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Jason Segel: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Jason Segel? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

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Jason Jordan Segel ( SEE-gal; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. 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's comedic films include 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). From 2022 to 2023, he played the role of Paul Westhead in the HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. In 2023, he began starring as Jimmy Laird, a therapist in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, which he also co-created alongside Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein. For his performance, he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

Quick facts about Jason Segel

  • Full name: Jason Segel
  • Born: 1980-01-18
  • Nationality: United States
  • Known as: Comedian
  • Wikidata ID: Q202304

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Who is Jason Segel?

Jason Jordan Segel ( SEE-gal; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer.

What nationality is Jason Segel?

Jason Segel is United States.

When was Jason Segel born?

Jason Segel was born on 1980-01-18.

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