More Jason Segel Bios & Profiles
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Biography #2 (for Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
Jason Segel's ability to consistently create memorable and hilarious characters is what sets him apart from most Hollywood youth. Most recently he was seen in Judd Apatow's Knocked Up for Universal.In 1999, Segel portrayed Nick on Freaks and Geeks, Judd Apatow's Emmy Award-nominated television series for NBC. Segel played a lanky, fun-loving freak dreaming of stardom as a rock-and-roll drummer, like his idol, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. In 2000, he had a recurring role as Eric on Undeclared, the Fox series about college freshmen, which was named one of Time magazine's Ten Best Shows of 2001.
Currently, Segel stars as Marshall, opposite Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor and Neil Patrick Harris, in the third season of the hit comedy series How I Met Your Mother, the story of a young man's struggle to find his true love. This series was also touted by Time magazine, hitting the list at No. 8 on the Ten Best Shows of 2005.
Next up for Segel is Five-Year Engagement, which will reunite him with Forgetting Sarah Marshall's director, Nicholas Stoller. He will co-write with Stoller and star in the comedy. Apatow Productions will return to produce the picture, about the ups and downs of a man's five-year engagement to his fiancée.
Previous feature credits include Slackers, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, SLC Punk, Can't Hardly Wait and Dead Man on Campus.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Segel continues to reside there.
Bio courtesy Universal Pictures for "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (27-Apr-2008)
Biography #3 (for Knocked Up)
Jason Segel's ability to consistently create memorable and hilarious characters is what sets him apart from most Hollywood youth.In 1999, Segel portrayed Nick on Freaks and Geeks, Judd Apatow's Emmy Award-nominated television series for NBC. He played a lanky, fun-loving freak dreaming of stardom as a rock-and-roll drumme - like his idol, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. In 2000, he had a recurring role as Eric on Undeclared, the Fox series about college freshmen, which was named one of Time magazine's 10 Best Shows of 2001. Currently, Segel stars as Marshall, opposite Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor and Neil Patrick Harris, in the second season of the hit comedy series How I Met Your Mother, the story of a young man's struggle to find his true love. This series was also touted by Time magazine, hitting the list at no. 8 on the 10 Best Shows of 2005. He is currently in production on a film he wrote, also for Apatow and Universal Pictures, titled Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The comedy, loosely based on the demise of a recent relationship, began filming in Hawaii this spring.
Previous feature credits include Slackers, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, SLC Punk! Can't Hardly Wait and Dead Man on Campus.
Bio courtesy Universal Pictures for "Knocked Up" (10-Jun-2007)
Biography #4 (for How I Met Your Mother)
Jason Segel is best known to television audiences for his role as Nick Andopolis in the series Freaks and Geeks.His additional television credits include recurring roles in CSI: and Undeclared.
Among Segel's feature film credits are Pick of Destiny, The Good Humor Man, SLC Punk!, New Jersey Turnpikes and Slackers.
He was born and raised in Los Angeles, where he lives.
Bio courtesy CBS for "How I Met Your Mother" (18-Sep-2005)