Lester Nygaard
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| First appearance | "The Crocodile's Dilemma" |
| Last appearance | "Morton's Fork" |
| Created by | Noah Hawley |
| Portrayed by | Martin Freeman |
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| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Life Insurance Salesman |
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Lester Nygaard is a fictional character in the first season of the FX television series Fargo and is portrayed by Martin Freeman, who received overwhelmingly positive reviews for his performance, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Critics' Choice Television Award for his performance.
Lester Nygaard was born in 1966 and has a younger brother, Chaz Nyggard. He attended high school with Sam Hess, Bill Oswalt, and his future wife, Pearl, the former of which bullied him constantly throughout high school. Lester and Pearl got married in 1988 when he was 22.
In January 2006, Lester Nygaard runs into Sam Hess, a former high school bully who intimidates Nygaard, causing him to accidentally break his nose. At the hospital, Nygaard meets Lorne Malvo, and they start up a conversation. Nygaard tells Malvo about his interaction with Hess, and Malvo casually suggests murdering him, an idea that Nygaard neither approves nor rejects. Later that night, Malvo kills Hess, later telling Nygaard that he never said "no" to the then-potential murder. Shortly after, Nygaard gets into a verbal fight with his wife Pearl and kills her. In a state of shock, Nygaard calls Malvo to ask for assistance. Before Malvo gets there, police officer Vern Thurman stops by after getting an anonymous tip from someone who overheard Malvo and Nygaard discussing Hess. Thurman sees Pearl's blood and starts to arrest Nygaard, but Malvo sneaks into Nygaard's house and kills Thurman. Malvo disappears and Nygaard knocks himself out to make it seem like a home invasion. After the police arrive, they suspect Nygaard is innocent and let him go. But Deputy Molly Solverson, starts to suspect that Nygaard is the killer of Hess, Pearl, and Thurman, mostly due to the tip that he was talking about Hess with Malvo. The newly appointed chief, Bill Oswalt, who happens to be a childhood friend of Nygaard, believes it was a drifter who killed the three and that Nygaard is incapable of such awful things. Despite Oswalt's doubts, he and Solverson interview him and he claims not to remember anything. Nevertheless, Solverson continues to investigate Nygaard in his personal life over the matter and is removed from the case as a result.
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