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.
Slackers
(Sam Schechter)
Despicable Me
(Vector (voice))
Knocked Up
(Jason)
SLC Punk
(Mike)
11:14
(Leon)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(Peter Bretter)
Dead Man on Campus
(Kyle)
The Good Humor Man
(Smelly Bob)
I Love You, Man
(Sydney Fife)
Gulliver's Travels
(Horatio)
Bad Teacher
(Russell Gettis)
LolliLove
(Jason Segel)
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
(Jeff Thompkins)
The Five-Year Engagement
(Tom Solomon)
This Is 40
(Jason)
Sex Tape
(Jay)
The End of the Tour
(David Foster Wallace)
Mooned
(Vector (voice))
The Muppets
(Gary)
North Hollywood
(Gary Huffman)
This Is the End
(Jason Segel (uncredited))
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
(Sydney Fife)
The Discovery
(Will Harbor)
Bye Bye Benjamin
(Theodore Everest)
Can't Hardly Wait
(Matt)
Come Sunday
(Henry)
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
(Self)
Our Friend
(Dane Faucheux)
Friends with Benefits
(Brice (uncredited))
Rush: R40 Live
(Himself)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
(Frat Boy #1 (uncredited))
Certainly Not a Fairytale
(Leo)
The Sky Is Everywhere
(Big)
One World: Together at Home
(Self)
Windfall
(Nobody)
Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets
Pogvengers: Late Game
(Vector)
The Trip
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(Neil Jansen)
How I Met Your Mother
(Marshall Eriksen)
The Daily Show
(Self)
Alias
(Sam Hauser)
Freaks and Geeks
(Nick Andopolis)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Undeclared
(Eric)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
(Self - Guest)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Host)
Family Guy
(Marshall Eriksen (voice))
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
(Self)
Shrinking
(Jimmy)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
(Self)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
(Paul Westhead)
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
(Self)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
(Fezzik)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
(Self)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
(Self)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Dispatches from Elsewhere
(Peter)
The View
(Self)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Prostitute)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(Self)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
(Self)
Conan
(Self)
MTV Movie & TV Awards
(Self)
The Megan Mullally Show
(Self - Guest)
Windfall
(Story)
Get Him to the Greek
(Characters)
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
(Screenplay)
The Muppets
(Writer)
The Five-Year Engagement
(Screenplay)
Windfall
(Producer)
Sex Tape
(Screenplay)
Get Him to the Greek
(Co-Producer)
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
(Director)
Sex Tape
(Executive Producer)
The Muppets
(Executive Producer)
Dispatches from Elsewhere
(Executive Producer)
Dispatches from Elsewhere
(Writer)
Dispatches from Elsewhere
(Director)
Shrinking
(Writer)
Shrinking
(Executive Producer)
Dispatches from Elsewhere
(Creator)
Shrinking
(Creator)