Jason Segel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1980 (age 46)
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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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Movie · as Peter
Anxious People
Movie
Over Your Dead Body
Movie · as Dan
Mooned
Movie · as Vector (voice)
Shrinking
TV · as Jimmy · 33 eps
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Sky Is Everywhere
Movie · as Big
Windfall
Movie · as Nobody
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
TV · as Paul Westhead · 17 eps
One World: Together at Home
Movie · as Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · as Fezzik · 1 ep
Dispatches from Elsewhere
TV · as Peter · 10 eps
Our Friend
Movie · as Dane Faucheux
Come Sunday
Movie · as Henry
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Movie · as Self
Cultureshock
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Discovery
Movie · as Will Harbor
The End of the Tour
Movie · as David Foster Wallace
Rush: R40 Live
Movie · as Himself
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV · as Self - Guest, Jeff Daniels · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Sex Tape
Movie · as Jay
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 3 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
This Is the End
Movie · as Jason Segel (uncredited)
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Movie · as Jeff Thompkins
The Five-Year Engagement
Movie · as Tom Solomon
This Is 40
Movie · as Jason
Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets
Movie
Bad Teacher
Movie · as Russell Gettis
The Muppets
Movie · as Gary
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
Movie · as Sydney Fife
Friends with Benefits
Movie · as Brice (uncredited)
Despicable Me
Movie · as Vector (voice)
Gulliver's Travels
Movie · as Horatio
Conan
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
TV · as Self · 1 ep
I Love You, Man
Movie · as Sydney Fife
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Movie · as Peter Bretter
Knocked Up
Movie · as Jason
Bye Bye Benjamin
Movie · as Theodore Everest
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Movie · as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
The Megan Mullally Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Good Humor Man
Movie · as Smelly Bob
How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Marshall Eriksen · 208 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV · as Self · 2 eps
11:14
Movie · as Leon
LolliLove
Movie · as Jason
Certainly Not a Fairytale
Movie · as Leo
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Slackers
Movie · as Sam Schechter
North Hollywood
Movie · as Gary Huffman
Alias
TV · as Sam Hauser · 1 ep
Undeclared
TV · as Eric · 2 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Neil Jansen · 3 eps
Freaks and Geeks
TV · as Nick Andopolis · 18 eps
Family Guy
TV · as Marshall Eriksen (voice) · 1 ep
SLC Punk
Movie · as Mike
Dead Man on Campus
Movie · as Kyle
Can't Hardly Wait
Movie · as Watermelon Guy
New Jersey Turnpikes
Movie
The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Late Show with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Top Ten Presenter · 1 ep
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · 1 ep
Jeopardy!
TV · as Self - Clue Presenter · 1 ep
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep