Jason Mantzoukas

Jason Mantzoukas (; born December 18, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, podcaster and screenwriter. He is known for his roles as Rafi in the FX comedy series The League and as Nadal in Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator (2012), and he is one of the three co-hosts of the podcast How Did This Get Made? alongside Paul Scheer and June Diane Raphael. After beginning his career as an improv comedian, he has played several comedic roles in film and television. He appeared in the films Conception (2011), They Came Together (2014), Sleeping with Other People (2015), The Long Dumb Road (2018), and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). He has had recurring roles on four TV series created by Michael Schur, portraying Dennis Feinstein in Parks and Recreation, Adrian Pimento in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Derek Hoffstetler in The Good Place, and Apollo Lambrakis in A Man on the Inside. In 2025, he appeared as a contestant in series 19 of British comedy game show Taskmaster. Mantzoukas also voices the characters Jay Bilzerian in the Netflix animated series Big Mouth, Alex Dorpenberger in the HBO Max animated series Close Enough, Rex Splode in the Amazon Prime animated series Invincible, The Gray One in HouseBroken, Chumsley in Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie, and Jankom Pog in the Paramount+ animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.