
Jason Segel
- Date of Birth: 1980-01-18
- Place of Birth: 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 d... 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.

Family Guy
Animation, Comedy • 1999 January

Despicable Me
Animation, Family, Comedy • 2010 July

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Comedy, Talk • 1993 September

Our Friend
Drama, Romance • 2019 September

SLC Punk
Comedy, Drama, Crime, Music • 1998 September

Conan
Talk, Comedy, News • 2010 November

Despicable Me 4
Animation, Family, Comedy, Science Fiction • 2024 June

Golden Globe Awards
Talk • 1944 January

One World: Together at Home
Music, Documentary • 2020 April

The End of the Tour
Drama • 2015 July