Jason Segel

Jason Jordan Segel (born January 18, 1980) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, songwriter and musician. He voices Vector in the film Despicable Me.

Early life and career
Segel was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Pacific Palisades, California. He went to Hebrew school and had a Bar Mitzvah, and also attended St. Matthew's Parish School, a private Episcopal school. Following elementary school and middle school, Segel completed his high school studies at Harvard-Westlake School. He was an active member of the 1996 and 1997 CIF state champion boys' basketball team. Segel had hopes of becoming a professional actor while in college, although he ultimately chose not to go to college. Instead, he acted in local theater productions at Palisades Playhouse.

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. Segel had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Neil Jansen and on Undeclared as Eric.His most feautured role was in 2011 where he was in the Disney hit movie the Muppets playing the role of Gary. He currently plays 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, but was successfully convinced to finish the series after its ninth season in 2014. 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 creator 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.

For the 2010 comedy Get Him to the Greek, Segel co-wrote most of the soundtrack's music which was performed by the fictional band Infant Sorrow. He also appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and sang an original song entitled "Wonky Eyed Girl".

In 2010, he voiced Gru's arch-rival Vector in Universal's CGI animated film, Despicable Me and appeared as "Horatio" in the fantasy comedy film Gulliver's Travels.

He also co-wrote the Nightmares! book series with Kirsten Miller.