The American actor and writer Jason Jordan Segel was born on January 18, 1980, in Santa Monica, California, U.S. His most well-known role was that of Marshall Eriksen in the 2005–2014 CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
He started his career working with producer and director Judd Apatow on the television shows Undeclared and Freaks and Geeks before becoming well-known for his leading parts in several popular comedy films that he has written, produced, and starred in.
Jason Segel’s movies & TV shows
| Movies | ||
| Year | Movie Title | Role |
| 1998 | Can't Hardly Wait | Matt |
| Dead Man on Campus | Kyle | |
| SLC Punk! | Mike | |
| 2002 | Slackers | Sam Schechter |
| 2003 | 11:14 | Leon (Paramedic #1) |
| Certainly Not a Fairytale | Leo | |
| 2004 | LolliLove | Jason |
| 2005 | The Good Humor Man | Smelly Bob |
| 2006 | Bye Bye Benjamin | Theodore Everest |
| Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Frat Boy | |
| 2007 | Knocked Up | Jason |
| 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Peter Bretter |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | Sydney Fife |
| 2010 | Despicable Me | Victor "Vector" Perkins (voice) |
| Gulliver's Travels | Horatio | |
| 2011 | Bad Teacher | Russell Gettis |
| Friends with Benefits | Brice | |
| Jeff, Who Lives at Home | Jeff Thompkins | |
| The Muppets | Gary | |
| 2012 | The Five-Year Engagement | Tom Solomon |
| This Is 40 | Jason | |
| 2013 | This is the End | Himself |
| 2014 | Sex Tape | Jay Hargrove |
| 2015 | The End of the Tour | David Foster Wallace |
| 2017 | The Discovery | Will Harbour |
| 2018 | Come Sunday | Henry |
| 2019 | Our Friend | Dane Faucheux |
| 2022 | The Sky Is Everywhere | Big Walker |
| Windfall | Nobody | |
| 2023 | Mooned | Victor "Vector" Perkins (voice) |
| 2024 | Despicable Me 4 | |
| Television | ||
| Year | Show Title | Role |
| 1999 | Freaks and Geeks | Nick Andopolis |
| 2001 | North Hollywood | - |
| Undeclared | Eric | |
| 2004 | Harry Green and Eugene | Eugene Green |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Neil Jansen | |
| 2005 | Alias | Sam Hauser |
| How I Met Your Mother | Marshall Eriksen | |
| 2009 | Family Guy | Marshall Eriksen (voice) |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) |
| 2020 | Dispatches from Elsewhere | Peter |
| Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Fezzik | |
| 2022 | Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty | Paul Westhead |
| 2023 | Shrinking | Jimmy Laird |
Jason Segel in How I Met Your Mother
Jason Segel played the character of Marshall Erikson, one of the main leads in the American sitcom, How I Met Your Mother.
Craig Thomas and Carter Bays created the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother (commonly shortened to HIMYM) for CBS. The show, which ran from September 19, 2005, to March 31, 2014, centers around Ted Mosby and his companions in Manhattan, New York City. As a frame story, Ted (in 2030) tells his son Luke and daughter Penny about what happened between September 2005 and May 2013 that resulted in his meeting their mother.
Also read about: Jason Segel's dating history
FAQs about Jason Segel
A. Yes, Segel has been dating Kayla Radomski, a former backup dancer for Taylor Swift, since 2023.
A. Yes, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are friends in real life. It was on the set of Knocked Up that Rudd and Segel first realized they had similar comedy tastes.
A. The American actor and writer Jason Segel was 25 years old in “How I Met Your Mother.”
