Jason Segel
{{short description|American actor and writer (born 1980)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Jason Segel
| image = Jason Segel Sundance 2017.jpg
| caption = Segel in 2017
| birth_name = Jason Jordan Segel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|01|18}}
| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actor
- comedian
- writer
}}
| years_active = 1998–present
}}
Jason Jordan Segel ({{IPAc-en|'|s|iː|g|əl}} {{respell|SEE|gəl}}; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor and writer. 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.
In 2023, he began starring as a therapist in the Apple TV+ series Shrinking, which he also co-created alongside Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein. For his performance, he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Early life
Segel was born on January 18, 1980, in Santa Monica, California, to Jillian ({{née|Jordan}}; born 1952) and Alvin Segel, a lawyer.{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jason-segel/bio/190115|title=Jason Segel|work=TV Guide|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714131837/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jason-segel/bio/190115|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Mills|first=Nancy|title='Despicable Me' star Jason Segel really gets into his roles|work=USA Today|date=July 8, 2010|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-07-08-segel08_st_N.htm|access-date=September 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711052556/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2010-07-08-segel08_st_N.htm|archive-date=July 11, 2010|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/celebrity-news/the-a-list/now-trending-jason-segel-reveals-he-made-his-mother-cry-with-full-frontal-nudity-scene/article19200492/|title=Now Trending: Jason Segel reveals he made his mother cry with full-frontal nudity scene|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201138/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/celebrity-news/the-a-list/now-trending-jason-segel-reveals-he-made-his-mother-cry-with-full-frontal-nudity-scene/article19200492/|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.today.com/id/35004792/|title=Jason Segel – Latest news, videos, and information|work=today.com|access-date=July 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182119/http://www.today.com/id/35004792/|archive-date=July 14, 2014|url-status=live}} He grew up in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/feb/05/jason-segel-muppets-film-comedy|title=So Jason Segel, are you a man or a Muppet|first=Chrissy|last=Iley|work=The Guardian|location=UK|date=February 4, 2012|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424233409/http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/feb/05/jason-segel-muppets-film-comedy|archive-date=April 24, 2014|url-status=live}} He has an older brother, Adam,{{cite web|url=http://www.wbur.org/npr/113833274|publisher=Fresh Air|title=Jason Segel Explains the Mysteries of Guydom|date=October 16, 2009|access-date=June 17, 2014|archive-date=June 18, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618000120/http://www.wbur.org/npr/113833274|url-status=live}} and a younger sister, Alison.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-segel13apr13,0,6976921.story|work=Los Angeles Times|first=Robert|last=Abele|title=This breakup really broke up Jason Segel|date=April 13, 2008|access-date=April 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017085701/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-segel13apr13,0,6976921.story|archive-date=October 17, 2014|url-status=live}}
Segel's father is Jewish,{{Cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2015/07/30/life-religion/actor-jason-segel-opens-up-about-childhood-as-jewish-outsider|title=Actor Jason Segel opens up about childhood as Jewish outsider|last=Tobin|first=Andrew|date=July 30, 2015|website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|access-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705204045/https://www.jta.org/2015/07/30/life-religion/actor-jason-segel-opens-up-about-childhood-as-jewish-outsider|archive-date=July 5, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=102232289|title=Jason Segel: The Best Man For The Job|date=March 23, 2009|work=NPR|access-date=July 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180437/https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=102232289|archive-date=July 5, 2018|url-status=live}} whereas his mother is of English, Scottish, Irish, and French descent.{{cite news|title=Turning nasty was no stretch for Sarah Marshall's Jason Segel|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=September 2, 2010|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/blogs/cinetopia/turning-nasty-was-no-stretch-for-sarah-marshalls-jason-segel/20100902-14r5n.html|access-date=September 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920204720/http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/blogs/cinetopia/turning-nasty-was-no-stretch-for-sarah-marshalls-jason-segel/20100902-14r5n.html|archive-date=September 20, 2010|url-status=live}} He has stated that he was raised Jewish,{{cite web|author=Bloom, Nate|url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Jason_Segel_on_the_Benefits_of_Not_Fitting_In.shtml|title=Interfaith Celebrities: Jason Segel on the Benefits of Not Fitting In|publisher=InterfaithFamily.com|date=March 31, 2009|access-date=August 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120518145838/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Jason_Segel_on_the_Benefits_of_Not_Fitting_In.shtml|archive-date=May 18, 2012|url-status=live}} as well as "a little bit of everything".