Parks and Recreation star Nick Offerman has joined the cast of the indie drama Welcome to Happiness, which is currently shooting in Los Angeles.

Nick Offerman will play the landlord and father figure to a children's book author (Kyle Gallner), who has a secret door in his closet. Olivia Thirlby, Paget Brewster, Molly C. Quinn, Frances Conroy, Josh Brener and Brendan Sexton III round out the supporting cast.

Oliver Thompson is directing from his own original screenplay, and serving as a producer alongside Kyle Gallner and Bay Dariz for Minutehand Pictures, along with Molly C. Quinn's On Q Productions.

Nick Offerman most recently starred in the Sony Pictures comedy sequel 22 Jump Street, and he will next be seen in A Walk in the Woods. The actor will also return as Ron Swanson for Parks and Recreation's seventh and final season on NBC.