The How I Met Your Mother Blog

Jason Segel, the second-youngest member of the cast, turns 28 today. He has a lot to celebrate. 2008 will see Forgetting Sarah Marshall debut, a movie that Segel wrote as well as stars in. He’ll also appear alongside Paul Rudd in I Love You, Man.

In Jason’s honor, here is a short bio:

Date of Birth

January 18, 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

Birth Name

Jason Jordan Segel

Height

6′ 4″ (1.93 m)

Trivia

• He was on a high school basketball team who won state in California
• He plays piano. (Damn right he does.)
• 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.