{{cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/103392/|title=Jason Segel on the universe—and 'The Five Year Engagement'|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=April 24, 2012|work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|access-date=August 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705204025/http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/103392/|archive-date=July 5, 2018|url-status=live}} Segel went to Hebrew school and had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony, and also attended St. Matthew's Parish School, a private Episcopal school.{{cite web|url=http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/102124/|title=Segel's starry-eyed man-child amuses and moves us|last=Pfefferman|first=Naomi|date=March 15, 2012|work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles|access-date=August 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180106/http://jewishjournal.com/mobile_20111212/102124/|archive-date=July 5, 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Elkin|first=Michael|title=Who Loves Ya, Man?|publisher=Jewish Exponent|date=March 19, 2009|url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/18495|access-date=March 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331050349/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/18495|archive-date=March 31, 2009|url-status=live}}Andrew Tobin, [http://www.jta.org/2015/07/30/life-religion/actor-jason-segel-opens-up-about-childhood-as-jewish-outsider "Actor Jason Segel opens up about childhood as Jewish outsider"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802224842/http://www.jta.org/2015/07/30/life-religion/actor-jason-segel-opens-up-about-childhood-as-jewish-outsider |date=August 2, 2015 }}, July 30, 2015
|...attending Christian school during the day and Hebrew school at night. "At Christian school you're the Jewish kid, and at Hebrew school you're the Christian kid. I think that's the nature of groups," he said. "And so everyone wants to compartmentalize people. And I think I decided at that point, like OK, its me versus the world, kind of."
Following elementary school and middle school, Segel completed his high school studies at Harvard-Westlake School, where his {{convert|6|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}} frame helped him as an active member of the 1996 and 1997 CIF state champion boys' basketball team.[http://www.buddytv.com/info/jason-segel-info.aspx "Jason Segel Biography"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606031827/http://www.buddytv.com/info/jason-segel-info.aspx |date=June 6, 2013 }}. Buddy TV. Retrieved February 6, 2013. He won a slam dunk contest in high school{{cite web|url=http://www.maxim.com/entertainment/jason-collins-jason-segels-secret-dunking-past|title=Jason Collins on Jason Segel's Secret Dunking Past|date=May 2, 2013|access-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913185435/https://www.maxim.com/entertainment/jason-collins-jason-segels-secret-dunking-past|archive-date=September 13, 2017|url-status=live}} and he was nicknamed "Dr. Dunk."{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/jason-segel-the-end-of-the-tour|title=Jason Segel's High-School Nickname Was "Dr. Dunk"|first=Julie|last=Miller|website=Vanity Fair|date=June 13, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313043702/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/06/jason-segel-the-end-of-the-tour|archive-date=March 13, 2017|url-status=live}} He was a backup to the team's star center, Jason Collins, who went on to play in the NBA.{{cite news|last=Sondheimer|first=Eric|title=Fastbreak to Silver Screen|date=October 30, 1996|newspaper=Los Angeles Daily News|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FASTBREAK+TO+SILVER+SCREEN+%3A+SEGEL+FORSAKES+HOOPS+FOR+ACTING.-a084001064|access-date=April 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222152550/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FASTBREAK+TO+SILVER+SCREEN+%3A+SEGEL+FORSAKES+HOOPS+FOR+ACTING.-a084001064|archive-date=February 22, 2014|url-status=live}}
Career
File:JasonSegelTXMarch09.jpg premiere of I Love You, Man in 2009]]
Segel's first major role was as stoner "freak" Nick Andopolis on the critically acclaimed but short-lived 1999 NBC comedy-drama series Freaks and Geeks. The series revolved around a group of suburban Detroit high school students circa 1980. Segel personally composed a song for his character, Nick, to sing to the lead female character, Lindsay (Linda Cardellini).{{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|access-date=January 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210041352/http://www.gbdesigns.com/freaksandgeeks/paley.html|archive-date=February 10, 2007|url-status=live}}
