Jason Segel
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.
Acting
Movie
Despicable Me
as Vector (voice)
2010
Movie
Friends with Benefits
as Brice (uncredited)
2011
Movie
This Is the End
as Jason Segel (uncredited)
2013
TV
How I Met Your Mother
as Marshall Eriksen
2005
Movie
Bad Teacher
as Russell Gettis
2011
TV
Family Guy
as Marshall Eriksen (voice)
1999
Movie
Knocked Up
as Jason
2007
Movie
Sex Tape
as Jay
2014
Movie
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
as Peter Bretter
2008
Movie
Gulliver's Travels
as Horatio
2010
Movie
This Is 40
as Jason
2012
Movie
I Love You, Man
as Sydney Fife
2009
Movie
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
2006
Movie
The Muppets
as Gary
2011
Movie
The Discovery
as Will Harbor
2017
Movie
The Five-Year Engagement
as Tom Solomon
2012
TV
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Neil Jansen
2000
Movie
11:14
as Leon
2004
TV
Freaks and Geeks
as Nick Andopolis
1999
TV
Alias
as Sam Hauser
2001
Movie
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
as Jeff Thompkins
2012
TV
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
TV
Shrinking
as Jimmy
2023
Movie
The End of the Tour
as David Foster Wallace
2015
Crew
Movie
Sex Tape
Screenplay
2014
Movie
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Screenplay
2008
Movie
Get Him to the Greek
Characters
2010
Movie
The Muppets
Writer
2011
Movie
The Five-Year Engagement
Screenplay
2012
TV
Shrinking
Executive Producer
2023
Movie
Windfall
Story
2022
TV
Dispatches from Elsewhere
Executive Producer
2020
Movie
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
Director
2011
Movie
Sponsor
Writer