Segel made his film debut with "Can't Hardly Wait" in 1998. His other early 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" producer 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.