Jason Segel
Actor, Writer, Producer, Director
18 January 1980 (46 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 2026 | Over Your Dead Body · as Dan |
| 2023 | Mooned · as Vector (voice) |
| 2023 | Shrinking · as Jimmy |
| 2022 | Windfall · as Nobody |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty · as Paul Westhead |
| 2022 | The Sky Is Everywhere · as Big |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride · as Fezzik |
| 2020 | Dispatches from Elsewhere · as Peter |
| 2019 | Our Friend · as Dane Faucheux |
| 2018 | Come Sunday · as Henry |
| 2017 | The Discovery · as Will Harbor |
| 2015 | The End of the Tour · as David Foster Wallace |
| 2014 | Sex Tape · as Jay |
| 2013 | This Is the End · as Jason Segel (uncredited) |
| 2012 | This Is 40 · as Jason |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement · as Tom Solomon |
| 2011 | The Muppets · as Gary |
| 2011 | Jeff, Who Lives at Home · as Jeff Thompkins |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits · as Brice (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Bad Teacher · as Russell Gettis |
| 2010 | Gulliver's Travels · as Horatio |
| 2010 | Despicable Me · as Vector (voice) |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man · as Sydney Fife |
| 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall · as Peter Bretter |
| 2007 | Knocked Up · as Jason |
| 2006 | Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny · as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)On Plex |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin · as Theodore Everest |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother · as Marshall Eriksen |
| 2005 | The Good Humor Man · as Smelly Bob |
| 2004 | LolliLove · as Jason |
| 2003 | Certainly Not a Fairytale · as Leo |
| 2003 | 11:14 · as Leon |
| 2002 | Slackers · as Sam Schechter |
| 2001 | Alias · as Sam Hauser |
| 2001 | Undeclared · as Eric |
| 2001 | North Hollywood · as Gary Huffman |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · as Neil Jansen |
| 1999 | Freaks and Geeks · as Nick Andopolis |
| 1999 | Family Guy · as Marshall Eriksen (voice) |
| 1999 | New Jersey Turnpikes · as Cast |
| 1998 | SLC Punk! · as Mike |
| 1998 | Dead Man on Campus · as Kyle |
| 1998 | Can't Hardly Wait · as Matt |
| 1992 |
| 2023 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2014 | Sex Tape · as Screenplay |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement · as Screenplay |
| 2011 | |
| 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall · as Screenplay |
| 2023 | Shrinking · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | |
| 2020 | Dispatches from Elsewhere · as Executive Producer |
| 2014 | Sex Tape · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement · as Executive Producer |
| 2011 | The Muppets · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek · as Co-Producer |
| 2022 | Windfall · as Story |
| 2010 | Get Him to the Greek · as Characters |