Jason Segel
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Family Guy
Marshall Eriksen (voice)
1999
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Neil Jansen
2000
Series
The Daily Show
Self
1996
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Series
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Jeff Daniels
2015
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Top Ten Presenter
1993
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
Jeopardy!
Self - Clue Presenter
1984
Series
Conan
Self
2010
Series
Conan
Self - Guest
2010
Series
How I Met Your Mother
Marshall Eriksen
2005
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
Shrinking
Jimmy
2023
Series
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Film
Despicable Me
Vector (voice)
2010
Film
Over Your Dead Body
Dan
2026
Series
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Series
Freaks and Geeks
Nick Andopolis
1999
Film
Friends with Benefits
Brice (uncredited)
2011
Series
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Paul Westhead
2022
Film
Sex Tape
Jay
2014
Series
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2023
Film
This Is the End
Jason Segel (uncredited)
2013
Film
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Peter Bretter
2008
Film
Knocked Up
Jason
2007
Film
Gulliver's Travels
Horatio
2010
Film
This Is 40
Jason
2012
Series
Alias
Sam Hauser
2001
Series
Take Two with Phineas and Ferb
Self
2010
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Film
Bad Teacher
Russell Gettis
2011
Series
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Fezzik
2020
Series
Undeclared
Eric
2001
Film
The Muppets
Gary
2011
Film
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
2006
Film
I Love You, Man
Sydney Fife
2009
Film
The Five-Year Engagement
Tom Solomon
2012
Series
Dispatches from Elsewhere
Peter
2020
Film
Can't Hardly Wait
Watermelon Guy
1998
Film
The Discovery
Will Harbor
2017
Film
Our Friend
Dane Faucheux
2019
Film
11:14
Leon
2004
Film
The End of the Tour
David Foster Wallace
2015
Film
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jeff Thompkins
2012
Film
Mooned
Vector (voice)
2023
Film
SLC Punk
Mike
1998
Series
Cultureshock
Self
2018
Film
Slackers
Sam Schechter
2002
Film
The Sky Is Everywhere
Big
2022
Film
Dead Man on Campus
Kyle
1998
Film
Windfall
Nobody
2022
Film
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Film
Come Sunday
Henry
2018
Anxious People
2026
Film
Bye Bye Benjamin
Theodore Everest
2006
Film
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Self
2018
Sponsor
Peter
Film
The Good Humor Man
Smelly Bob
2005
Film
LolliLove
Jason
2004
Film
Rush: R40 Live
Himself
2015
Film
North Hollywood
Gary Huffman
2001
Film
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
Sydney Fife
2011
Certainly Not a Fairytale
Leo
2003
Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets
2012