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

Over Your Dead Body 2026 ★ 6.5
Shrinking 2023 ★ 7.8
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty 2022 ★ 7.7
Home Movie: The Princess Bride 2020 ★ 7.6
Dispatches from Elsewhere 2020 ★ 6.7
Sex Tape 2014 ★ 5.4
This Is the End 2013 ★ 6.2
This Is 40 2012 ★ 5.9
The Five-Year Engagement 2012 ★ 5.8
Friends with Benefits 2011 ★ 6.6
Bad Teacher 2011 ★ 5.6
The Muppets 2011 ★ 6.7
Despicable Me 2010 ★ 7.3
Gulliver's Travels 2010 ★ 5.2
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 ★ 6.5
Knocked Up 2007 ★ 6.3
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny 2006 ★ 6.8
How I Met Your Mother 2005 ★ 8.1
11:14 2004 ★ 6.8
Alias 2001 ★ 6.8
Undeclared 2001 ★ 7.3
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2000 ★ 7.6
Family Guy 1999 ★ 7.4
Freaks and Geeks 1999 ★ 8.2