Jason Segel
Birthdate: Jan 18, 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Jason Segel (birthname: Jason Jordan Segel) is a comedy actor, writer and producer who came up in the comedy stable of producer/creator Judd Apatow and has appeared in several key comedy movies since 2007, when he was part of the cast of director/writer/producer Apatow’s comedy, Knocked Up (2007), starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel and Jonah Hill, premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival and grossing $210 million for Universal Pictures; Segel returned in the same role in Apatow’s “sort-of” sequel, This is 40 (2012), reuniting Rudd and Mann, with John Lithgow, Megan Fox and Albert Brooks, earning $88 million for Universal Pictures. Segel had previously appeared in the comedies Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Dead Man on Campus (1998), and the Matthew Lillard-starring SLC Punk! (1999), Slackers (2002), director/writer Greg Marcks’s 11:14 (2003), and star/director/co-writer Jenna Fischer’s LolliLove (2004).
Segel had his first starring role and first screenwriting credit for producer Judd Apatow in the Nicholas Stoller-directed hit comedy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), with Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Paul Rudd, and Russell Brand, grossing nearly $106 million for Universal Pictures. Segel co-starred with Rudd in director/co-writer/producer John Hamburg’s comedy, I Love You, Man (2009), with Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, J.K. Simmons, Jane Curtin, Jon Favreau, and Jaime Pressly, and delivered $92 million for Paramount Pictures.
Jason Segel took on his first voice role in an animated movie opposite lead Steve Carell in Illumination Entertainment’s megahit, Despicable Me (2010), co-directed by Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin, with the voices of Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Will Arnett, Danny McBride and Julie Andrews, premiering at the Annecy Animated Film Festival and grossing $543 million worldwide for Universal Pictures. Segel joined lead Jack Black in a modernized comic version of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (2010), with Emily Blunt, Amanda Peet, and Billy Connolly under Rob Letterman’s direction, and released by 20th Century Fox for a fair $237 million globally (based on estimated costs).
Segel joined the cast and was above the title with Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake in the hit comedy, Bad Teacher (2011), with Lucy Punch and John Michael Higgins under Jake Kasdan’s direction, and proving to be a highly profitable movie for producers Columbia Pictures and Mosaic Media Group and distributor Sony Pictures Releasing (based on estimated costs) with a global $216 million return. Segel played the title role in directors/writers Jay and Mark Duplass’s well-reviewed comedy-drama, Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2011), co-starring Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, and Judy Greer, backed primarily by Paramount Vantage and grossing a poor $4.7 million (based on estimated costs) for Paramount Pictures.
Jason Segel engaged in four years of movies in which he was a co-star/co-writer/executive producer, starting with Walt Disney Pictures’ The Muppets (2011), co-written by Nicholas Stoller and the seventh feature with veteran Muppets performers, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and Rashida Jones under James Bobin’s direction, and grossing nearly $172 million worldwide, followed by Segel co-starring with Emily Blunt in director/co-writer/producer Stoller’s rom com, The Five-Year Engagement (2012), also produced by Judd Apatow and Rodney Rothman, with Rhys Ifans, Chris Pratt and Alison Brie, and earning over $54 million for distributor Universal Pictures, and then Segel reuniting with director Jake Kasdan and co-star Cameron Diaz in the comedy Sex Tape (2014), co-written by Stoller and Kate Angelo, co-starring Rob Corddry, Ellie Kemper and Rob Lowe, backed primarily by Columbia Pictures and earning over $126 million for Sony Pictures Releasing.
Segel delivered one of his most distinctive performances and earned him a Best Male Lead nomination from the Independent Spirit Award as late, renowned literary author David Foster Wallace in director James Ponsoldt’s and writer Donald Margulies’ biopic, The End of the Tour (2015), based on David Lipsky’s memoir, Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, with Jesse Eisenberg portraying Lipsky interviewing and road-tripping with Wallace in 1996, including a supporting cast of Ron Livingston, Anna Chlumsky and Anna Chlumsky, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and released by A24 for a $3 million gross.
Segel co-starred with Dakota Johnson and Casey Affleck in the bio drama, Our Friend (2019), directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and written by Brad Ingelsby, with Cherry Jones, Jake Owen and Reed Diamond, but which lost money for producers Black Bear Pictures/Scott Free Productions and distributor Gravitas Ventures with a gross under $1 million (based on estimated costs).