Segel had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Neil Jansen and on Undeclared as Eric. He played Marshall Eriksen on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother; he had previously stated he would move on to other projects in 2013 when his contract expired,{{cite web|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/2012/08/01/jason-segel-to-quit-how-i-met-your-mother|title=Jason Segel to quit 'How I Met Your Mother'|work=timeslive.co.za|date=August 1, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429013537/http://www.timeslive.co.za/entertainment/2012/08/01/jason-segel-to-quit-how-i-met-your-mother|archive-date=April 29, 2013|url-status=live}} but was convinced to finish the series after its ninth season in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/12/exclusive-how-i-met-your-mother-to-return-for-season-9-cast-deals-closed-today-after-jason-segel-turnaround-show-was-given-up-for-dead-until-11th-hour-393692/|title=EXCLUSIVE: 'How I Met Your Mother' To Return For Season 9; Cast Deals Closed Today After Jason Segel Turnaround; Show Was Given Up For Dead Until 11th Hour|work=Deadline|first=Nikki|last=Finke|date=December 21, 2012|access-date=April 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410234131/http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/exclusive-how-i-met-your-mother-to-return-for-season-9-cast-deals-closed-today-after-jason-segel-turnaround-show-was-given-up-for-dead-until-11th-hour/|archive-date=April 10, 2013|url-status=live}}
Segel made his film debut with Can't Hardly Wait in 1998. His other early feature film appearances include Slackers, SLC Punk!, The Good Humor Man, and Dead Man on Campus. In 2007, he appeared in Knocked Up, 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. He also starred in I Love You, Man, which was released on March 20, 2009, by DreamWorks.Vilkomerson, Sara (March 10, 2009). [http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/romantic-comedy-about-two-straight-men-john-hamburg%E2%80%99s-i-love-you-man-might-be-first-dude A Romantic Comedy About Two Straight Men: John Hamburg's I Love You, Man May be the First Dude Flick With a Heart] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316221215/http://www.observer.com/2009/movies/romantic-comedy-about-two-straight-men-john-hamburg%E2%80%99s-i-love-you-man-might-be-first-dude |date=March 16, 2009 }} (HTML). The New York Observer, LLC. Retrieved on March 11, 2009
In Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Segel's character writes a "Dracula" musical performed by puppets. He also appeared in the most prominent scene containing full frontal nudity in the film.{{cite web |title=Jason Segel Goes Full-Frontal In "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/17/jason-segel-goes-full-fro_n_97169.html |date=April 25, 2008 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906070838/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/17/jason-segel-goes-full-fro_n_97169.html |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |url-status=live }} In an interview,Opie and Anthony, 104.1 WBCN in Boston he stated that 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 Jim Henson Company, and the experience emboldened Segel to pitch his concept for a Muppets movie.{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/2008/film/news/segel-and-stoller-take-on-muppets-1117982291/ |journal=Variety |date=March 12, 2008 |first=Michael |last=Fleming |title=Segel and Stoller take on Muppets |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104065144/http://variety.com/2008/film/news/segel-and-stoller-take-on-muppets-1117982291/ |archive-date=November 4, 2013 |url-status=live }} Segel performed a song from the film, "Dracula's Lament", on the 1,000th episode of The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Anderson|title=Jason Segel Performs Puppet Opera on 1000th Episode of The Late, Late Show|url=http://gawker.com/5427864/jason-segel-performs-puppet-opera-on-1000th-episode-of-the-late-late-show|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=Gawker|date=December 16, 2009|archive-date=October 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003143513/https://www.gawker.com/5427864/jason-segel-performs-puppet-opera-on-1000th-episode-of-the-late-late-show|url-status=live}}
File:Jason Segel (6548257993).jpg in Sydney in 2011]]
For the 2010 comedy Get Him to the Greek, Segel co-wrote most of the soundtrack's music which was performed by the fictional celebrity singer, Aldous Snow, including Infant Sorrow{{Broken anchor|date=2025-04-04|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Russell Brand#Music and Infant Sorrow|reason= The anchor (Music and Infant Sorrow) has been deleted.|diff_id=406053184}}. He also appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and sang an original song entitled "Wonky Eyed Girl".{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol4e-a9T4CM|title=Craig Ferguson has Jason Segel serenade his "Wonky Eyed Girl"|work=YouTube|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406062954/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol4e-a9T4CM|archive-date=April 6, 2016|url-status=live}}
In 2010, he voiced Gru's arch-rival Vector in Universal's CGI animated film Despicable Me and appeared as "Horatio" in a fantasy comedy film Gulliver's Travels directed by Rob Letterman and very loosely based on Part One of the 18th-century novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift. Segel appeared in Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz, which opened in June 2011. He played gym teacher and thwarted suitor Russell Gettis.Dargis, Manohla, [https://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/movies/cameron-diaz-in-bad-teacher-review.html "When the Teacher Gets High Marks in the Raunchy and the Profane"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205192157/http://movies.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/movies/cameron-diaz-in-bad-teacher-review.html |date=December 5, 2011 }}, The New York Times, June 24, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2011. Along with Nicholas Stoller, Segel approached Disney in 2007 to write the latest Muppets film. Disney was unsure on how to take the request, as Segel had just appeared nude in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but after realizing that he was a fan, the project was approved. Segel stated that he wanted to do the film because the last film in the series to be released in theaters was Muppets from Space in 1999, and he felt that the younger generation was missing out on enjoying one of his childhood favorites.{{cite web|author=Jay Leno|url=http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/jason-segel-part-2-11-8-11/1367383|title=The Tonight Show with Jay Leno – Jason Segel, Part 2 (11/8/11) – Video|publisher=NBC.com|access-date=August 10, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418040252/http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/jason-segel-part-2-11-8-11/1367383|archive-date=April 18, 2012}}
