Jason Segel

ActorProducerWriterDirectorProduction Jan 18 (age 46) Los Angeles, California, USA 1981–2026 (45 year career)

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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 Knocke…

Known For

Film

How I Met Your Mother

Marshall Eriksen

Film

Despicable Me

Vector (voice)

Film

Friends with Benefits

Brice (uncredited)

Film

Despicable Me 4

Vector (voice)

Film

Freaks and Geeks

Nick Andopolis

Film

This Is the End

Jason Segel (uncredited)

Film

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Peter Bretter

Film

Knocked Up

Jason

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (40)

Over Your Dead Body

2026

as Dan

6.5

Anxious People

2026 Upcoming

Nov 26

Despicable Me 4

as Vector (voice)

Mooned

as Vector (voice)

The Sky Is Everywhere

as Big

Windfall

as Nobody

One World: Together at Home

as Self

Our Friend

as Dane Faucheux

Come Sunday

as Henry

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

as Self

The Discovery

as Will Harbor

The End of the Tour

as David Foster Wallace

Rush: R40 Live

as Himself

Sex Tape

as Jay

This Is the End

as Jason Segel (uncredited)

6.2

This Is 40

2012

as Jason

5.9

The Five-Year Engagement

2012

as Tom Solomon

5.8

Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets

2012

10.0

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

as Jeff Thompkins

Bad Teacher

as Russell Gettis

Friends with Benefits

2011

as Brice (uncredited)

6.6

The Muppets

2011

as Gary

6.7

Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush

as Sydney Fife

Despicable Me

as Vector (voice)

Gulliver's Travels

as Horatio

I Love You, Man

as Sydney Fife

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

as Peter Bretter

Knocked Up

as Jason

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

2006

as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)

6.8

Bye Bye Benjamin

2006

as Theodore Everest

The Good Humor Man

as Smelly Bob

11:14

as Leon

LolliLove

as Jason

Certainly Not a Fairytale

2003

as Leo

Slackers

as Sam Schechter

North Hollywood

as Gary Huffman

Can't Hardly Wait

as Matt

SLC Punk

as Mike

Dead Man on Campus

as Kyle

Sponsor

as Peter

Television (34)

Rhett & Link's Wonderhole

as Self

Shrinking

as Jimmy

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

2023

as Self

4.0

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

2022

as Paul Westhead

7.7

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

2022

as Self

7.7

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

2020

as Fezzik

7.5

Dispatches from Elsewhere

as Peter

Cultureshock

as Self

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Hot Ones

as Self

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.8

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

as Self - Guest

5.1

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Conan

as Self - Guest

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

2009

as Self - Guest

6.0

The Megan Mullally Show

2006

as Self - Guest

4.2

How I Met Your Mother

2005

as Marshall Eriksen

8.1

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self - Guest

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

as Self

Undeclared

as Eric

Alias

as Sam Hauser

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Neil Jansen

7.6

Family Guy

1999

as Marshall Eriksen (voice)

Freaks and Geeks

as Nick Andopolis

The View

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

as Self - Top Ten Presenter

6.4

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

as Self - Guest

7.3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

5.4

Jeopardy!

1984

as Self - Clue Presenter

6.9

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Prostitute

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (18)

Movies (13)

Windfall

Producer

Windfall

Story

Sex Tape

Executive Producer

Sex Tape

Screenplay

The Five-Year Engagement

Screenplay

The Muppets

Executive Producer

The Muppets

Writer

Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush

Director

Get Him to the Greek

Characters

Get Him to the Greek

Co-Producer

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008

Screenplay

6.5

Sponsor

Producer

Sponsor

Writer

Television (5)

Shrinking

Executive Producer

Shrinking

Writer

Dispatches from Elsewhere

2020

Director

6.7

Dispatches from Elsewhere

2020

Executive Producer

6.7

Dispatches from Elsewhere

2020

Writer

6.7