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

Family Guy

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Daily Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Late Night with Seth Meyers

All Movies (40)

• Over Your Dead Body2026 · as Dan
• Mooned2023 · as Vector (voice)
• Windfall2022 · as Nobody
• The Sky Is Everywhere2022 · as Big
• One World: Together at Home2020 · as Self
• Our Friend2019 · as Dane Faucheux
• Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary2018 · as Self
• Come Sunday2018 · as Henry
• The Discovery2017 · as Will Harbor
• Rush: R40 Live2015 · as Himself
• The End of the Tour2015 · as David Foster Wallace
• Sex Tape2014 · as Jay
• This Is the End2013 · as Jason Segel (uncredited)
• This Is 402012 · as Jason
• The Five-Year Engagement2012 · as Tom Solomon
• Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets2012
• Jeff, Who Lives at Home2012 · as Jeff Thompkins
• The Muppets2011 · as Gary
• Friends with Benefits2011 · as Brice (uncredited)
• Bad Teacher2011 · as Russell Gettis
• Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush2011 · as Sydney Fife
• Gulliver's Travels2010 · as Horatio
• Despicable Me2010 · as Vector (voice)
• I Love You, Man2009 · as Sydney Fife
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall2008 · as Peter Bretter
• Knocked Up2007 · as Jason
• Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny2006 · as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
• Bye Bye Benjamin2006 · as Theodore Everest
• The Good Humor Man2005 · as Smelly Bob
• LolliLove2004 · as Jason
• 11:142004 · as Leon
• Certainly Not a Fairytale2003 · as Leo
• Slackers2002 · as Sam Schechter
• North Hollywood2001 · as Gary Huffman
• SLC Punk1998 · as Mike
• Dead Man on Campus1998 · as Kyle
• Can't Hardly Wait1998 · as Matt
• Sponsor— · as Peter
• Anxious People—
• How I Met The Robin— · as Marshall Eriksen

All TV Shows (35)

• Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self
• Shrinking2023 · as Jimmy
• Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty2022 · as Paul Westhead
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as Fezzik
• Dispatches from Elsewhere2020 · as Peter
• Cultureshock2018 · as Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Jeff Daniels
• Hot Ones2015 · as Self
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Take Two with Phineas and Ferb2010 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self
• Conan2010 · as Self - Guest
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• How I Met Your Mother2005 · as Marshall Eriksen
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Alias2001 · as Sam Hauser
• Undeclared2001 · as Eric
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Neil Jansen
• Freaks and Geeks1999 · as Nick Andopolis
• Family Guy1999 · as Marshall Eriksen (voice)
• The View1997 · as Self
• The Daily Show1996 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Top Ten Presenter
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee