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Also known as Jason Jordan Segel

Jason Jordan Segel 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.

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Jason Segel is an American actor, television actor, film actor, and screenwriter. Born on January 18, 1980, in Los Angeles, he is a citizen of the United States. His professional career began in 1998. Segel speaks English as his native language and writes in English. He has been identified with both Judaism and Christianity.

As an author, Segel has produced 31 works. His notable writings include *Nightmares!*, *Pesadillas!*, *Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic*, *Otherearth*, and *Otherworld*. He stands 193 centimeters tall. His social media presence includes 2,165,742 followers. Segel has been in an unmarried partnership with Michelle Williams.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1980
Works
31

Top works

  • Nightmares!
  • Pesadillas!
  • Nightmares! The Sleepwalker Tonic
  • Otherearth
  • Otherworld

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1980

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Key facts

Born
Jason Jordan Segel , ( 1980-01-18 ) January 18, 1980 (age 46) , Santa Monica , California , U.S.
Occupations
Actor writer
Years active
1998–present
Partner s
Kayla Radomski (2023–present; engaged)

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Encyclopedic overview

Jason Jordan Segel (/ˈsiːɡəl/ 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jason Segel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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