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.

Works

Family Guy

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

Release Date1999-01-31

Charactersd Marshall Eriksen (voice)

Episode Count1

Vote Count4588

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

Release Date2000-10-06

Charactersd Neil Jansen

Episode Count3

Vote Count1301

How I Met Your Mother

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

Release Date2005-09-19

Charactersd Marshall Eriksen

Episode Count208

Vote Count5264

Freaks and Geeks

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").

Release Date1999-09-25

Charactersd Nick Andopolis

Episode Count18

Vote Count797

Shrinking

Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty.

Release Date2023-01-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Jimmy

Episode Count1

Vote Count431

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Serialized remake of 'The Princess Bride' told in short chapters featuring celebrities at home during quarantine.

Release Date2020-06-29

Charactersd Fezzik

Episode Count1

Vote Count15

Despicable Me 4

Gru and Lucy and their girls—Margo, Edith and Agnes—welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr., who is intent on tormenting his dad. Gru also faces a new nemesis in Maxime Le Mal and his femme fatale girlfriend Valentina, forcing the family to go on the run.

Release Date2024-06-20

Charactersd Vector (voice) (Uncredited)

Vote Count2830

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

A fast-break series chronicling the professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports’ most revered and dominant dynasties — a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.

Release Date2022-03-06

Charactersd Paul Westhead

Episode Count10

Vote Count155

Dispatches from Elsewhere

A group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life come to find that the mystery winds far deeper than they ever imagined.

Release Date2020-03-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Charactersd Peter

Episode Count10

Vote Count113

Despicable Me

Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.

Release Date2010-07-08

Charactersd Vector (voice)

Vote Count15453

Undeclared

College freshman Steve Karp, his girlfriend and their fellow dorm-mates embark on one the greatest experiences of their lives...unfortunately for Steve, his lonely and recently divorced father is tagging along for the ride.

Release Date2001-09-25

Charactersd Eric

Episode Count2

Vote Count120

This Is the End

While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.

Release Date2013-06-12

Charactersd Jason Segel (uncredited)

Vote Count6508

Alias

Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.

Release Date2001-09-30

Charactersd Sam Hauser

Episode Count1

Vote Count658

Friends with Benefits

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.

Release Date2011-07-21

Charactersd Brice (uncredited)

Vote Count8091

Sex Tape

When Jay and Annie first got together, their romantic connection was intense – but ten years and two kids later, the flame of their love needs a spark. To kick things up a notch, they decide – why not? – to make a video of themselves trying out every position in The Joy of Sex in one marathon three-hour session. It seems like a great idea – until they discover that their most private video is no longer private. With their reputations on the line, they know they’re just one click away from being laid bare to the world... but as their race to reclaim their video leads to a night they'll never forget, they'll find that their video will expose even more than they bargained for.

Release Date2014-07-17

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Jay

Vote Count4105

Knocked Up

A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the relationship work, they must navigate the challenges of parenthood and their differences in lifestyle and maturity.

Release Date2007-06-01

Charactersd Jason

Vote Count4061

This Is 40

Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.

Release Date2012-12-20

Charactersd Jason

Vote Count2214

Bad Teacher

A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.

Release Date2011-05-16

Charactersd Russell Gettis

Vote Count4765

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

When actress Sarah Marshall dumps aspiring musician Peter Bretter for rock star Aldous Snow, Peter's world comes crashing down. His best friend Brian suggests that Peter should get away from everything and to fly off to Hawaii to escape all his problems. After arriving in Hawaii and meeting the beautiful receptionist Rachel Jansen, Peter is shocked to see not only Aldous in Hawaii, but also Sarah.

Release Date2008-04-17

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Peter Bretter

Vote Count3476

I Love You, Man

Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."

Release Date2009-03-20

Charactersd Sydney Fife

Vote Count1787

Gulliver's Travels

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

Release Date2010-12-23

Charactersd Horatio

Vote Count2434

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.

Release Date2006-11-22

Charactersd Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)

Vote Count1663

Jeff, Who Lives at Home

Dispatched from his basement room on an errand for his mother, slacker Jeff might discover his destiny (finally) when he spends the day with his brother as he tracks his possibly adulterous wife.

Release Date2012-03-16

Charactersd Jeff Thompkins

Vote Count651

The Muppets

When Kermit the Frog and the Muppets learn that their beloved theater is slated for demolition, a sympathetic human, Gary, and his puppet brother, Walter, swoop in to help the gang put on a show and raise the $10 million they need to save the day.

Release Date2011-11-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Gary

Vote Count1609

The Five-Year Engagement

Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.

