Jason Segel
Born: 1980-01-18 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
2023
- Shrinking as Jimmy
- Mooned as Vector (voice)
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2022
- Windfall as Nobody
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Paul Westhead
- The Sky Is Everywhere as Big
2020
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Fezzik
- Dispatches from Elsewhere as Peter
- One World: Together at Home as Self
2019
- Our Friend as Dane Faucheux
2018
- Come Sunday as Henry
- Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary as Self
2017
- The Discovery as Will Harbor
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
- The End of the Tour as David Foster Wallace
- Rush: R40 Live as Himself
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Sex Tape as Jay
2013
- This Is the End as Jason Segel (uncredited)
2012
- This Is 40 as Jason
- The Five-Year Engagement as Tom Solomon
- Jeff, Who Lives at Home as Jeff Thompkins
- Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets
2011
- Friends with Benefits as Brice (uncredited)
- Bad Teacher as Russell Gettis
- The Muppets as Gary
- Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush as Sydney Fife
2010
- Conan as Self
- Despicable Me as Vector (voice)
- Gulliver's Travels as Horatio
- Get Him to the Greek ... (Characters)
2009
- Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- I Love You, Man as Sydney Fife
2008
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall as Peter Bretter
2007
- Knocked Up as Jason
2006
- The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
- Bye Bye Benjamin as Theodore Everest
2005
- How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen
- The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
- The Good Humor Man as Smelly Bob
2004
- LolliLove as Jason
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 11:14 as Leon
- Certainly Not a Fairytale as Leo
2002
- Slackers as Sam Schechter
2001
- North Hollywood as Gary Huffman
- Undeclared as Eric
- Alias as Sam Hauser
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Neil Jansen
1999
- Family Guy as Marshall Eriksen (voice)
- Freaks and Geeks as Nick Andopolis
1998
- SLC Punk as Mike
- Can't Hardly Wait as Matt
- Dead Man on Campus as Kyle
1997
- The View as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1992
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee