Jason Segel
Jason Segel
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.
Known For
Actor
as Vector
as Vector (voice)
as Jimmy
as Nobody
as Big
as Paul Westhead
as Self
as Fezzik
as Peter
as Dane Faucheux
as Henry
as Will Harbor
as Himself
as David Foster Wallace
as Jay
as Self
as Self
as Jason Segel (uncredited)
as Jason
as Tom Solomon
as Jeff Thompkins
as Gary
as Brice (uncredited)
as Russell Gettis
as Sydney Fife
as Horatio
as Vector (voice)
as Self
as Sydney Fife
as Self
as Peter Bretter
as Jason
as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
as Theodore Everest
as Self - Guest
as Smelly Bob
as Marshall Eriksen
as Jason Segel
as Leo
as Leon
as Self
as Sam Schechter
as Gary Huffman
as Sam Hauser
as Eric
as Neil Jansen
as Nick Andopolis
as Marshall Eriksen (voice)
as Mike
as Kyle
as Matt
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self
as Self
as Self - Host
as Prostitute
Writer
as Writer
as Story
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Screenplay
as Writer
as Characters
as Screenplay
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Co-Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
Creator
as Creator
as Creator