Acting · Los Angeles, California, USA · Born January 18, 1980
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.
Anxious People
2026
MovieOver Your Dead Body
2026
as Dan
TVOff Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
as Self
MovieMooned
2023
as Vector (voice)
TVShrinking
2023
as Jimmy
MovieWindfall
2022
as Nobody
TVWinning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
2022
as Paul Westhead
MovieThe Sky Is Everywhere
2022
as Big
TVHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Fezzik
MovieOne World: Together at Home
2020
as Self
TVDispatches from Elsewhere
2020
as Peter
MovieOur Friend
2019
as Dane Faucheux
MovieFreaks and Geeks: The Documentary
2018
as Self
TVCultureshock
2018
as Self
MovieCome Sunday
2018
as Henry
MovieThe Discovery
2017
as Will Harbor
MovieRush: R40 Live
2015
as Himself
TVThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
MovieThe End of the Tour
2015
as David Foster Wallace
TVHot Ones
2015
as Self
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
MovieSex Tape
2014
as Jay
TVLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
TVThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
MovieThis Is the End
2013
as Jason Segel (uncredited)
MovieThis Is 40
2012
as Jason
MovieThe Five-Year Engagement
2012
as Tom Solomon
Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets
2012
MovieJeff, Who Lives at Home
2012
as Jeff Thompkins
MovieThe Muppets
2011
as Gary
MovieFriends with Benefits
2011
as Brice (uncredited)
MovieBad Teacher
2011
as Russell Gettis
MovieJason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
2011
as Sydney Fife
MovieGulliver's Travels
2010
as Horatio
TVTake Two with Phineas and Ferb
2010
as Self
TVConan
2010
as Self
MovieDespicable Me
2010
as Vector (voice)
MovieI Love You, Man
2009
as Sydney Fife
TVLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009
as Self - Guest
MovieForgetting Sarah Marshall
2008
as Peter Bretter
MovieKnocked Up
2007
as Jason
MovieTenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
2006
as Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
TVThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
as Self - Guest
MovieBye Bye Benjamin
2006
as Theodore Everest
TVHow I Met Your Mother
2005
as Marshall Eriksen
MovieThe Good Humor Man
2005
as Smelly Bob
TVThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005
as Self
MovieLolliLove
2004
as Jason
Movie11:14
2004
as Leon
Certainly Not a Fairytale
2003
as Leo
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
MovieSlackers
2002
as Sam Schechter
TVAlias
2001
as Sam Hauser
TVUndeclared
2001
as Eric
MovieNorth Hollywood
2001
as Gary Huffman
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Neil Jansen
TVFreaks and Geeks
1999
as Nick Andopolis
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Marshall Eriksen (voice)
MovieSLC Punk
1998
as Mike
MovieDead Man on Campus
1998
as Kyle
MovieCan't Hardly Wait
1998
as Watermelon Guy
TVThe View
1997
as Self
TVThe Daily Show
1996
as Self
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVLate Show with David Letterman
1993
as Self - Top Ten Presenter
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
TVEntertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Sponsor
as Peter
MovieHow I Met The Robin
as Marshall Eriksen
