable koala. He co-created Big Mouth with Andrew Goldberg, and if you’ve ever mixed up his movies, TV shows, or the difference between Adult Beginners and an adults-only cartoon, this guide sorts it out.

Signature series: Big Mouth (2017–present) ·
Created and starred in: Kroll Show (2013–2015) ·
Signature film voice: Gunter in Sing and Sing 2 ·
Broadway credit: Oh, Hello with John Mulaney ·
Reported upcoming Netflix series: A Hundred Percent

One birth name, one birth date, and a résumé that refuses to stay in one lane: the basics below are the version of Kroll’s bio shared across entertainment databases, anchored to his Wikipedia encyclopedia entry.

Who has Nick Kroll played?

Short answer: a lot of people, plus several non-people. Kroll’s career splits into live-action comedy, animated voice work, and the multi-character shows he built for himself. The credits below are the ones that keep surfacing in every filmography search.

Which Nick Kroll movies are live-action?

• Adult Beginners (2014) — the rare indie lead in his filmography; more on this in the Adults section below
• Date Night, Get Him to the Greek and Dinner for Schmucks (2010) — three studio comedies in a single year

The early pattern was supporting parts in studio comedies. The lead roles came later, mostly in projects he controlled behind the camera.

Which Nick Kroll characters come from animated films?

• In Sing (2016) and Sing 2, he voices Gunter, the excitable koala; his animated credits also include Sausage Party (2016) and Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017), where he played Professor Poopypants (IMDb film database)

Gunter is the best test of Kroll’s voice range: no face, just a voice and a lot of enthusiasm.

What TV roles did Nick Kroll play on Kroll Show and Big Mouth?

• Kroll Show (2013–2015) — the Comedy Central sketch series Kroll created and starred in, rotating through a cast of recurring weirdos
• Big Mouth (2017–present) — Netflix’s adult animated comedy; Kroll co-created it and voices Nick Birch, the anxious kid at the center of the show

The pattern: Kroll rarely lets a single character define him. His most durable parts usually arrive in groups — a sketch troupe’s worth of people inside one show.

How is Nick Kroll involved in Adults?

This is the search that breaks people’s brains. “Adults” can mean a 2014 indie comedy called Adult Beginners, or it can mean the adult-rated animation of Big Mouth. Both are real Kroll credits; neither is a movie named Adults.

Is Adults a Nick Kroll movie?

• There’s no Nick Kroll film called Adults. The confusion comes from two separate credits: the 2014 indie comedy Adult Beginners and the adult-rated animation of Big Mouth.
• “Adult” also describes Big Mouth, which is an adult animated series on Netflix

Did Nick Kroll appear in Adult Beginners?

• Yes, Kroll starred in Adult Beginners (2014), an indie comedy. That same year, he also guest-starred on Brooklyn Nine-Nine. (Backstage performer resource)

What adult animation did Nick Kroll create?

• Big Mouth, co-created with Andrew Goldberg, premiered on Netflix in 2017; Kroll voices Nick Birch
• His Netflix stand-up specials — including Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy and Nick Kroll: Thank You Very Cool — are the other “adult” corner of his career

What this means: “adult” is both a genre label and a movie-title mix-up. The two halves of Kroll’s career aren’t connected by tone; they’re connected by the same relentlessly busy performer.

What is Nick Kroll’s real name?

His legal name is Nicholas Kroll. He was born on June 5, 1978, in New York City, and he grew up in Rye, New York.

What is Nick Kroll’s ethnicity?

• Kroll identifies as Jewish; his celebrity-bio profile places his upbringing in an affluent household in Rye, New York

Was Nick Kroll rich growing up?

• Yes, by most accounts. Jules Kroll founded Kroll Inc., the corporate investigations and intelligence firm, and that business is the source of the family’s wealth

Are Nick Kroll’s parents billionaires?

• His father is the billionaire; whether his mother is too isn’t confirmed. The billionaire label attaches to Kroll’s father, not to Nick’s own net worth

The implication: the billionaire story belongs to his father’s firm, not to Kroll’s comedy career. It explains the biography, but it doesn’t explain the hours of character work.

Who is Nick Kroll’s best friend in real life?

John Mulaney. The two have built one of comedy’s most durable creative partnerships, and the friendship has been a recurring character in Kroll’s career — literally, since Mulaney voices a character in Big Mouth.

Is John Mulaney still friends with Nick Kroll?