Jason Segel joined director/producer Josephine Decker in the coming-of-age drama adapted by Jandy Nelson from her 2010 novel, The Sky is Everywhere (2022), starring Grace Kaufman, Pico Alexander, Jacques Colimon, and Cherry Jones, produced by A24 and Di Novi Pictures, and released theatrically and streaming by Apple Original Films. Segel starred in the Jorma Taccone-directed the comedy thriller Over Your Dead Body (2026), the English-language remake of Tommy Wirkola’s Finnish comedy, The Trip (2021), co-starring Samara Weaving, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis and Andy Cohen, distributed by Independent Film Company (U.S.)/Amazon Prime Video (International) and premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
Segel joined director Marc Foster and co-star Angelina Jolie in screenwriter David Magee’s English-language screen version of Fredrik Backman’s 2019 novel, Anxious People (date to be announced), with Aimee Lou Wood, Carol Kane, and Stephanie Allynne, and which was co-produced by Black Bear Pictures/Hope Studios/2DUX/World Wide Word. Segel was then co-star/co-writer (with director/producer James Ponsoldt)/producer (also with Michael Bay, among others) of the psychological thriller, Sponsor (date to be announced), co-starring John C. Reilly, Amy Madigan, Justine Lupe, and Patrick Fabian, and which was released by Apple Original Films.
Personal life
Jason Segel was born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in Pacific Palisades, California, by his parents, Jillian and Alvin (a lawyer). Segel has a younger sister, Alison, and an older brother, Adam. Segel attended both Hebrew school and the Episcopal St. Matthew’s Parish School, and then he attended and graduated from Harvard-Westlake School, where he was a member of the 1996 and 1997 CIF state championship boys’ basketball team. Segel has been engaged to Taylor Swift backup dancer Kayla Radomski since June 2025. Segel’s height is 6’ 4”. Segel’s estimated net worth is $50 million.
Known For
Jason Segel Movies
actor
Upcoming (1)
- 2026 |
Over Your Dead Body
asDan
A dysfunctional married couple retreats to a secluded cabin to repair their relationship, but each secretly plots to murder the other.
Previous (23)
- 2022 | The Sky Is Everywhereas Big
- 2022 | Windfallas Nobody
- 2021 |
Our Friend
asDane Faucheux
After receiving life-altering news, a couple finds unexpected support from their best friend, who puts his own life on hold and moves into their family home, bringing an impact much greater and more profound than anyone could have imagined.
- 2018 | Come Sundayas Henry
- 2017 | The Discoveryas Will
- 2015 | The End of the Touras David Foster Wallace
- 2014 |
- 2012 |
This Is 40
asJason
Pete and Debbie are both about to turn 40, their kids hate each other, both of their businesses are failing, they're on the verge of losing their house, and their relationship is threatening to fall apart.
- 2012 |
The Five-Year Engagement
asTom Solomon
One year after meeting, Tom proposes to his girlfriend, Violet, but unexpected events keep tripping them up as they look to walk down the aisle together.
- 2011 | Jeff, Who Lives at Homeas Jeff
- 2011 |
The Muppets
asGary
A Muppet fanatic with some help from his 2 human compatriots must regroup the Muppet gang to stop an avaricious oil mogul from taking down one of their precious life-longing treasures.
- 2011 | Bad Teacheras Russell Gettis
- 2010 | Gulliver's Travelsas Horatio
- 2010 |
Despicable Me
asVector
Gru, a criminal mastermind, adopts three orphans as pawns to carry out the biggest heist in history. His life takes an unexpected turn when the little girls see the evildoer as their potential father.
- 2010 | Get Him to the Greek
- 2009 | I Love You, Manas Sydney Fife
- 2008 | Forgetting Sarah Marshallas Peter Bretter
- 2007 | Knocked Upas Jason
- 2007 |
Knocked Up
asJason
For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.
- 2005 | The Good Humor Manas Smelly Bob
- 2004 | LolliLoveas Jason
- 2002 | Slackersas Sam Schechter
- 1998 | SLC Punk!as Mike
Facts About Jason Segel
Minister Segel: Jason Segel is an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church and has performed wedding ceremonies, including one conducted on The Tonight Show in 2010.
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