Jason Segel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1980
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, USA
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
- Anxious People
Anxious People TBA
Actor
- Sponsor
Sponsor TBA
as Peter, Writer, Producer
Over Your Dead Body 2026
as Dan
Mooned 2023
as Vector (voice)
Windfall 2022
as Nobody, Story, Producer
The Sky Is Everywhere 2022
as Big
One World: Together at Home 2020
as Self
Our Friend 2019
as Dane Faucheux
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary 2018
as Self
Come Sunday 2018
as Henry
The Discovery 2017
as Will Harbor
Rush: R40 Live 2015
as Himself
The End of the Tour 2015
as David Foster Wallace
Sex Tape 2014
as Jay, Screenplay, Executive Producer
This Is the End 2013
as Jason Segel (uncredited)
This Is 40 2012
as Jason
The Five-Year Engagement 2012
as Tom Solomon, Screenplay
- 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
Actor
Jeff, Who Lives at Home 2012
as Jeff Thompkins
The Muppets 2011
as Gary, Writer, Executive Producer
Friends with Benefits 2011
as Brice (uncredited)
Bad Teacher 2011
as Russell Gettis
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush 2011
as Sydney Fife, Director
Gulliver's Travels 2010
as Horatio
Despicable Me 2010
as Vector (voice)
Get Him to the Greek 2010
Characters, Co-Producer
I Love You, Man 2009
as Sydney Fife
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008
as Peter Bretter, Screenplay
Knocked Up 2007
as Jason
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 2006
as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
Bye Bye Benjamin 2006
as Theodore Everest
The Good Humor Man 2005
as Smelly Bob
LolliLove 2004
as Jason
11:14 2004
as Leon
Certainly Not a Fairytale 2003
as Leo
Slackers 2002
as Sam Schechter
North Hollywood 2001
as Gary Huffman
New Jersey Turnpikes 1998
Actor
SLC Punk 1998
as Mike
Dead Man on Campus 1998
as Kyle
Can't Hardly Wait 1998
as Watermelon Guy
Credits from TMDB.