Jason Segel - Biography

Last Editor: lovemyjorden				Jason Segel Biography -   Name : Jason Segel Birth name : Jason Jordan Segel Born : January 18, 1980 (1980-01-18) (age 27) Los Angeles, California, United States Notable roles : Nick Andopolis on the NBC series Freaks and Geeks Marshall Ericksen on How I Met Your Mother

Jason Segel Trivia -

He was on a high school basketball team who won state in California He plays piano He loves Disneyland. Was chosen for the role of Marshall Eriksen in "How I Met Your Mother" (2005) because of his work on the short lived television show "Freaks and Geeks" (1999) of which creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas were huge fans. Likes classic rock and reggae music. Has a sister, Alison, born March 9, 1986. Has an older brother named Adam. His father Alvin is a lawyer and his mother Jill is a homemaker.

Jason Segel Detailed Biography -

Jason Jordan Segel (born 18 January 1980) is an American television and film actor. 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. Lindsay was played by Linda Cardellini. She and Segel dated until February 2006. 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 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 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, appeared in Knocked Up, starring Katherine Heigl and Seth Rogen and directed by Freaks and Geeks producer Judd Apatow.