Parks and Recreation (TV Series 2009-2015) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Who is in the cast of Parks and Recreation? Saturday Night Live star Amy Poehler (Mean Girls, Baby Mama) stars as Pawnee bureaucrat-turned-politician Leslie Knope. It also made bigger stars out of its established cast members, and new stars out of its unknowns. So, from Amy Poehler's status as a comedy legend to Chris Pratt's action movie evolution, this is YRX9fe.