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Jason Segel

Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18, 1980) is an American television and film actor, screenwriter and musician, known for his work with producer Judd Apatow on the short-lived television series Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, the movies Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Knocked Up, and I Love You, Man, and also for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother.

Early life
Segel was born in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Pacific Palisades, California. Segel attended a Catholic School, though he was raised in his father's Jewish religion. Following the completion of elementary school, he completed his middle and high school studies at Harvard-Westlake School, where his 6'4" (193 cm) frame helped him as an active member of the state champion boys' basketball team. He was hoping to become an actor during his school days and acted in local theater productions at Palisades Playhouse.

Career
He is known for his role as "Freak" Nick Andopolis on the short-lived NBC comedy-drama series Freaks and Geeks, about a group of suburban Detroit high school students circa 1980. He also personally wrote a song for his character, Nick, to sing to the lead female character, Lindsay (Linda Cardellini), in an episode of Freaks and Geeks. She and Segel dated for a few years following the show's cancellation, It was rumored that she dumped him for gaining twenty pounds, but it has since emerged that the statement was in fact a joke taken out of context.

Segel had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Neil Jansen and on Undeclared as Eric. He currently plays Marshall on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. Feature film appearances include Slackers, SLC Punk!, The Good Humor Man, and Dead Man on Campus. In 2007, he appeared in Knocked Up, directed by Freaks and Geeks producer Judd Apatow. Segel starred in the lead role of 2008's Forgetting Sarah Marshall, a film he wrote and Apatow produced, with Shauna Robertson, for Universal Pictures. His most recent film I Love You, Man was released on March 20, 2009 by Dreamworks.

Segel, along with Nicholas Stoller, has recently been enlisted by Disney to write and direct the next Muppets film. In Forgetting Sarah Marshall Segel's character writes a "Dracula" musical performed by puppets. In an interview with Opie and Anthony, when they were on 104.1 WBCN in Boston, he stated the Dracula musical with puppets, as well as being broken up with while naked, were real experiences he wrote into the movie. Those cloth creatures were custom-made by the Henson puppeteers, and the experience emboldened Segel to pitch his concept for a Muppets movie.

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Jason Segel - news / articles

Segel inspired by Brand's attitude - 9 May 2009
-Jason Segel based his character in I Love You, Man on Russell Brand - because the funnyman's onset charisma was so strong.- -Segel and Brand starred together in the 2008 hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall, in which Brand plays an overly-confident, womanising rock star.-

I Love You, Man: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and John Hamburg interview - 21 April 2009
- -We caught up with the stars of bro-mantic comedy I Love You, Man, Paul Rudd and Jason Segel and their director John Hamburg to talk man-dates, best friends and scooters. What we didn’t figure on was Jason Segel’s ability to incorporate the Muppets i

Segel writing muppet movie comeback - 22 March 2009
-Funnyman Jason Segel is writing a new film starring Jim Henson's muppets - four years after the characters were last seen in theatres.- -The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star is a big fan of the bug-eyed puppets, and is convinced he can win over audiences after 2005 fi

Jason Segel - what members say

Forgetting Sarah Marshall review by onion from Weymouth

wow, meg! 21 October 2008
...laying himself, he steals the show anyway. Didn't need to see quite so much of Jason Segels' todger though. Maybe he shouldv'e just stuck with Lilly. And I will neve...

I Love You, Man review by monthebiffmclean from Braintree

Great fun! 27 April 2009
... is hilarious as a nervous, giddy guy who just wants to make his wife happy and Jason Segel balances things out with his hilariously laid-back satirical attitude and him a...

Jason Segel - filmography

Gulliver's Travels (2010)
Starring: Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel
Director: Rob Letterman
Certificate:
Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens.

Rate this: 50% from 2 members

Despicable Me (2010)
Starring: Jason Segel, Steve Carell, Russell Brand
Director: Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
Certificate:
A trio of orphan girls cause the normally deplorable Groo to rethink his plan to steal the moon.

