Part of Emmys 2025 featuring Adam Randall and Noah Wyle, Golden Globes 2026 with Paul Thomas Anderson and Wagner Moura, and SAG Awards 2026 with Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley.
Rise to Fame
He started doing stand-up at Vancouver comedy clubs at 13, placed second in an amateur comedy contest at 16, and dropped out of high school after landing a spot in Judd Apatow's Freaks and Geeks through a local casting call. NBC cancelled it after one season, but Apatow kept him around. By 2007, Rogen was headlining Knocked Up, a $30 million film that grossed over $219 million worldwide and suddenly made the schlubby, fast-talking Canadian a bankable movie star.
In the Spotlight
His satirical Hollywood comedy The Studio swept the 2025 Emmys with 13 wins from 23 nominations, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Lead Actor, making it the most-winning freshman comedy in Emmy history. He runs Point Grey Pictures, his production company with Evan Goldberg and James Weaver, under a first-look deal with Universal. And he still has Houseplant, his cannabis and home goods brand, which tells you roughly where his priorities are.
Side Notes
He and Evan Goldberg wrote the first draft of Superbad when they were 13, and that partnership has never really stopped. Point Grey Pictures, Houseplant, and The Studio all came from the same collaboration. His wife Lauren's mother was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's in her 50s, which led them to found Hilarity for Charity in 2012. The nonprofit has raised over $12 million for caregiver support. For someone whose brand is slacker comedy, he does a lot of work.