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Jason Segel

Acting 46 years old Los Angeles, California, USA ★ 2.4
Born: January 18, 1980

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

Family Guy
Family Guy Marshall Eriksen (voice) 1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Neil Jansen 2000
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother Marshall Eriksen 2005
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards Self - Nominee 1944
Shrinking
Shrinking Jimmy 2023

Jimmy's Seen (1)

Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (68)

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

Directing Credits (2)

Writing Credits (9)

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