Seth Rogen
Birthdate: Apr 15, 1982
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Seth Rogen (birthname: Seth Aaron Rogen) has been a force for a raucous brand of comedy in features, television and (more recently) streaming since the early 2000s, when he made his acting debut in director/writer Richard Kelly’s surreal psychological drama, Donnie Darko (2001), followed by Rogen coming under the creative umbrella of comedy producer/filmmaker Judd Apatow for roles in director/co-writer Adam McKay’s Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004); Apatow’s comedy, The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) (on which Rogen was a co-producer); and then Rogen landed his first starring role in and was also executive producer on Apatow’s Knocked Up (2007), co-starring Katherine Heigl; and capped by Rogen’s zany breakthrough feature as star/co-writer/executive producer (with Rogen’s lifelong creative partner Evan Goldberg), Superbad (2007), with Jonah Hill (portraying an exaggerated comic version of Rogen), Michael Cera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bill Hader, Emma Stone and Dave Franco under Greg Mottola’s direction, and grossing a sensational $171 million for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing.
Rogen followed this string with three consecutive voice roles in The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Horton Hears a Who! (2008) and Kung Fu Panda (2008), the latter of which he continued in the sequels, Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), and Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024).
Rogen co-starred with James Franco, co-wrote with Evan Goldberg and executive-produced the Judd Apatow-produced stoner comedy (grossing over $102 million), Pineapple Express (2008), with Gary Cole, Rosie Perez and Danny McBride under David Gordon Green’s direction and released by Sony, and then Rogen further established his irreverent comic voice as co-star with Elizabeth Banks of director/writer/editor Kevin Smith’s sex comedy, Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008), with Craig Robinson, Jason Mewes and Traci Lords, and which was co-produced and released by The Weinstein Company.
Rogen took a small role in the Star Wars-themed comedy, Fanboys (2009), followed by a lead voice role in DreamWorks Animation’s sci-fi comedy, Monsters vs. Aliens (2009), with the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Paul Rudd and Stephen Colbert under the co-direction of Conrad Vernon and Rob Letterman and earning Paramount Pictures a good $381.7 million.
Seth Rogen starred in director/writer Jody Hill’s crime comedy, Observe and Report (2009), featuring Anna Faris, Michael Pena and Ray Liotta, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures after launching at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and then Rogen reunited with director/writer/producer Judd Apatow as co-star/executive producer of the black comedy, Funny People (2009), starring Adam Sandler, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman, and whose failed release for Universal Pictures triggered the closure of Sandler’s production label, Madison 23 Productions. Rogen’s only superhero movie (as the lead title character and also executive producer) was The Green Hornet (2011), directed by Michel Gondry and co-starring Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, and Tom Wilkinson, produced by Columbia Pictures/Original Film and released by Sony Pictures Releasing.
Rogen delivered both a voice performance and motion capture (playing an alien visiting Earth) in producer-distributor Universal Pictures’ Paul (2011), co-written and co-starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, with Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Blythe Danner, John Carroll Lynch and Sigourney Weaver under Greg Mottola’s direction, and co-produced by Relativity Media/Working Title Films/Big Talk Pictures/StudioCanal. Rogen co-starred with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and produced the comedy-drama, 50/50 (2011), with Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Anjelica Huston under the direction of Jonathan Levine, grossing a robust $41 million for Summit Entertainment (U.S.)/Lionsgate (International) after launching at the Toronto Film Festival.
Seth Rogen, for the only time in his filmography to date, was co-writer only (with regular creative partner Evan Goldberg and Jared Stern) of the 20th Century Fox sci-fi comedy, The Watch (2012), co-starring Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill, Richard Ayoade, and Rosemarie DeWitt under Akiva Schaffer’s direction. Rogen took on a new genre--the romantic comedy-drama—and co-starred in his only Canadian-made movie, director/writer/producer Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz (2011), starring Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby and Sarah Silverman, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, and then Rogen co-starred with Barbara Streisand (in what is likely her final big-screen performance) and executive-produced the Paramount Pictures road comedy The Guilt Trip (2012), with Brett Cullen, Adam Scott and Ari Graynor, under Anne Fletcher’s direction.
Rogen took a major creative leap forward as co-director/co-writer/co-producer (with partner Evan Goldberg) of the apocalyptic comedy, This is the End (2013), which Rogen and Goldberg extended from their 2007 short film, Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse, starring James Franco, Jonah Hill, Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera and Emma Watson (all playing exaggerated versions of themselves), and which grossed a strong $127 million for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing. Rogen was then the star/producer of the hit Universal Pictures-backed comedy, Neighbors (2014), and the sequel, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016), both co-starring Zak Efron and both directed by Nicholas Stoller, grossing a combined $379 million.
