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Jason Segel Biography and Full Filmography - MovieWise

Quick Facts

Born:
1980-01-18

Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Credits:
72 Total Roles

Jason Segel

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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

Full Filmography

Year Title Role
2026 Over Your Dead Body MOVIE Dan
2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter TV Self
2023 Mooned MOVIE Vector (voice)
2023 Shrinking TV Jimmy
2022 Windfall MOVIE Nobody
2022 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty TV Paul Westhead
2022 The Sky Is Everywhere MOVIE Big
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride TV Fezzik
2020 One World: Together at Home MOVIE Self
2020 Dispatches from Elsewhere TV Peter

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