Jean-Ralphio may have gone down in “Parks and Recreation” history as a party and scheme-loving wild child, but the actor behind the role remembers a time when his NBC character wasn’t quite so insane.

When the future Parks and Recreation and House of Lies star first moved out to Los Angeles from New York, like most young actors, he had trouble finding work. He also had trouble finding anyone to cut ...

The man behind the coif talks working with Don Cheadle on his new show House Of Lies and the dating advice he'd never take from his Parks and Recreation alter-ego, Jean-Ralphio.

Ben Schwartz, who played Jean-Ralphio Saperstein in NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” will be the featured speaker at Sunday’s commencement. Schwartz graduated from Union in 2003 and was part of an in ...