Jason Segel

Jason Segel

Born 1980-01-18 (age 46) Los Angeles, California, USA
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Biography

Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014. He began his career with director and producer Judd Apatow on the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) and Undeclared (2001–2002) before gaining prominence for his leading roles in various successful comedy films in which he has starred, written, and produced.

Segel has starred in many comedic films such as Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), I Love You, Man (2009), Bad Teacher (2011), The Five-Year Engagement (2012), This Is 40 (2012), and Sex Tape (2014), as well as family films such as Despicable Me (2010), and The Muppets (2011). For his role as David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour (2015) he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also starred in the dramas Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), The Discovery (2017), Our Friend (2019), and Windfall (2022).

In 2023, he began starring as a therapist in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, which he also co-created alongside Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein. For his performance he earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series nomination.

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Known For

Over Your Dead Body
Despicable Me
Despicable Me

2010

as Vector (voice)

Sex Tape
Sex Tape

2014

as Jay

This Is the End
This Is the End

2013

as Jason Segel (uncredited)

Friends with Benefits
Friends with Benefits

2011

as Brice (uncredited)

Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher

2011

as Russell Gettis

Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008

as Peter Bretter

Knocked Up
Knocked Up

2007

as Jason

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

2006

as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)

The Muppets
The Muppets

2011

as Gary

Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels

2010

as Horatio

This Is 40
This Is 40

2012

as Jason

11:14
11:14

2004

as Leon

The Five-Year Engagement
The Five-Year Engagement

2012

as Tom Solomon

Our Friend
Our Friend

2019

as Dane Faucheux

The Discovery
The Discovery

2017

as Will Harbor

Can't Hardly Wait
Can't Hardly Wait

1998

as Matt

I Love You, Man
I Love You, Man

2009

as Sydney Fife

One World: Together at Home
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jeff, Who Lives at Home

2012

as Jeff Thompkins