All 73 Parksdle characters

Andy Dwyer

Lovable, clueless musician who goes from shoeshiner to Johnny Karate and marries April.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Hall, Sweetums, Media

Job

Shoeshiner, Security, Assistant, Musician, Host

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Ann Perkins

Nurse and Leslie's best friend, who gets drawn into Parks Department life after complaining about a pit.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Hospital, City Hall

Job

Medical, Strategist

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Annabel Porter

Local businesswoman who crosses paths with the parks crew in seasons 6 and 7.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Own business

Job

Entrepreneur, Executive

Relationship

Unknown

First season

6

Last season

7

April Ludgate

Deadpan intern turned Ron's assistant who hates almost everything except Andy and animals.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Parks Dept, City Hall, Federal, Washington

Job

Assistant, Deputy Director, Animal Control

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Barney Varmn

Head of a local accounting firm who badly wants to hire Ben.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Own business

Job

Accountant

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

7

Ben Wyatt

State auditor sent to Pawnee who falls for Leslie and stays on as city manager.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Indiana State, City Hall, Washington, Sweetums

Job

Auditor, City Manager, Strategist, Accountant, Politician

Relationship

Married

First season

2

Last season

7

Bill Dexhart

City councilman forever caught up in sex scandals.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Council, City Hall

Job

Politician

Relationship

Married

First season

2

Last season

7

Bobby Newport

Dim but charming Sweetums heir who runs against Leslie for city council.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Sweetums

Job

Executive

Relationship

Married

First season

4

Last season

7

Burly

Andy's bandmate in his ever-renamed band, Mouse Rat.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Musician

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

7

Chris Traeger

Relentlessly upbeat state auditor turned city manager, obsessed with his health and fond of the word literally.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Indiana State, City Hall

Job

Auditor, City Manager

Relationship

Married

First season

2

Last season

7

Craig Middlebrooks

Loud, passionate former Eagleton staffer who joins the Pawnee Parks Department.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Eagleton, Parks Dept, City Hall, Tom's Bistro

Job

Staff, Sommelier

Relationship

Married

First season

6

Last season

7

Crazy Ira

Loud shock jock who co-hosts Pawnee's morning radio show.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Media

Job

Host

Relationship

Unknown

First season

3

Last season

6

Dave Sanderson

Police officer who dates Leslie in season 2.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Police

Job

Police

Relationship

Single

First season

2

Last season

4

Dennis Feinstein

Sleazy local perfume maker who does business with Tom.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Own business

Job

Entrepreneur

Relationship

Unknown

First season

3

Last season

7

Derry Murbles

Gentle, soft-spoken host on Pawnee's public radio station.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Media

Job

Host

Relationship

Unknown

First season

4

Last season

6

Diane Lewis

Vice principal and single mother who marries Ron.

Gender

Female

Workplace

School

Job

Educator

Relationship

Married

First season

5

Last season

6

Donna Meagle

Confident Parks Department staffer with a Mercedes, a love of treating herself and a famous cousin.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Parks Dept, City Hall, Own business

Job

Staff, Entrepreneur

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Douglass Howser

Member of the Pawnee city council from season 2 onward.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Council, City Hall

Job

Politician

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

7

Dr. Harris

Doctor at the Pawnee hospital where Ann works.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Hospital

Job

Medical

Relationship

Unknown

First season

1

Last season

6

Elise Yarktin

Pawnee activist seen at public forums from season 2 onward.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Other

Job

Activist

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

7

Ethel Beavers

Elderly City Hall stenographer with a dirty sense of humour.

Gender

Female

Workplace

City Hall

Job

Staff

Relationship

Dating

First season

3

Last season

7

Fielding Milton

Elderly city councilman with very old-fashioned views on almost everything.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Council, City Hall

Job

Politician

Relationship

Unknown

First season

5

Last season

7

Freddy Spaghetti

Children's singer booked for a big Parks Department concert in season 2.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Musician

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

2

Gayle Gergich

Jerry's wife, far more glamorous than anyone expects.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Other

Job

Other

Relationship

Married

First season

5

Last season

7

Grant Larson

National Park Service director who offers Leslie a federal job.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Federal

Job

Director

Relationship

Unknown

First season

6

Last season

6

Greg Pikitis

Smug teen prankster who keeps vandalising Pawnee's parks and taunting Leslie.

