Cast Bios

Seth Rogen (Ben Stone, Executive Producer) has emerged leading a new generation of comedic actors, writers and producers. Nominated for an Emmy Award in 2005 for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program, Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy in Vancouver, Canada, at 13.

After moving to Los Angeles, Rogen landed supporting roles in Judd Apatow's two critically acclaimed network television comedies, Freaks and Geeks and Undeclared, on which Rogen was hired as a staff writer at 18. Shortly after, Rogen was guided by Apatow toward a film career.

In 2005, Rogen was cast by Apatow in the hit feature comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which opened at no. 1 at the box office, where it remained at the top perch for two weekends in a row. The film went on to gross more than $175 million worldwide and helped put Rogen on the map as a future film star. In 2005, the film was named one of the 10 Most Outstanding Motion Pictures of the Year by AFI and took home Best Comedy Movie at the 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards. Rogen was also a co-producer on the film.

In August, Rogen will be seen in Superbad (a semiautobiographical comedy) that he co-wrote and executive produced with writing partner Evan Goldberg. The story is based on two co-dependent high school seniors (played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera) who are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry. The film is being released on August 17 through Sony Pictures.

Rogen is currently in production on the action comedy The Pineapple Express, a film he co-wrote with Goldberg. The film stars Rogen opposite fellow Freaks and Geeks alum James Franco and centres on two buddies who get mixed up with a drug gang. The film is slated for a 2008 release through Sony Pictures.

Rogen's upcoming projects include lending his voice to Kung Fu Panda, for DreamWorks Animation; the classic Dr Seuss story Horton Hears a Who; and The Spiderwick Chronicles. Rogen also co-wrote the screenplay for another Apatow-produced comedy, Drillbit Taylor, starring Owen Wilson, which is set for release in early 2008.

In addition to the Apatow-produced comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Rogen's film credits include Donnie Darko and You, Me and Dupree. His other television credits include The Family Guy.

Rogen currently resides in Los Angeles.

Katherine Heigl (Alison Scott) has quickly emerged as one of Hollywood's brightest talents on both the silver screen and on television.

During her summer hiatus, Heigl will be filming the romantic comedy 27 Dresses. The film, co-starring James Marsden and Malin Akerman, focuses on a young woman who, after serving as a bridesmaid 27 times, wrestles with the idea of standing by her sister's side as her sibling marries the man with whom she's secretly in love.

Heigl can also be seen weekly on ABC's critically acclaimed drama Grey's Anatomy. She portrays Dr Isobel "Izzie" Stevens, the small-town girl who is constantly battling for respect among her peers. The series focuses on the personal and professional lives of five surgical interns struggling to be doctors and their supervisors who are struggling to stay human. For her performance, Heigl earned a Golden Globe nomination in 2007.

Heigl's previous film credits include the comedy The Ringer; the horror film Valentine; Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed depression-era drama, King of the Hill; Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, opposite Steven Segal; Stand-Ins; and That Night. Heigl's first leading role was in Touchstone Pictures' My Father the Hero, starring opposite Gerard Depardieu.

On television, Heigl starred on the WB's sci-fi drama series Roswell. Additional television credits include the Hallmark Channel's Love Comes Softly and Love's Enduring Promise, and TBS' Evil Never Dies.

Knocked up represents Paul Rudd's (Pete) third film collaboration with Judd Apatow. Next up, Rudd will star in David Wain's The Ten, a comedy spoofing the Ten Commandments that features an ensemble cast including Winona Ryder, Amanda Peet, Jessica Alba, Justin Theroux, Ken Marino, Liev Schreiber, Famke Janssen and Adam Brody. Rudd plays Jeff, the narrator of the film, who presents every commandment as we see him commit adultery on his wife, Gretchen (Famke Janssen), with the young and beautiful Liz (Jessica Alba). The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and will be released by Thinkfilm on August 3. Rudd also serves as producer on the film.

Additionally, Rudd will star opposite Michelle Pfeiffer in Amy Heckerling's romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman. The film follows a mother (Pfeiffer) who falls for a younger man (Rudd) while her daughter falls in love for the first time. For the film, Rudd reunites with Heckerling, who directed him in the 1995 hit Clueless. The film will be released in 2007.

Rudd will soon begin production on Luke Greenfield's Big Brothers, starring opposite Seann William Scott. Big Brothers is about two devious beer reps (Rudd and Scott) who, in order to keep their jobs, are forced to do community service and become mentors in a big brother program. The film will be released by Universal Pictures.

He recently appeared in the box-office hit Night at the Museum, as well as Reno 911!: Miami, both for 20th Century Fox.

Rudd's other film credits include The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Diggers, The Cider House Rules, The Object of My Affection, Wet Hot American Summer, The Château and William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, among others.

On stage, Rudd most recently starred in Richard Greenberg's Three Days of Rain, opposite Julia Roberts and Bradley Cooper. He also starred in Neil LaBute's Bash in both New York and Los Angeles as well as LaBute's The Shape of Things in London and New York. After successful runs on both the London and New York stage, LaBute brought The Shape of Things to the big screen.