Segel decided not to star in the sequel to The Muppets, Muppets Most Wanted.{{cite web|author=Angela Dawson/Front Row Features|url=http://www.knoxville.com/news/2012/mar/13/knoxville-movies-jason-segel-jeff-who-lives-home|title='Home' boy: Jason Segel 'was just born hilarious'|publisher=Knoxville.com|access-date=August 10, 2012|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131020012/https://www.knoxnews.com/go-knoxville/|url-status=live}} He filmed The Five-Year Engagement with Emily Blunt in the spring of 2011 in Michigan, and the film was released on April 27, 2012.{{Cite web|date=April 23, 2012|title='Five-Year Engagement': 7 Things You Didn't Know About Jason Segel and Emily Blunt|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/five-year-engagement-jason-segel-emily-blunt-315125|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=The Hollywood Reporter|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203202154/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/five-year-engagement-jason-segel-emily-blunt-315125|url-status=live}}
In 2013, Segel revealed he was working on a series of young adult novels, based on a story he conceived when he was 21.{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Jason-Segel-writing-young-adult-book-series/tabid/418/articleID/293414/Default.aspx| work= 3 News NZ| title= Jason Segel writing young adult book series| date= April 8, 2013| access-date= April 8, 2013| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140221154801/http://www.3news.co.nz/Jason-Segel-writing-young-adult-book-series/tabid/418/articleID/293414/Default.aspx| archive-date= February 21, 2014| url-status= dead}} In the fall of 2014, the first novel of the series Nightmares!, co-written with Kirsten Miller, was released with the follow-up coming out the following year.[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jason-segel-sells-three-book-444855 Jason Segel Sells Three-Book Children's Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208021212/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/jason-segel-sells-three-book-444855 |date=December 8, 2019 }} hollywoodreport.com, April 23, 2013[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/books/review/jason-segel-reads-nightmares.html?_r=0 Children's Audiobooks – Jason Segel Reads "Nightmares!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827050408/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/books/review/jason-segel-reads-nightmares.html?_r=0 |date=August 27, 2017 }}, New York Times, November 21, 2014.
In 2015, Segel received praise{{cite news | last = Tallerico | first = Brian | title = The End of the Tour | work = Rogerebert.com | date = January 24, 2015 | url = https://www.rogerebert.com/sundance/sundance-2015-the-end-of-the-tour | access-date = April 17, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190107182235/https://www.rogerebert.com/sundance/sundance-2015-the-end-of-the-tour | archive-date = January 7, 2019 | url-status = live }}{{cite magazine | last = Nashawaty | first = Chris | title = The End of the Tour | magazine = Entertainment Weekly | date = July 29, 2015 | url = https://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/29/the-end-of-the-tour-ew-review | access-date = April 17, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190412203756/https://ew.com/article/2015/07/29/the-end-of-the-tour-ew-review/ | archive-date = April 12, 2019 | url-status = live }}{{cite news | last = Lawson | first = Richard | title = 'The End of the Tour Is a Deeply Affecting Tribute to a Cherished Writer, and a Huge Breakthrough for Jason Segel | work = Vanity Fair | date = January 25, 2015 | url = https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/01/end-of-the-tour-review | access-date = April 17, 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200103050525/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/01/end-of-the-tour-review | archive-date = January 3, 2020 | url-status = live }} for his portrayal of the late author David Foster Wallace in the independent biographical drama film The End of the Tour. For his performance, he earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/spirit-awards-nominees-2016-carol-1201647728/ |title='Carol', 'Spotlight', 'Beasts of No Nation' Lead Spirit Awards Nominations |last=McNary |first=Dave |work=Independent Spirit Awards |publisher=Variety |date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125072944/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/spirit-awards-nominees-2016-carol-1201647728/ |archive-date=November 25, 2015 |url-status=live }}
In 2017, Segel and Miller released a new book, Otherworld
, the first of a new young adult series. A second book in the series, OtherEarth, was released in 2018, and a third novel, OtherLife, in 2019. Segel created and starred in the American drama television series Dispatches from Elsewhere, which premiered on March 1, 2020, on AMC.
