Judd Apatow

19. Jason Segel. This year the actor came into his own by writing and starring in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, demonstrating his musical chops, continuing his sweet gig on How I Met Your Mother and even planning a Muppet movie. If he's taking requests, I'd like an extra helping of Floyd and Swed...

Forgetting Sarah Marshall Set Visit CS: So you would say you're more like your character on "Veronica Mars" then? CS: Judd Apatow is producing the film right? CS: What's it like working with Kristen Bell? Forgetting Sarah Marshall hits theaters on May 30, 2008.

During the interim, Rogen would move to Los Angeles and be discovered by Apatow when the latter was casting his high school–set TV show, Freaks and Geeks. Although Freaks was cancelled, Rogen would remain on Apatow's crew list, serving as a writer and cast member on the TV show Undeclared a...

The current vogue in comedy is for the doofus man-child—the guy who mines laughs in the yawning chasm between his feeble abilities and his inflated self-regard. It’s hard, in fact, to think of a male comedy star who doesn’t fall into this category, from Vince Vaughn (hipster man-child) to...