New York Times bestselling author Jason Segel used to have nightmares just like Charlie, and just like Charlie, he's learned that the things we're most afraid of are the things that can make us strong...if we're brave enough to face them. Jason likes acting, writing, making music, and hanging out with his friends. Sometimes he writes movies. Sometimes he writes songs for movies. Sometimes he stars in those movies and sings those songs. You might know him from The Muppets and Despicable Me. Your parents might know him from other stuff. Nightmares! is his first novel.
He was on a high school basketball team that won state in California.
He plays piano.
He loves Disneyland.
Was chosen for the role of Marshall Eriksen in "How I Met Your Mother" because of his work on the short lived television show "Freaks and Geeks" 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.
Is an Ordained Minister with the Universal Life Church and married couple Jason Wood and Abbe Wood on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" {(#18.79)} on July 6th, 2010. This was only the second marriage to be performed on the Tonight Show. The first marriage was Tiny Tim and his wife, Vicki Budinger , in 1969, on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" {(#8.275)} .
Received Harvard Universitys Hasty Pudding 2012 Man of the Year award on February 3, 2012.
His fathers family is Jewish (from Russia, Poland, and Austria). His mother has English, Scottish, Irish, and fairly distant French, ancestry. Jason had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
Segel means "sail" in German and Swedish.
He wrote and starred in Forgetting Sarah Marshall and he also plays a character named Marshall on "How I Met Your Mother" .
Had a five year relationship (March 2001-January 2007) with his Dead Man on Campus and "Freaks and Geeks" co-star Linda Cardellini. They played a couple both in the film and the TV show. Segel stated in an interview with Los Angeles Times that Cardellini was a great girlfriend and the title character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall was not based on her, it was more an amalgamation of a lot of different relationships and breakups he had.