• As far as the public record shows, yes. Mulaney voices Andrew in Big Mouth, and the two have continued to share stages and credits

What did Nick Kroll and John Mulaney create together?

• Oh, Hello — the comedy about two pretentious Upper West Side seniors, Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland — grew from a live show into a Broadway production
• The act only works as a pair, which made the live-to-Broadway leap a real gamble

The pattern: Kroll’s best work usually has a trusted collaborator in the frame — Mulaney for Oh, Hello, Andrew Goldberg for Big Mouth. The friendships function as creative infrastructure.

Who has Nick Kroll dated?

The public record is short: one high-profile relationship with Amy Poehler and a marriage to artist and landscape designer Lily Kwong.

Did Amy Poehler date Nick Kroll?

• Yes. Kroll and Poehler dated from about 2013 to 2015; neither performer has ever confirmed a single reason the relationship ended

Why did Nick Kroll and Amy Poehler split?

• No public explanation exists. Both have kept the details private, which means any specific reason circulating online is speculation

What does Nick Kroll’s wife do?

• Lily Kwong works as an artist and landscape designer — the same credit that appears in his official biographies

What this means: the long version of Kroll’s love life is short, and that’s rare for a comedian of his profile. The relationship questions mostly end in the same place: politely private.

What new Nick Kroll series is coming?

Two titles keep circling in search results: A Hundred Percent and Mating Season. They aren’t the same project, and only one has a real paper trail.

What is Nick Kroll’s new Netflix series?

• A Hundred Percent — reportedly an upcoming Netflix comedy series that Kroll co-created and stars in
• Mating Season — a title that surfaced in a Kroll interview, with no confirmed synopsis, cast, or premiere date

What is A Hundred Percent about?

“A love letter to Los Angeles.”

Nick Kroll, describing the project to IMDb

Beyond that line, details are thin: no plot summary, no cast list beyond Kroll, and no Netflix premiere date. “Announced” is doing a lot of work in this headline.

What is Mating Season on Netflix?

• Reported connections to Netflix: unconfirmed
• Status: an uncorroborated working title until Kroll’s camp or Netflix adds an official page

One interview discussed Mating Season in the same breath as Comedy vs Cancer, a benefit event tied to Kroll’s comedy community. That tells you the context for the project, not the release plan.

The catch: Kroll’s next chapter is the least confirmed part of his résumé. The honest label is “in development” until either project gets a date.

The implication: both projects remain in development until the company confirms.

Nick Kroll’s career timeline

Six milestones show the loop: every time television handed Kroll a side role, he answered by building a bigger vehicle for himself.

The through-line: from writer’s room to creator’s chair, each phase ends with Kroll holding more control than the last.

What’s confirmed and what’s still unclear

The research picture is solid on credits, thinner on personal details, and genuinely fuzzy on the next Netflix moves. Here’s the split.

Confirmed facts

• Nick Kroll’s legal name is Nicholas Kroll; he was born June 5, 1978, in New York City
• Kroll and John Mulaney created Oh, Hello
• Big Mouth is an adult animated Netflix series Kroll co-created
• Kroll is married to Lily Kwong, who works as an artist and landscape designer

What’s unclear

• Whether the upcoming Netflix series lands as A Hundred Percent, Mating Season, or both
• The specific reason for the Kroll-Poehler split
• Whether Kroll’s mother also carries the billionaire label
• Plot details and premiere dates for the announced projects

The takeaway: credits can be confirmed; intentions can’t. Until Netflix puts dates on the new projects, the unclear list is the more honest one.

In his own words

Two recent Kroll conversations circle the same theme: he’s done being a supporting player, and the next act is creator-shaped.

“A love letter to Los Angeles.”

Nick Kroll, describing A Hundred Percent to IMDb

In one interview, Kroll pointed to the Comedy vs Cancer benefit and a new series called Mating Season, neither of which had an official premiere date.

The takeaway: whatever the next title turns out to be, Kroll is describing it as a creator, a performer, and a producer at the same time.

Kroll’s career keeps following the same loop: prove yourself in someone else’s scene, then build a bigger sandbox of your own. The next loop is already in motion with A Hundred Percent, and the open question is whether it lands before or after Mating Season — or whether both titles collapse into one project. For comedy fans, the choice is clear: wait for Nick Kroll’s next Netflix announcement, or keep rewatching Big Mouth until one of them shows up.

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