Jason Segel

American actor

Photo by: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:January 18, 1980

Age:46

Zodiac Sign:Capricorn

Height:1.93 m (6′4″)

Born in:Los Angeles, United States

Languages:English

Voice Actor Film Producer Actor Film Actor Musician Marionetteist Author Screenwriter Comedian Television Actor

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Partner: Michelle Williams(2012–2013)

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Photo by: Kevin Paul · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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How I Met Your MotherCSI: Crime Scene InvestigationFriends with BenefitsBad TeacherKnocked Up

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Jason Segel

American actor

Biography

Jason Jordan Segel ( SEE-gal; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. 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 which he has starred in, written, and produced. Segel's comedic films include 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). From 2022 to 2023, he played the role of Paul Westhead in the HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. In 2023, he began starring as Jimmy Laird, a therapist in the Apple TV series Shrinking, which he also co-created alongside Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein. For his performance, he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Jason Segel at an FYC panel for Shrinking at Televerse 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 05 2014: Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel arrive for the German premiere of the film 'Sex Tape' at CineStar in Berlin, Germany.

Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, and Paul Rudd at the Austin, TX premiere of I Love You, Man

Actor Jason Segel - Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences Presents An Evening With "How I Met Your Mother", 2009

Jason Segel at The Muppets’ Australian Premiere in Sydney

The Muppets’ Australian Premiere To Be Hosted By Jason Segel and Kermit The Frog Kermit The Frog has snuck into Australia to premiere 'The Muppets' movie on the green carpet at Bondi Junction's Event Cinemas. Synopsis On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10-million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit the Frog reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called The Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret, signature, celebrity cameos, "The Muppets" hits the big screen November 23, 2011. Director: James Bobin Writers: Jason Segel, Nick Stoller Actors: Jason Segel Amy Adams Chris Cooper Rashida Jones Alan Arkin Jack Black Zach Galifianakis (Cameo) Ken Jeong (Cameo) Jim Parsons (Cameo) Kristen Schaal (Cameo) Sarah Silverman (Cameo) Emily Blunt (Cameo) Whoopi Goldberg (Cameo) Selena Gomez (Cameo) Neil Patrick Harris (Cameo) John Krasinski (Cameo) Mickey Rooney (Cameo) Producers: Jason Segel, Nick Stoller Websites The Muppets - Disney disney.go.com/muppets Event Cinemas <a href="http://www.eventcinemas.com.au" rel="nofollow">www.eventcinemas.com.au</a> Music News Australia <a href="http://www.musicnewsaustralia.com" rel="nofollow">www.musicnewsaustralia.com</a>

The Muppets’ Australian Premiere To Be Hosted By Jason Segel and Kermit The Frog Kermit The Frog has snuck into Australia to premiere 'The Muppets' movie on the green carpet at Bondi Junction's Event Cinemas. Synopsis On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world's biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets' former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10-million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit the Frog reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways: Fozzie now performs with a Reno casino tribute band called The Moopets, Miss Piggy is a plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, Animal is in a Santa Barbara clinic for anger management, and Gonzo is a high-powered plumbing magnate. With secret, signature, celebrity cameos, "The Muppets" hits the big screen November 23, 2011. Director: James Bobin Writers: Jason Segel, Nick Stoller Actors: Jason Segel Amy Adams Chris Cooper Rashida Jones Alan Arkin Jack Black Zach Galifianakis (Cameo) Ken Jeong (Cameo) Jim Parsons (Cameo) Kristen Schaal (Cameo) Sarah Silverman (Cameo) Emily Blunt (Cameo) Whoopi Goldberg (Cameo) Selena Gomez (Cameo) Neil Patrick Harris (Cameo) John Krasinski (Cameo) Mickey Rooney (Cameo) Producers: Jason Segel, Nick Stoller Websites The Muppets - Disney disney.go.com/muppets Event Cinemas www.eventcinemas.com.au Music News Australia www.musicnewsaustralia.com