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
Mooned
Vector (voice)
2023
Windfall
Nobody
2022
Scratching the Surface: A Hasty Examination of the Making of The Muppets
2012
Over Your Dead Body
Sponsor
Peter
Despicable Me 4
Vector (voice) (Uncredited)
2024
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · (1 episode)
2023
Shrinking
Jimmy · (22 episodes)
2023
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
Paul Westhead · (10 episodes)
2022
The Sky Is Everywhere
Big
2022
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Fezzik · (1 episode)
2020
One World: Together at Home
Self
2020
Dispatches from Elsewhere
Peter · (10 episodes)
2020
Our Friend
Dane Faucheux
2019
Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary
Self
2018
Come Sunday
Henry
2018
The Discovery
Will Harbor
2017
Rush: R40 Live
Himself
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
(1 episode)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self · (2 episodes)
2015
The End of the Tour
David Foster Wallace
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · (3 episodes)
2014
Sex Tape
Jay
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
(1 episode)
2014
This Is the End
Jason Segel (uncredited)
2013
This Is 40
Jason
2012
The Five-Year Engagement
Tom Solomon
2012
Jeff, Who Lives at Home
Jeff Thompkins
2012
The Muppets
Gary
2011
Friends with Benefits
Brice (uncredited)
2011
Bad Teacher
Russell Gettis
2011
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
Sydney Fife
2011
Gulliver's Travels
Horatio
2010
Conan
Self · (3 episodes)
2010
Despicable Me
Vector (voice)
2010
I Love You, Man
Sydney Fife
2009
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Peter Bretter
2008
Knocked Up
Jason
2007
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny
Frat Boy #1 (uncredited)
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2006
Bye Bye Benjamin
Theodore Everest
2006
How I Met Your Mother
Marshall Eriksen · (208 episodes)
2005
The Good Humor Man
Smelly Bob
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · (2 episodes)
2005
LolliLove
Jason Segel
2004
Certainly Not a Fairytale
Leo
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (1 episode)
2003
11:14
Leon
2003
Slackers
Sam Schechter
2002
Alias
Sam Hauser · (1 episode)
2001
Undeclared
Eric · (2 episodes)
2001
North Hollywood
Gary Huffman
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Neil Jansen · (3 episodes)
2000
Freaks and Geeks
Nick Andopolis · (18 episodes)
1999
Family Guy
Marshall Eriksen (voice) · (1 episode)
1999
SLC Punk
Mike
1998
Dead Man on Campus
Kyle
1998
Can't Hardly Wait
Matt
1998
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
The Daily Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
Self · (1 episode)
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(1 episode)
1992
Entertainment Tonight
Self · (1 episode)
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1975
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1944