Line #4 Creator/SethRogen


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2	[[caption-width-right:320:Admit it, you can hear him laughing right now.]]
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4	->''"I'm proud to say that I've never had a normal job. I started doing stand-up when I was in high school, purely as a measure to never get a proper job."''
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6	Seth Aaron Rogen (born April 15, 1982) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. Often working with Creator/JuddApatow and writing partner Evan Goldberg, Rogen has appeared in over 20 films during his career.
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8	A UsefulNotes/{{Vancouver}} native, Rogen started out doing stand-up before getting supporting parts in Apatow's TV series ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' and ''Series/{{Undeclared}}''. His first major film role was in Apatow's ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' (which he also co-produced), which solidified him as a member of the Creator/FratPack. He then went on to star in ''Film/KnockedUp'', ''Film/FunnyPeople'', and ''Film/ObserveAndReport''; and co-wrote with Evan Goldberg the movies ''Film/{{Superbad}}'', ''Film/PineappleExpress'', and ''Film/TheGreenHornet''. In 2011, he married screenwriter Lauren Miller and played a supporting role in ''Film/LikeFather'' which Miller directed. He has also done voice acting, providing the voices for Mantis in the ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' films, Paul in Film/{{Paul}} and Pumbaa in the ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019''. You probably don't know he was in ''Film/DonnieDarko'', either. His directorial debut with Goldberg, ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' came out in 2013. He also co-directed ''Film/TheInterview'' with Goldberg, which caused a substantial amount of controversy in North Korea. In 2016, he co-produced ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' with Goldberg. He also co-produced and starred in ''Film/LongShot''. Since 2016, he has been an executive producer and writer on the TV series ''[[Series/{{Preacher2016}} Preacher]]'', again along with Goldberg; starred in ''Film/AnAmericanPickle'', where he played the roles of both Herschel Greenbaum and his great-grandson; portrayed SantaClaus in the adult animated comedy series ''WesternAnimation/SantaInc''; voiced VideoGame/{{Donkey Kong\|Country}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' and teamed with Goldberg and businessman Michael Mohr to found the cannabis company Houseplant.
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10	At the dawn of the 2020s, both he and Goldberg ventured forth in adaptations of Comic Book properties. Serving as executive producers for Creator/AmazonPrime's comic-book adaptations of ''ComicBook/TheBoys'' & ''ComicBook/{{Invincible}}''. In 2023, Rogen served as both the co-producer, co-writer and the voice of Bebop in the feature animated film, ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem''.
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12	!!Partial filmography:
13	* ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' (1999): Ken Miller
14	* ''Film/DonnieDarko'' (2001): Ricky Danforth
15	* ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'' (2005): Cal
16	* ''Film/KnockedUp'' (2007): Ben Stone
17	* ''Film/{{Superbad}}'' (2007): Officer Michaels
18	* ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'': Morton
19	* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda1'' (2008): Master Mantis
20	** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' (2011)
21	** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3'' (2016)
22	** ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda4'' (2024)
23	* ''Film/PineappleExpress'' (2008): Dale Denton
24	* ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' (2009): B.O.B.
25	* ''Film/ObserveAndReport'' (2009): Ronnie Barnhardt
26	* ''Film/FunnyPeople'' (2009): Ira Wright
27	* ''Film/TheGreenHornet'' (2011): ''Britt Reid/Radio/TheGreenHornet''
28	* ''WesternAnimation/TakeTwoWithPhineasAndFerb'' (2011): [[AsHimself Himself]]
29	* ''Film/{{Paul}}'' (2011): [[TheGreys Paul]]
30	* ''Film/TheGuiltTrip'' (2012): Andy Brewster
31	* ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'' (2013): [[AsHimself Himself]]
32	* ''Film/TheInterview'' (2014): Aaron Rapoport
33	* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' (2016): Frank, Sergeant Pepper
34	* ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'' (2017): Sandy Schiklair
35	* ''Film/LikeFather'' (2018): Jeff
36	* ''Film/LongShot'' (2019): Fred Flarsky
37	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019'': Pumbaa
38	* ''Series/TheBoys2019'': [[CreatorCameo cameos]] AsHimself OnceASeason
39	* ''Film/AnAmericanPickle'' (2020): Herschel and [[IdenticalGrandson Ben Greenbaum]]
40	* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': Allen the Alien
41	* ''WesternAnimation/SantaInc'' (2021): SantaClaus
42	* ''Film/ChipNDaleRescueRangers2022'': Bob the Dwarf, [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing2019 Pumbaa]], [[Franchise/KungFuPanda Mantis]], [[WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens B.O.B.]]
43	* ''Film/TheFabelmans'' (2022): Bennie Loewy
44	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' (2023): Franchise/DonkeyKong
45	* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem'' (2023): Bebop
46	* ''Film/DumbMoney'' (2023): Gabe Plotkin
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48	!!Tropes associated with Seth Rogen:
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50	* AnnoyingLaugh: Lampshaded by his appearance on Creator/JonathanRoss: "You've got an even weirder laugh than mine!" His laugh is so iconic that [[NonDubbedGrunts some foreign dubs of his films keep it]] rather than dub it.
51	* TheComicallySerious: In his ''Freaks and Geeks'' audition tape. He talks to the camera completely stone-faced while crew members are laughing offscreen.
52	* CreatorsOddball: While he has acted in plenty of family-friendly works, the projects Rogen and Evan Goldberg produce through their Creator/PointGreyPictures tend to be very raunchy, violent, and generally Hard-R. ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMutantMayhem'' is expected to be the first project by the duo aimed at a family audience.
53	* CreatorThumbprint: Cannabis. Lots and lots of cannabis. All of his movies contain at least one scene involving characters getting high. Oh, and also swearing, especially {{Cluster F Bomb}}s.
54	* HeterosexualLifePartners: He tends to play characters who have this dynamic, Creator/JamesFranco being the most common partner.
55	* {{Manchild}}: At least some of the characters he plays are this. The promotion for ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem'' also describes him as a "[[SelfDeprecation Permanent Teenager]]."
56	* NiceGuy: Seth Rogen is a very easygoing, friendly, and respectful person in real life. It's no wonder he works with the same people a lot.
57	* RedOniBlueOni: When playing opposite James Franco he tends to be the comparatively laid back and rational blue oni.
58	* UglyGuyHotWife: Seth Rogen is not a traditional leading man in any way, shape, or form, yet Creator/KatherineHeigl, Creator/RoseByrne, Creator/AubreyPlaza, and Creator/CharlizeTheron (all known for being extremely beautiful) have all played his love interests.
59	* YoungerThanTheyLook: Look at him in ''Series/FreaksAndGeeks'' as carefully as you possibly can. He was only ''17'', but managed to look far, ''far'' older than all the actors on the show who weren't really teenagers. In ''Film/TheFortyYearOldVirgin'', he was 22, but convincingly passed for a peer of the title character.
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