Seth Rogen was co-star with James Franco and (with Evan Goldberg) was co-director/co-story writer/co-producer of the North Korea-themed political satire, The Interview (2014), with Lizzy Caplan and Randall Park, and which faced a hostile reaction from the North Korean government, which allegedly allowed a cybercrime group known as “Guardians of Peace” to threaten terrorist acts against cinema showing the movie, thus reducing its theatrical gross (though more than made up in its digital release). Rogen, in a rare dramatic turn, portrayed Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in the biopic, Steve Jobs (2015), adapted from Walter Isaacson’s 2011 biography by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, and starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Michael Stuhlbarg and Katherine Waterston under Danny Boyle’s direction, and launching at the Telluride Film Festival.
Rogen starred in and produced director/co-writer Jonathan Levine’s Christmas stoner comedy, The Night Before (2015), with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anthony Mackie, Mindy Kaling and Michael Shannon, released by Sony with backing by Columbia Pictures, and then Rogen performed multiple voices in the irreverent adult animated comedy he co-wrote and co-produced with Evan Goldberg, Sausage Party (2016), with the voices of Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, Edward Norton and Salma Hayek under the co-direction of Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan, and which returned a knockout $141 million for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing.
Rogen was a supporting actor and producer of director/producer James Franco’s true story comedy-drama, The Disaster Artist (2017), co-written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar), co-starring James and Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson and Jacki Weaver, and delivering a $0 million return for distributors A24 (U.S. and Canada)/Warner Bros. Pictures (International) after premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
Seth Rogen was star/producer (as was co-star Charlize Theron) of the D.C. comedy, Long Shot (2019), with O’Shea Jackson Jr., Andy Serkis, Bob Odenkirk and Alexander Skarsgard under Jonathan Levine’s direction, premiering at the South by Southwest Film Festival before a Lionsgate release, and then Rogen played the voice of Pumbaa in director/producer Jon Favreau’s animated remake of Disney’s The Lion King (2019), written by Jeff Nathanson and with the voices of Donald Glover, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, John Kani, John Oliver, Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and James Earl Jones, and which took in a fabulous return of $1.65 billion. Rogen had his first role in a Steven Spielberg movie with a comedy-drama performance in the biographical family saga, The Fabelmans (2022), nominated for seven Oscars, co-starring Oscar-nominated Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Gabriel LaBelle, and Oscar-nominated Judd Hirsch.
Rogen did a nearly consecutive string of animated features as a voice actor in The Super Mario Bros. (2023), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) (on which he was also a co-writer), Mufasa: The Lion King (2024, reviving his Pumbaa performance) and Animal Farm (2025), and then Rogen took a supporting role in the comedy-drama, Dumb Money (2023), based on Ben Mezrich’s 2021 non-fiction book, The Anti-Social Network, co-starring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan and Shailene Woodley under Craig Gillespie’s direction, losing money for Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures Releasing after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. Rogen co-starred with Keanu Reeves and director/writer/producer/co-star Aziz Ansari in the supernatural comedy, Good Fortune (2025), with Keke Palmer and Sandra Oh, and released by Lionsgate after launching at the Toronto Film Festival.
Seth Rogen co-starred in and produced director/co-writer Dylan Meyer’s stoner comedy, The Wrong Girls (date to be announced), with Kristen Stewart (who also co-wrote and produced), Alia Shawkat, LaKeith Stanfield, and Kumail Nanjiani, and distributed by Neon. Rogen then co-starred in co-star/director Olivia Wilde’s sex comedy, The Invite (date to be announced), the English-language remake of Cesc Gay’s Spanish movie, The People Upstairs (2020), co-starring Penelope Cruz and Edward Norton, and backed by Annapurna Pictures/FilmNation Entertainment/Permut Presentations. Rogen co-starred with Anna Kendrick in his director/writer/producer wife Lauren Miller Rogen’s comedy, Babies (date to be announced), which was co-produced by AGC Studios/Lylas Pictures/Monarch Media.
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Personal life
Seth Rogen was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, by his parents, Mark Rogen (assistant director of Workmen’s Circle Jewish fraternal organization) and Sandy Belogus (social worker). Rogen has one sibling, Danya. Rogen attended Point Grey Secondary School (with his future creative partner Evan Goldberg) and then dropped out of high school when he was in the NBC comedy series, Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000). Rogen has been married to director/writer/producer Lauren Miller Rogen since 2011. Rogen’s height is 5’ 11”. Rogen’s estimated net worth is $80 million.
Known For
Seth Rogen Movies
actor
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Previous (52)
- 2025 |
Good Fortune
asJeff
A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist.
- 2024 | Fan Level Midnight: Devoted to the Office
- 2024 | Stormy
- 2024 |
Mufasa: The Lion King
asPumbaa
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.
