Jason Segel

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birthplace = Pacific Palisades, California, United States
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Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18 1980) is an American television and film actor, known for his work with producer Judd Apatow on the short-lived television series "Freaks and Geeks" and the movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", and also for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother".

Biography

Early life

Segel was born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Pacific Palisades, California. He attended a Catholic school, though he is Jewish. [ [http://www.heebmagazine.com/articles/view/130 Sexy Beast] ] [Stated on the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Friday, April 18, 2008] As a boy, he graduated from Harvard-Westlake School. He was hoping to become an actor during his school days and acted in local theater productions at Palisades Playhouse. ["Jason Segel.Segel is 6"4 Tall.(page), "BuddyTV.com", webpage: [http://www.buddytv.com/articles/how-i-met-your-mother/profile/jason-segel.aspx] ]

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."cite web | title=gbdesigns.com | work="The William S. Paley Television Festival: A Dedication to Freaks and Geeks" | url=http://www.gbdesigns.com/freaksandgeeks/paley.html | accessdate=January 12 | accessyear=2007] She and Segel dated for a few years following the show's cancellation. It was rumored that she dumped him for gaining twenty pounds, ["Linda Cardellini Broke Up With Ex Because He Was Overweight" (page), "Starpulse.com", webpage: [http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2006/02/17/linda_cardellini_broke_up_with_ex_becaus] ] but it has since emerged that the statement was in fact a joke taken out of context. ["As writer and star, Jason Segel is fully exposed" (page), "Timeout Chicago" webpage: [http://www.timeout.com/chicago/articles/film/28406/the-bromantic-era] ]

Segel had recurring roles on "" as Neil Jansen and on "Undeclared" as Eric. When Seth Rogen planned to star in "Superbad", Jason was attached to play Evan, as revealed by the DVD. He currently plays Marshall on the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", which debuted on September 19, 2005. Feature film appearances include "Slackers", "SLC Punk!", "The Good Humor Man", and "Dead Man on Campus". In 2007, he appeared in "Knocked Up", starring Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen and 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. Next, he will begin filming "I Love You, Man" for 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 WRIF Radio in Detroit, 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. [ [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982291.html?categoryId=2430&cs=1&query=muppets "Variety", March 11, 2008] ]

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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* [http://www.freaksandgeeks.com/HeadGeeks/BioJason.html Bio] on "Freaks and Geeks" official website
* [http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/bios/jason_bio.shtml Bio] on "How I Met Your Mother" official website
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhXsJjVdj1E Spontaneously singing] a duet from the musical "Les Miserables" with "How I Met Your Mother" co-star Neil Patrick Harris while the cast were guests on "The Megan Mullally Show" in December 2006.
* [http://video.about.com/movies/Jason-Segel-on-Sarah-Marshall.htm Jason Segel Interview]