Gender

Male

Workplace

School

Job

Student

Relationship

Dating

First season

2

Last season

6

Harris

Lazy, stoned Animal Control worker at City Hall.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Hall

Job

Animal Control

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

7

Hugh Trumple

Pawnee's police chief and one of Ron's few close friends.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Police

Job

Police

Relationship

Unknown

First season

3

Last season

4

Ingrid de Forest

Snobbish Eagleton councilwoman who joins Pawnee's council after the merger.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Eagleton, City Council, City Hall

Job

Politician

Relationship

Unknown

First season

6

Last season

6

Jean-Ralphio Saperstein

Tom's flashy, sing-talking friend and partner in Entertainment 720.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Entertainment 720

Job

Entrepreneur, Sales

Relationship

Single

First season

2

Last season

7

Jennifer Barkley

Sharp, mercenary political strategist from Washington who works whichever campaign pays her.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Washington

Job

Strategist

Relationship

Single

First season

4

Last season

7

Jeremy Jamm

Petty city councilman and orthodontist who becomes Leslie's nemesis.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Council, City Hall

Job

Politician, Medical

Relationship

Married

First season

5

Last season

7

Jerry Gergich

Parks Department staffer and the office punching bag, whose name nobody gets right.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Parks Dept, Federal, City Hall

Job

Staff, Politician

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Jessica Wicks

Former Miss Pawnee who marries Nick Newport Sr.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Sweetums

Job

Executive

Relationship

Married

First season

2

Last season

7

JJ Lipscomb

Owner of JJ's Diner, home of Leslie's beloved waffles.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Own business

Job

Entrepreneur

Relationship

Divorced

First season

3

Last season

7

Joan Callamezzo

Host of the talk show Pawnee Today, who loves a scandal and a glass of wine.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Media

Job

Host

Relationship

Divorced

First season

2

Last season

7

Joe

Teacher who falls for Donna and later marries her.

Gender

Male

Workplace

School

Job

Educator

Relationship

Married

First season

6

Last season

7

Joe Biden

Vice President of the United States and Leslie's biggest political crush, playing himself.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Washington

Job

Politician

Relationship

Married

First season

5

Last season

7

Justin Anderson

Ann's worldly friend, a lawyer whom Leslie dates in season 2.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Lawyer

Relationship

Single

First season

2

Last season

2

Kathryn Pinewood

Strategist working for Sweetums in seasons 5 and 6.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Sweetums

Job

Strategist

Relationship

Unknown

First season

5

Last season

6

Keef Slertner

Activist who turns up in Pawnee during season 2.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Activist

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

2

Ken Hotate

Leader of the Wamapoke tribe and owner of the local casino.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Own business

Job

Entrepreneur

Relationship

Unknown

First season

3

Last season

7

Kyle

City Hall employee whom Ron and everyone else love to mock.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Hall

Job

Assistant

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

7

Leslie Knope

Deputy director of the Pawnee Parks Department, a relentless optimist with big political dreams.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Parks Dept, City Hall, City Council, Federal

Job

Deputy Director, Politician, Director

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Li'l Sebastian

Miniature horse who is Pawnee's most beloved celebrity.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Other

Relationship

Unknown

First season

3

Last season

3

Linda Lonegan

Teacher in Pawnee who appears in season 4.

Gender

Female

Workplace

School

Job

Educator

Relationship

Single

First season

4

Last season

4

Lindsay Carlisle Shay

Eagleton's parks deputy director and Leslie's old rival.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Eagleton

Job

Deputy Director

Relationship

Unknown

First season

3

Last season

3

Lord Edgar Covington

British lord who crosses paths with the Pawnee crew in the last two seasons.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Executive

Relationship

Unknown

First season

6

Last season

7

Lu Saperstein

Doctor and the indulgent father of Jean-Ralphio and Mona-Lisa.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Hospital

Job

Medical, Entrepreneur

Relationship

Unknown

First season

6

Last season

7

Lucy Santo Domingo

Bartender at the Snakehole Lounge who dates Tom.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Snakehole Lounge, Tom's Bistro

Job

Bartender, Staff

Relationship

Married

First season

2

Last season

7

Marcia Langman

Conservative activist from the Pawnee Society for Family Stability.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Other

Job

Activist

Relationship

Married

First season

2

Last season

7

Mark Brendanawicz

City planner and Leslie's old crush, who dates Ann in the early seasons.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Hall

Job

Planner

Relationship

Single

First season

1

Last season

2

Marlene Griggs-Knope

Leslie's tough mother, a powerful figure in Pawnee's school system.

