Who is Seth Rogen? Everything You Need to Know

Quick Facts

Canadian Celebrities Born In April

Also Known As: Seth Aaron Rogen

Age: 40 Years, 40 Year Old Males

Family:

Spouse/Ex-: Lauren Miller

father: Mark Rogen

mother: Sandy Belogus

siblings: Danya

Born Country: Canada

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Height: 5'11" (180 cm), 5'11" Males

Ancestry: Russian Canadian, Ukrainian Canadian, American Canadian

City: Vancouver, Canada

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Childhood & Early Life

He was born to Sandy Belogus, a social worker and Mark Rogen who worked for non-profit organizations. He has one sister.

He went to Vancouver Talmud Torah Elementary School and Point Grey Secondary school. Even as a student he was interested only in comedy and not in studying.

He had always been a funny kid and enrolled in a comedy workshop taught by Mark Pooley when he was 12. As a teenager he also started performing stand-up comedy at functions.

When he was 16 his father lost his job and his mother quit hers. The family was facing financial troubles and Seth helped to pay the bills with his earnings as a stand-up comedian.

Quotes: Yourself, Trying

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Career

Director Judd Apatow recognized the boy’s skills and cast him in the television comedy drama ‘Freaks and Geeks’ which premiered in 1999. Seth played Ken in the show. The series was short-lived but became a cult classic.

He was offered a part in Apatow’s next television show, ‘Undeclared’ which was about a group of college freshmen at a university. Seth also served as a writer on the show. This show too was short-lived.

Moving on to film roles, he played Ricky in the 2001 movie ‘Donnie Darko’ which was a supernatural thriller. The film received favorable reviews and was a box office hit.

He played one of the friends of the main character in the romantic comedy ‘The 40-year Old Virgin’ (2005) which is about a middle-aged man desperate to lose his virginity. The film was a big hit.

In ‘Knocked Up’ in 2007 he played Ben Stone, a slacker who has a one-night stand with a successful working woman which results in a pregnancy. The movie was a big hit at the box office.

He co-wrote and co-produced the comedy film ‘Superbad’ in 2007. The film was based on a script Seth had written as a teenager along with his friend Evan Goldberg. The film was much loved by the viewers for its silly comedy.

He played Dale Denton, a drug addict in the 2008 comedy ‘Pineapple Express’ which he had co-written with Evan Goldberg. The term ‘Pineapple Express’ refers to a rare strain of marijuana in the film. The movie also had James Franco and received good reviews.

Continuing his professional link with Apatow, Seth starred along with Adam Sandler and Leslie Mann in the 2009 comedy drama film, ‘Funny People’. The film received positive reviews and Seth’s performance was especially appreciated.

Keeping up with his penchant for playing slackers, he portrayed an irresponsible slacker son of a widower in the 2011 action comedy ‘The Green Hornet’. The film received negative reviews but was a commercial success nonetheless.

He turned director in 2013 as he co-directed the disaster comedy, ‘This is the End’ with long-time friend Evan Goldberg. The film had an ensemble cast including Seth, James Franco, Jonah Hill and Emma Watson. It was both a critical and commercial success.

In 2014, he acted in the Comedy ‘Neighbors’ directed by Nicholas Stoller in which he plays a married man with a baby daughter whose life turns upside down when some strange neighbors move in next door. The film is counted among Seth’s biggest hits.

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Major Works

He played the leading role in the 2007 film, ‘Knocked Up’ in which he plays a slacker who gets a woman pregnant in a drunken one-night stand. Hilarious situations follow as he tries to change for good so that he can be a good parent.

Awards & Achievements

He won the High Times Stony Award for Stoner of the Year in 2007.

In 2008 he won the Canadian Comedy Award for Best Writing (Film) for serving as a writer for ‘Superbad’.

Quotes: Friends

Personal Life & Legacy

He began dating actress Lauren Miller in 2004 and became engaged in 2010. The couple got married in 2011.

Seth Rogen Biography