Biographies: Seth Rogen - Actor

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Seth Rogen is a Canadian actor, stand-up comedian, producer, director and director and screenwriter known for his long working relationship with director Judd Apatow and his work in front of and behind the camera in comedies like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (actor and co-producer), "Knocked Up" (lead role and producer), "Superbad" (actor, writer and executive producer), "50/50" (lead role and producer), and "Pineapple Express" (lead role, writer and producer). Rogen was born in Vancouver, Canada, on April 15, 1982, and got involved in stand-up comedy as a teen. He won the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. He then landed a small part in Judd Apatow's cult show "Freaks and Geeks" (1999-2000), which maintains a dedicated following to this day, but was cut from the air after one season, shortly after Rogen dropped out of high school and moved to Los Angeles. The Judd Apatow family was born on this show, including Rogen, James Franco, Jason Segel, and Martin Star, thus formulating a tight-knit professional family that gave birth to dozens of successful collaborative projects. After "Freaks," Rogen was brought on to the final season of "Da Ali G Show" as a writer. That season, the writing team earned an Emmy nomination, giving Rogen his first taste of success. Apatow then took him under his wing, and gave him a memorable supporting role as well as co-producer credit in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005). Critics praised his mostly improvised performance. Apatow then cast him in lead roles in hit comedies "Knocked Up" (2007) and "Funny People" (2009). 2007 was Rogen's breakout year, with "Knocked Up" and "Superbad" becoming huge commercial and critical successes. Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg co-wrote "Superbad" (2007), "Pineapple Express" (2008) and "The Green Hornet" (2011), all of which Rogen starred in. Goldberg and Rogen in fact wrote an early draft of "Superbad" at age 13, after having met in bar mitzvah classes. Rogen's other film credits include "50/50" (2011), "Zach and Miri Make a Porno" (2008) and two "Kung Fu Panda" movies. Rogen married fellow screenwriter Lauren Miller in October 2011.

26 March 2013
Ines Farag