JASON SEGEL

'Jason Jordan Segel' (born January 18 1980) is an American television and film actor.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Segel was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He was a state champion basketball player in high school and also plays the piano and wrote a song for his character, a drummer, to sing to the lead female character, Lindsay, in an episode of ''Freaks and Geeks.''^[1] Lindsay was played by Linda Cardellini. She and Segel dated until February 2006.

Career

Segel 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 has also had recurring roles on '' and ''Undeclared''.
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.

Filmography

Year	Film or series	Role	Notes
2008	''Forgetting Sarah Marshall''	Peter Bretter	Filming
2007	''Knocked Up''	Jason
2005-present	''How I Met Your Mother''	Marshall Eriksen	TV series; 44 episodes to date
2006	''Bye Bye Benjamin''	Theodore Everest
2004-5	''	Neil Jansen	TV series; 3 episodes
2005	''Alias''	Sam Hauser	TV series; 1 episode
	''The Good Humor Man''	Smelly Bob
2004	''LolliLove''	Jason
	''Harry Green and Eugene''	Eugene Green	TV series; unaired pilot[2]
2003	''Certainly Not a Fairytale''	Leo
	''	Leon
2001-2	''Undeclared''	Eric	TV series; 7 episodes
2002	''Slackers''	Sam Schechter
2001	''North Hollywood''	Leon
1999-2000	''Freaks and Geeks''	Nick Andopolis	TV series; 18 episodes
1999	''New Jersey Turnpikes''
1998	''SLC Punk!''	Mike
	''Dead Man on Campus''	Kyle
	''Can't Hardly Wait''	Matt, Watermelon Guy

References

1. gbdesigns.com
2. dangerousuniverse.com

External links

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★ Bio on ''Freaks and Geeks'' official website

★ Bio on ''How I Met Your Mother'' official website

★ 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.