Gender

Female

Workplace

School

Job

Educator, Director

Relationship

Widowed

First season

1

Last season

5

Marshall Langman

Marcia's husband and fellow activist, who protests alongside her.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Activist

Relationship

Married

First season

5

Last season

7

Millicent Gergich

Jerry's beautiful daughter, who dates Chris Traeger in season 4.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Other

Job

Other

Relationship

Engaged

First season

4

Last season

5

Mona-Lisa Saperstein

Jean-Ralphio's twin sister, a chaotic nightmare of an employee.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Rent-A-Swag

Job

Sales

Relationship

Single

First season

5

Last season

7

Nadia Stasky

Doctor who dates Chris Traeger in season 6.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Hospital

Job

Medical

Relationship

Single

First season

6

Last season

6

Natalie Ludgate

April's younger sister, just as deadpan as April.

Gender

Female

Workplace

School

Job

Student

Relationship

Single

First season

2

Last season

4

Nick Newport Sr.

Very elderly founder of Sweetums, Bobby Newport's father.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Sweetums

Job

Executive

Relationship

Married

First season

2

Last season

2

Orin

April's silent, unsettling friend, a performance artist who rarely speaks.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Other

Relationship

Unknown

First season

3

Last season

7

Paul Iaresco

Pawnee's city manager in the early seasons, before Chris Traeger.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Hall

Job

City Manager

Relationship

Unknown

First season

1

Last season

3

Perd Hapley

Local TV news host whose sentences loop back on themselves.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Media

Job

Host

Relationship

Single

First season

2

Last season

7

Ron Swanson

Director of the Parks Department who hates government, loves meat and woodworking, and secretly plays saxophone as Duke Silver.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Parks Dept, City Hall, Very Good Building Co., Federal

Job

Director, Musician, Entrepreneur

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Scott Braddock

City lawyer who advises the Parks Department in season 2.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Hall

Job

Lawyer

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

2

Sewage Joe

Head of Pawnee's sewage department, famous for sending inappropriate photos.

Gender

Male

Workplace

City Hall

Job

Director

Relationship

Unknown

First season

2

Last season

5

Shauna Malwae-Tweep

Pawnee Journal reporter whose love life never goes her way.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Media

Job

Journalist

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Tammy One

Ron's controlling first ex-wife, an IRS agent who terrifies him.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Federal

Job

Auditor

Relationship

Divorced

First season

4

Last season

4

Tammy Two

Ron's manipulative second ex-wife, a librarian who drives him wild.

Gender

Female

Workplace

City Hall

Job

Deputy Director

Relationship

Divorced

First season

2

Last season

7

Tammy Zero

Ron's mother, the original Tammy, who appears in season 4.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Other

Job

Other

Relationship

Unknown

First season

4

Last season

4

Tom Haverford

Parks Department employee who would rather be launching his next business idea or branding everything.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Parks Dept, City Hall, Entertainment 720, Rent-A-Swag, Tom's Bistro

Job

Staff, Entrepreneur

Relationship

Married

First season

1

Last season

7

Trevor Nelsson

Lawyer who turns up in Pawnee business from season 5 to the end.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Other

Job

Lawyer

Relationship

Unknown

First season

5

Last season

7

Typhoon

Hairdresser who becomes Craig's partner and later his husband.

Gender

Male

Workplace

Own business

Job

Hairdresser

Relationship

Married

First season

6

Last season

7

Wendy Haverford

Tom's ex-wife, a doctor he married for her green card.

Gender

Female

Workplace

Hospital

Job

Medical

Relationship

Divorced

First season

1

Last season

3