Release Date2012-04-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Tom Solomon

Vote Count1354

Can't Hardly Wait

It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

Release Date1998-06-12

Charactersd Matt

Vote Count548

The End of the Tour

The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'

Release Date2015-07-31

Charactersd David Foster Wallace

Vote Count569

11:14

Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

Release Date2003-09-05

Charactersd Leon

Vote Count884

The Discovery

In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.

Release Date2017-03-31

Charactersd Will Harbor

Vote Count1348

SLC Punk

Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.

Release Date1998-09-24

Charactersd Mike

Vote Count385

The Sky Is Everywhere

Lennie is a teen musical prodigy grieving the death of her sister when she finds herself caught between a new guy at school and her sister's devastated boyfriend. Through her vivid imagination and conflicted heart, Lennie navigates first love and first loss.

Release Date2022-02-11

Charactersd Big

Vote Count84

Mooned

Villainous Vector must figure out how to get off the moon and return to Earth.

Release Date2023-12-06

Charactersd Vector (voice)

Vote Count37

Windfall

A man breaks into a tech billionaire's empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul and his wife arrive for a last-minute getaway.

Release Date2022-03-11

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Charactersd Nobody

Vote Count437

Our Friend

After learning that his terminally ill wife has six months to live, a man welcomes the support of his best friend who moves into their home to help out.

Release Date2019-09-04

Charactersd Dane Faucheux

Vote Count312

Come Sunday

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

Release Date2018-01-21

Charactersd Henry

Vote Count76

Dead Man on Campus

Two college roommates venture out to identify a fellow student, who is most likely to commit suicide as it will help them pass the semester.

Release Date1998-08-21

Charactersd Kyle

Vote Count148

Slackers

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to be busted by the most unlikely dude in school. Self-dubbed Cool Ethan, an ambitious nerd with a bad crush, enters their lives one day and everything begins to unravel.

Release Date2002-02-01

Charactersd Sam Schechter

Vote Count197

LolliLove

A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.

Release Date2004-11-21

Charactersd Jason Segel

Vote Count30

Rush: R40 Live

Rush recorded and filmed R40 Live over two sold-out shows in the band’s hometown of Toronto at the Air Canada Centre on June 17 & 19, 2015 in the middle of their R40 Live 35-date North American tour. R40 Live had the trio of Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, performing a career-spanning live retrospective, celebrating their 40+ years together. The epic live shows by the Rock Hall of Famers were captured with 14 cameras to present the band feature-film style.

Release Date2015-11-20

Charactersd Himself

Vote Count8

Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush

Two Rush fans go backstage to meet the band in their dressing room. Once there, they start helping themselves to the refreshments for the band. Short film based on characters from the movie "I Love You, Man (2009)"

Release Date2011-01-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Charactersd Sydney Fife

Vote Count10

The Good Humor Man

A mischievous high school sophomore faces a conflict of conscience vs. character when his best friend becomes linked to the death of a youth from another clique in suburban Middle America circa '76.

Release Date2005-03-16

Charactersd Smelly Bob

Vote Count10

Bye Bye Benjamin

Benjamin Osgood, a savvy ten-year-old business executive, meets a coworker's daughter, and must decide how grown up he wants to be.

Release Date2006-01-31

Charactersd Theodore Everest

North Hollywood

A group of struggling actors sharing a house in Hollywood together.

Release Date2001-01-01

Charactersd Gary Huffman

Vote Count1

Certainly Not a Fairytale

Tired of going out with beautiful but superficial and boring men, a young woman decides to try her luck with an unattractive janitor.

Release Date2003-12-15

Charactersd Leo

THR’s famed Roundtables are reimagined for broadcast and offer a fresh perspective on a classic, showcasing the collective brilliance of the entertainment industry's finest and funniest minds as never before.

Release Date2023-12-31

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

One World: Together at Home

A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise funds in support of front line health workers in the global response to COVID-19.

Release Date2020-04-18

Charactersd Self

Vote Count35

Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary

The creators and actors from the TV show 'Freaks and Geeks' share their untold stories and pivotal moments from the making of the series that only aired for one season.

Release Date2018-08-02

Charactersd Self

Vote Count29

Get Him to the Greek

Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the monumental task of bringing his idol, out of control rock star Aldous Snow, back to LA for his comeback show.

Release Date2010-06-03

DepartmentWriting

JobCharacters

Vote Count1814

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

Release Date2014-02-17

Episode Count1

Vote Count343

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jay Leno hosts some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

Release Date1992-05-25

Episode Count1

Vote Count92

Over Your Dead Body

A dysfunctional couple head to a remote cabin to “reconnect”, but each has secret intentions to kill the other.

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

Release Date2012-03-20

Vote Count1