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My Take
Jason Segel interests me because his career is built on a deliberate inversion: a six-foot-four man who weaponizes vulnerability. Marshall Eriksen could have been a one-note sitcom husband, but Segel gave him a tenderness that quietly anchored the whole show. What I really rate, though, is the writer in him; the willingness to mine his own heartbreak and embarrassment for comedy takes a courage most performers avoid. He strikes me as a rare comic actor who became famous without ever seeming hungry for fame, drifting toward smaller and more sincere projects as he ages. That instinct for sincerity over spectacle keeps me watching whatever he does next.
Overview
Jason Jordan Segel ( SEE-gal; born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He is best known for his role as Marshall Eriksen in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother from 2005 to 2014.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jason Segel
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイソン・シーゲル
- Reading
- じぇいそん・しーげる
- Born
- January 18, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Monkey
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Television actor — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.