Rate this: 55% from 4 members

I Love You, Man on DVD (2009)
Starring: Jason Segel, Paul Rudd, Jaime Pressly
Director: John Hamburg
Certificate:
Watch now: £3.49
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent, who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers to his dismay that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his best man. Peter immediately embarks on a series of bizarre and awkward 'man-dates' to find such a friend, ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 6,249 members

I Love You, Man - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones
Director: John Hamburg
Certificate:
Watch now: £3.49
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent, who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers to his dismay that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his best man. Peter immediately embarks on a series of bizarre and awkward 'man-dates' to find such a friend, ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 1,200 member

- our price: £4.93
Forgetting Sarah Marshall on DVD (2008)
Starring: Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Bill Hader
Director: Nicholas Stoller, Nick Stoller
Certificate:
Peter Bretter has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall. He's the guy left holding her purse in paparazzi photos and accidentally omitted from acceptance award speeches. But his world is rocked when she dumps him and Peter finds himself alone. After an ..read more »

Rate this: 66% from 45,324 members

- our price: £10.93
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - BLU-RAY Version (2008)
Starring: Kristen Bell, Russell Brand, Bill Hader
Director: Nick Stoller
Certificate:
Nick Stoller's FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL is a romantic disaster comedy produced by the same team that made such hits as THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN and KNOCKED UP, headed by writer, director, and producer Judd Apatow. When he gets suddenly and unceremoniously dumped by his longtime girlfriend, ..read more »

Rate this: 68% from 3,820 members

- our price: £3.93
Knocked Up on DVD (2007)
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Director: Judd Apatow
Certificate:
A comedy about the fallout from a one-night stand, which, though the participants agree they're not right for each other, ends with a pregnancy.

Rate this: 67% from 76,331 members

- our price: £11.93
Knocked Up - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Director: Judd Apatow
Certificate:
Katherine Heigl (GREY'S ANATOMY) and Seth Rogan star in this hilarious and touching comedy as two mismatched people brought together by a one-night-stand that results in an accidental pregnancy. Using many of the same actors from his previous film, THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN, and his cult television ..read more »

Rate this: 68% from 2,698 members

Knocked Up - HD DVD Version (2007)
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
Director: Judd Apatow
Certificate:
A comedy about the fallout from a one-night stand, which, though the participants agree they’re not right for each other, ends with a pregnancy.

Rate this: 67% from 1,126 member

How I Met Your Mother - Series 2 (2006)
Starring: Josh Radnor, Neil Patrick Harris, Cobie Smulders
Director: Pamela Fryman, Rob Greenberg
Certificate:
This multiple Emmy winner stars Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby, a bachelor who gets a wake up call when his best friend Marshall (Jason Segal) announces his plans to marry his longtime girlfriend. Told in flashback, the story follows Ted as he sets about finding his perfect match, armed with the less-..read more »

Rate this: 87% from 130 members

Slackers on DVD (2002)
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Devon Sawa, Jason Segel
Director: Dewey Nicks
Certificate:
SLACKERS is a knee-slappng addition to the teen gross-out comedy genre. Directed by former fashion photographer Dewey Nicks and written by AMERICAN PIE 2 scribe David H. Steinberg, this raunchy and irreverent farce takes many of its cues from the original coed comedy ANIMAL HOUSE, and also clearly ..read more »

Rate this: 56% from 856 members

Freaks and Geeks - The Complete Series (1999)
Starring: Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco
Director: Jake Kasdan, Judd Apatow, Bryan Gordon
Certificate:
A television show about two unique groups of teenagers dealing with life in high school during the 80's.

Rate this: 86% from 122 members

Jason Segel - watch online

I Love You, Man to Watch Now (2009)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones
Director: John Hamburg
Certificate:
Watch now: £3.49
Run time: 105 minutes
A newly engaged guy sets out to find the perfect "Best Man" for his wedding.

Rate this: 80% from 16 members

Jason Segel facts

5 most recent films

Gulliver's Travels - 2.5 stars
Despicable Me - 3.0 stars
I Love You, Man - 3.5 stars
I Love You, Man - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

How I Met Your Mother - Series 2 - 4.5 stars
Freaks and Geeks - The Complete Series - 4.5 stars
I Love You, Man - 3.5 stars
I Love You, Man - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Gulliver's Travels - 2.5 stars
Despicable Me - 3.0 stars
Slackers - 3.0 stars
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - 3.5 stars
Knocked Up - HD DVD Version - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Paul Rudd - 8 times - show films
Martin Starr - 4 times - show films
Adam Scott - 3 times - show films
Andy Samberg - 3 times - show films
Jonah Hill - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Judd Apatow - 4 times - show films
John Hamburg - 3 times - show films
Nick Stoller - 2 times - show films
Bryan Gordon - 1 times - show films
Nicholas Stoller - 1 times - show films