Jason Segel
Jason Segel

Jason Segel

Born: January 18, 1980 (46 years)
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.

Movies Directed (1)
TV Shows Directed (1)
Movies as Actor (40)
Over Your Dead Body

Over Your Dead Body

as Dan

Mar 14, 2026

Mooned

Mooned

as Vector (voice)

Dec 6, 2023

Windfall

Windfall

as Nobody

Mar 11, 2022

The Sky Is Everywhere

The Sky Is Everywhere

as Big

Feb 11, 2022

One World: Together at Home

One World: Together at Home

as Self

Apr 18, 2020

Our Friend

Our Friend

as Dane Faucheux

Sep 4, 2019

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

as Self

Aug 2, 2018

Come Sunday

Come Sunday

as Henry

Jan 21, 2018

The Discovery

The Discovery

as Will Harbor

Mar 31, 2017

Rush: R40 Live

Rush: R40 Live

as Himself

Nov 20, 2015

The End of the Tour

The End of the Tour

as David Foster Wallace

Jul 31, 2015

Sex Tape

Sex Tape

as Jay

Jul 17, 2014

This Is the End

This Is the End

as Jason Segel (uncredited)

Jun 12, 2013

This Is 40

This Is 40

as Jason

Dec 20, 2012

The Five-Year Engagement

The Five-Year Engagement

as Tom Solomon

Apr 27, 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

Mar 20, 2012

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

as Jeff Thompkins

Mar 16, 2012

The Muppets

The Muppets

as Gary

Nov 23, 2011

Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits

as Brice (uncredited)

Jul 21, 2011

Bad Teacher

Bad Teacher

as Russell Gettis

May 16, 2011

Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush

Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush

as Sydney Fife

Jan 31, 2011

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

as Horatio

Dec 23, 2010

Despicable Me

Despicable Me

as Vector (voice)

Jul 8, 2010

I Love You, Man

I Love You, Man

as Sydney Fife

Mar 20, 2009

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

as Peter Bretter

Apr 17, 2008

Knocked Up

Knocked Up

as Jason

Jun 1, 2007

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)

Nov 22, 2006

Bye Bye Benjamin

Bye Bye Benjamin

as Theodore Everest

Jan 31, 2006

The Good Humor Man

The Good Humor Man

as Smelly Bob

Mar 16, 2005

LolliLove

LolliLove

as Jason

Nov 21, 2004

11:14

11:14

as Leon

Aug 20, 2004

Certainly Not a Fairytale

Certainly Not a Fairytale

as Leo

Dec 15, 2003

Slackers

Slackers

as Sam Schechter

Feb 1, 2002

North Hollywood

North Hollywood

as Gary Huffman

Jan 1, 2001

SLC Punk

SLC Punk

as Mike

Sep 24, 1998

Dead Man on Campus

Dead Man on Campus

as Kyle

Aug 21, 1998

Can't Hardly Wait

Can't Hardly Wait

as Matt

Jun 12, 1998

Sponsor

Sponsor

as Peter

Anxious People

Anxious People

How I Met The Robin

How I Met The Robin

as Marshall Eriksen

TV Shows as Actor (32)