In 2019, Segel starred in Our Friend based on Matthew Teague's 2015 essay "The Friend".{{cite news |last1=Sydney |first1=Bucksbaum |title=How Our Friend made Jason Segel a better friend |url=https://ew.com/movies/jason-segel-our-friend/ |agency=EW |access-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208142705/https://ew.com/movies/jason-segel-our-friend/ |url-status=live }}
Personal life
Segel is an ordained minister with the Universal Life Church.{{cite web|url=http://www.aoltv.com/2010/07/07/ordained-minister-jason-segel-marries-couple-on-tonight-show|title=Ordained Minister Jason Segel Marries Couple on 'Tonight Show' (VIDEO)|publisher=Aoltv.com|access-date=August 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021055242/http://www.aoltv.com/2010/07/07/ordained-minister-jason-segel-marries-couple-on-tonight-show/|archive-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=live}} He performed a wedding ceremony on The Tonight Show on July 6, 2010, for a couple that solicited his services by placing pictures of him around his hometown and the bar he frequently visited.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/fashion/weddings/12FIELD.html | work=The New York Times | first=Ari | last=Karpel | title=Kevin Smith, Kathy Griffin and Jason Segel Officiate at Weddings | date=December 10, 2010 | access-date=February 9, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206054335/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/fashion/weddings/12FIELD.html | archive-date=February 6, 2017 | url-status=live }}
Segel dated his Freaks and Geeks co-star Linda Cardellini for several years following the show's cancellation.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-segel13apr13,0,6976921.story|title=they have 1 child. This breakup really broke up Jason Segel|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 13, 2008|access-date=June 7, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017085701/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-segel13apr13,0,6976921.story|url-status=live}} He dated Michelle Williams from 2012 to 2013.{{Cite web|title=Inside Michelle Williams' Love Life Since Heath Ledger: From Jason Segal to Her New Husband|url=https://people.com/movies/michelle-williams-love-life-since-heath-ledger/|access-date=February 17, 2021|website=People|archive-date=November 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126193046/https://people.com/movies/michelle-williams-love-life-since-heath-ledger/|url-status=live}} From December 2013 to April 2021, Segel dated photographer Alexis Mixter.{{Cite instagram |user=gonzoaesthetic |postid=Bc8lqHXgR_t |title=Instagram post about Segal's and Mixter's relationship |date=December 21, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Jason Segel & Girlfriend Alexis Mixter Split After 8 Years Together: 'I Will Never Stop Loving You'|url=https://people.com/movies/jason-segel-girlfriend-alexis-mixter-split-after-8-years-of-dating/|website=People|date=April 29, 2021|access-date=April 30, 2021|archive-date=March 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220322092703/https://people.com/movies/jason-segel-girlfriend-alexis-mixter-split-after-8-years-of-dating/|url-status=live}} Since 2023, he has been dating former Taylor Swift backup dancer Kayla Radomski.{{Cite web |title=Who Is Jason Segel's Girlfriend? All About Kayla Radomski |url=https://people.com/who-is-kayla-radomski-jason-segel-8598114 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}
Filmography
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Awards and nominations
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20051017060859/http://www.freaksandgeeks.com/HeadGeeks/BioJason.html Bio] on Freaks and Geeks official website (archived 2005-10-17)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126225203/http://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/bio/jason_segel/bio.php Bio] on How I Met Your Mother official website (archived 2009-01-26)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080420073353/http://video.about.com/movies/Jason-Segel-on-Sarah-Marshall.htm Jason Segel Interview] (archived 2008-04-20)
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