- 2023 |
Dumb Money
asGabe Plotkin
David vs. Goliath tale about everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video-game store) into the world's hottest company.
- 2023 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
asBebop
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Turtle brothers work to earn the love of New York City while facing down an army of mutants.
- 2023 |
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
asDonkey Kong
A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess.
- 2022 |
The Fabelmans
asBennie Loewy
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
- 2020 | An American Pickleas Herschel Greenbaum
- 2020 | The Perfect Weapon
- 2019 | Zerovilleas Viking Man
- 2019 |
The Lion King
asPumbaa
After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom only to learn the true meaning of responsibility and bravery.
- 2019 |
- 2017 |
The Disaster Artist
asSandy
When aspiring actor Greg Sestero meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.
- 2016 |
Sausage Party
asFrank
A sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a journey to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they are picked off the shelf.
- 2016 |
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
asMac Radner
When their new next-door neighbors turn out to be a sorority even more debaucherous than the fraternity that lived there before, Mac and Kelly team with their former enemy, Teddy, to bring the girls down.
- 2016 |
Kung Fu Panda 3
asMantis
Continuing his "legendary adventures of awesomeness", Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little closer to home.
- 2015 | F for Franco
- 2015 |
The Night Before
asIsaac Greenberg
On Christmas Eve, three lifelong friends spend the night in New York City looking for the Holy Grail of Christmas parties.
- 2015 |
Steve Jobs
asSteve Wozniak
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
- 2014 | The Interviewas Aaron Rapaport
- 2014 |
- 2013 |
This Is the End
asSeth Rogen
Six Los Angeles celebrities are stuck in James Franco's house after a series of devastating events just destroyed the city. Inside, the group not only have to face the apocalypse, but themselves.
- 2012 |
The Guilt Trip
asAndrew Brewster
As inventor Andy Brewster is about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime, a quick stop at his mom's house turns into an unexpected cross-country voyage with her along for the ride.
- 2011 | Take This Waltzas Lou
- 2011 | Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
- 2011 | 50/50as Kyle
- 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2as Mantis
- 2011 |
Kung Fu Panda 2
asMantis
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must come to terms with his past.
- 2011 | Paulas Paul
- 2011 | The Green Hornetas Britt Reid
- 2009 | Paper Heart
- 2009 | Funny Peopleas Ira Wright
- 2009 | Observe and Reportas Ronnie
- 2009 | Monsters vs. Aliensas B.O.B.
- 2009 |
Monsters vs. Aliens
asB.O.B.
A woman transformed into a giant after she is struck by a meteorite on her wedding day becomes part of a team of monsters sent in by the U.S. government to defeat an alien mastermind trying to take over Earth.
- 2008 | Zack and Miri Make a Pornoas Zack
- 2008 | Pineapple Expressas Dale Denton
- 2008 | Kung Fu Pandaas Mantis
- 2008 |
Kung Fu Panda
asMantis
To everyone's surprise, including his own, Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen as protector of the Valley of Peace. His suitability will soon be tested as the valley's arch-enemy is on his way.
- 2008 | Drillbit Taylor
- 2008 | Horton Hears a Who!as Morton
- 2008 |
Horton Hears a Who!
asMorton
Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.
- 2008 |
The Spiderwick Chronicles
asHogsqueal
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
- 2007 | Superbadas Officer Michaels
- 2007 |
- 2007 | Knocked Upas Ben Stone
- 2007 |
Knocked Up
asBen Stone
For fun-loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one-night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant with his child.
- 2006 | You, Me and Dupreeas Neil
- 2005 | The 40-Year-Old Virginas Cal
- 2005 |
The 40 Year Old Virgin
asCal
Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
- 2004 | Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundyas Eager Cameraman
producer
Previous (3)
- 2024 |
Miller’s Girl
A creative writing assignment yields complex results between a teacher and his talented student.
- 2019 |
- 2018 |
Facts About Seth Rogen
Early Starter: Seth Rogen launched his stand-up comedy career at age 13, and by age 16, he was his family’s primary financial provider as a lead cast member of the comedy series, Freaks and Geeks.
Honor: Rogen has an unusual honor—the Vancouver Aquarium named a cephalopod (octopus) after Rogen: “Seph Rogen.”
Judd the Man: Seth Rogen has openly acknowledged his debt of gratitude for the support he enjoyed from comedy creator/producer Judd Apatow early in his career: “I couldn’t say enough great things about him. He’s the reason I‘m not a homeless crackhead right now.”
Shingle: Rogen’s production company, co-owned with partner Evan Goldberg, is Point Grey, named for Rogen’s and Goldberg’s secondary school, where they met and attended together.
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