The third installment of “The Last Of Us” represents the biggest departure from the video game template to date. There, too, Joel and Ellie find their way to the surviving Bill on their further journey through the mushroom apocalypse. His partner Frank (the relationship between the two is suggested subtly rather than described in the game) had already died at the time after an argument.
In the series, however, we now get to see a heartbreaking romance between the two. We spend a lot of time on the deep backstory that also keeps us away from Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) for a long time. “account” Nick Offerman and “Frank” Murray Bartlett. And the two actors are certainly no strangers…
This is Nick Offerman
Nick Offerman can already look back on an acting career of more than 25 years. Although he was initially mainly seen in guest roles in individual episodes of series such as “King Of Queens” or “Gilmore Girls”, he started in 2009 with the comedy hit “Parks and recreation‘, to which he owes his best-known role to date, really through. As the grumpy, but actually kind-hearted director of the greens office Ron Swanson, he turned out to be an absolute scene thief over the seven seasons of the series, known to many who have never seen the series thanks to countless memes. series.
During the series, but especially afterwards, some notable supporting roles followed, both on the home screen and on the big screen, such as the police chief in “21 Jump Street” and its sequel, as co-founder of McDonald’s in the biopic “The Founder” , as a lawyer in the second season of “Fargo” or most recently as a sex tape salesman in the mini-series “Pam & Tommy”.
While most of his roles prior to The Last Of Us had at least a strong comedic twist, his other credit includes playing the eccentric and obscure tech company boss in Alex Garland’s rousing 2020 sci-fi series. already out in a drama role.
This is Murray Bartlett
Australian Murray Bartlett has also been in the film and series business for some time. The really big international breakthrough for him actually only came in recent years. After small supporting roles and guest appearances in series such as “Neighbours”, “Farscape” and “Sex And The City”, he was part of the ensemble of the TV phenomenon “Springfield Story” (or “Guiding Light” in Germany) between 2007 and 2009 Original), and that for more than 250 episodes – which, considering the more than 15,000 (!) episodes of the world’s longest soap opera ever, is only a fraction.
He gained further attention as part of the gay main trio in the critically acclaimed but prematurely canceled HBO series Looking (which was eventually made into a movie). In addition to appearances in the “Tales of the Town” and “Welcome To Chippendales” miniseries Bartlett celebrates his biggest success to date, but currently in the HBO hype that started in 2021 “The White Lotus“. He even received an Emmy in 2022 for his amazing role as an ex-junkie and manager of the resort of the same name. And who knows: maybe soon the next big prize awaits his moving performance in “The Last Of Us”…