Jason Segel

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

Despicable Me Not in library

Despicable Me

2010

Friends with Benefits Not in library

Friends with Benefits

2011

This Is the End Not in library

This Is the End

2013

How I Met Your Mother Not in library

How I Met Your Mother

2005

Bad Teacher Not in library

Bad Teacher

2011

Family Guy Not in library

Family Guy

1999

Knocked Up Not in library

Knocked Up

2007

Sex Tape Not in library

Sex Tape

2014

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Not in library

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

2008

Gulliver's Travels Not in library

Gulliver's Travels

2010

Acting

2026 Over Your Dead Body as Dan In Library
2023 Mooned as Vector (voice)
2023 Shrinking as Jimmy (33 episodes)
2023 Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2022 The Sky Is Everywhere as Big
2022 Windfall as Nobody
2022 Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty as Paul Westhead (17 episodes)
2020 One World: Together at Home as Self
2020 Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Fezzik (1 episode)
2020 Dispatches from Elsewhere as Peter (10 episodes)
2019 Our Friend as Dane Faucheux
2018 Come Sunday as Henry
2018 Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary as Self
2018 Cultureshock as Self (1 episode)
2017 The Discovery as Will Harbor
2015 The End of the Tour as David Foster Wallace
2015 Rush: R40 Live as Himself
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self - Guest (2 episodes)
2015 Hot Ones as Self (1 episode)
2014 Sex Tape as Jay
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self (3 episodes)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2013 This Is the End as Jason Segel (uncredited)
2012 Jeff, Who Lives at Home as Jeff Thompkins
2012 The Five-Year Engagement as Tom Solomon
2012 This Is 40 as Jason
2012 Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets
2011 Bad Teacher as Russell Gettis
2011 The Muppets as Gary
2011 Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush as Sydney Fife
2011 Friends with Benefits as Brice (uncredited)
2010 Despicable Me as Vector (voice)
2010 Gulliver's Travels as Horatio
2010 Conan as Self (3 episodes)
2010 Conan as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2009 I Love You, Man as Sydney Fife
2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall as Peter Bretter
2007 Knocked Up as Jason
2006 Bye Bye Benjamin as Theodore Everest
2006 Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
2006 The Megan Mullally Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2005 The Good Humor Man as Smelly Bob
2005 How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen (208 episodes)
2005 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self (2 episodes)
2004 11:14 as Leon
2004 LolliLove as Jason
2003 Certainly Not a Fairytale as Leo
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self (1 episode)
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2002 Slackers as Sam Schechter
2001 North Hollywood as Gary Huffman
2001 Alias as Sam Hauser (1 episode)
2001 Undeclared as Eric (2 episodes)
2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Neil Jansen (3 episodes)
1999 Freaks and Geeks as Nick Andopolis (18 episodes)
1999 Family Guy as Marshall Eriksen (voice) (1 episode)
1998 SLC Punk as Mike
1998 Dead Man on Campus as Kyle
1998 Can't Hardly Wait as Matt
1997 The View as Self (1 episode)
1996 The Daily Show as Self (2 episodes)
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1993 Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Top Ten Presenter (1 episode)
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1981 Entertainment Tonight as Self (1 episode)
1975 Saturday Night Live as Self - Host (1 episode)
1944 Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee (1 episode)
Sponsor as Peter
Anxious People

Directing

2020 Dispatches from Elsewhere Director
2011 Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush Director

Writing

2023 Shrinking Writer
2022 Windfall Story
2020 Dispatches from Elsewhere Writer
2014 Sex Tape Screenplay
2012 The Five-Year Engagement Screenplay
2011 The Muppets Writer
2010 Get Him to the Greek Characters
2008 Forgetting Sarah Marshall Screenplay
Sponsor Writer

Production

2023 Shrinking Executive Producer
2022 Windfall Producer
2020 Dispatches from Elsewhere Executive Producer
2014 Sex Tape Executive Producer
2011 The Muppets Executive Producer
2010 Get Him to the Greek Co-Producer
Sponsor Producer

Creator

2023 Shrinking Creator
2020 Dispatches from Elsewhere Creator