Rudd made his West End debut in the London production of Robin Phillips' Long Days Journey Into Night, opposite Jessica Lange. Other stage credits include Nicholas Hytner's Twelfth Night at Lincoln Centre Theatre, with a special performance that aired on PBS' Great Performances, and in Alfred Uhry's Tony Award-winning play The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

On television, Rudd guest-starred on NBC's Friends as Phoebe's (Lisa Kudrow) husband, Mike Hannigan, for the final two seasons and starred as Nick Carraway in A&E's production of The Great Gatsby.

Leslie Mann (Debbie) has been seen in some of the most successful comedies of the last decade, playing hilarious, memorable characters. In summer 2005, she had a scene-stealing role as the French-toast craving, happy drunk Nicky in the blockbuster hit The 40-Year-Old Virgin.

Mann's additional feature credits include roles in Orange County, with Jack Black and Colin Hanks; Timecode, for famed director Mike Figgis; Big Daddy, with Adam Sandler and Jon Stewart; George of the Jungle, with Brendan Fraser; and The Cable Guy, with Jim Carrey and Matthew Broderick.

A native of San Francisco, Mann now resides in the Los Angeles area with her husband, Judd Apatow, and their daughters, Maude and Iris.

Before his debut as star of the critically acclaimed Fox series Undeclared, Jay Baruchel (Jay) was relatively new to American audiences. However, roles in a string of films since, including the Academy Award-winning film Million Dollar Baby, opposite Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman, have helped cement Baruchel's place as a rising star in Hollywood.

Baruchel will next be seen in Fanboys for the Weinstein Company, in which four guys from the Midwest drive cross-country to honour the wish of their dying friend: to watch Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. Baruchel recently signed on to star opposite Ben Stiller and Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder for DreamWorks.

Baruchel also had the starring role in the feature I'm Reed Fish, co-starring Alexis Bledel, Victor Rasuk and DJ. Qualls, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2005, he starred in a Jerry Bruckheimer drama for the WB Network, Just Legal, opposite Don Johnson. He also starred in the Canadian independent film Fetching Cody, which premiered at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival.

Baruchel began acting at age 12, when he landed a job on the Nickelodeon hit television series Are You Afraid of the Dark?, transforming what was to be a one-time guest appearance into a recurring role. The role was a springboard for his career, leading to his first Canadian series, My Hometown.

The Canadian-born actor has since appeared in a number of feature films including Nemesis Game; The Rules of Attraction; and, in the memorable role of Vic Munoz, the obsessed Led Zeppelin fan, Almost Famous. He also starred in the CBS sitcom The Stones, from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, opposite Lindsay Sloane and Robert Klein.

Baruchel recently fulfilled his dream and directed a short film entitled Edgar & Jane, which he also wrote, produced and shot in Montreal. Baruchel currently resides in Montreal and is an avid hockey and soccer fan.

In the short time since he debuted his penchant for dramatic comedy with the one-scene plays he wrote and performed at the gritty Black & White bar in New York City, Jonah Hill (Jonah) has already worked alongside many of the most sought-after actors, directors and producers in Hollywood. His first feature film was I Heart Huckabees, with Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin for director David O Russell. He then secured a small role in Judd Apatow's summer comedy hit The 40-Year-Old Virgin, with Steve Carell; and after a meeting with Adam Sandler, a small part for him was written into the feature Click. Last year, Hill was seen opposite Justin Long in the teen comedy Accepted.

This summer will be quite busy for Hill, with three big comedies being released. Three weeks after Knocked up, Hill will be seen in Evan Almighty, the follow-up to Bruce Almighty, with Steve Carell reviving his famed Evan Baxter as a newly-appointed congressman in Washington DC. Hill plays Eugene, one of Baxter's aides, alongside Wanda Sykes and John Michael Higgins.

Finally, teaming again with Apatow, Hill - in his first leading-man role - will star in Superbad. Premiering in August and co-starring Michael Cera and Bill Hader, the story centres on two high school students (Hill and Cera) as they attempt to get alcohol for their last high school party in hopes of attracting women. Their separation anxiety takes centre stage, however, as during the high-jinks of the evening the boys realize this is their last adventure together before they go to separate colleges.

Next up for Hill is the comedy The Middle Child, which he both wrote and will star in for Apatow Productions. Loosely based on his own childhood, of having a sister born when he was a teenager, the film is set for a 2008 release.

Hill also appears in two independent projects. In the first, Strange Wilderness, he co-stars with Steve Zahn, Justin Long and Ashley Scott. One Part Sugar stars Hill as a confused teenager who turns to a life of buying and selling drugs when he finds out the man who raised him (Dylan Walsh) is not his biological father.

Previously, Hill was seen in the independent feature 10 Items or Less, starring Morgan Freeman, for director Brad Silberling. He was also in Grandma's Boy for 20th Century Fox and Happy Madison Productions, and he had a recurring role in the improvisational television series Campus Ladies, a comedy from executive producer Cheryl Hines and the co-executive producers of Reno 911!

Hill currently resides in Los Angeles.

Jason Segel's (Jason) ability to consistently create memorable and hilarious characters is what sets him apart from most Hollywood youth.

In 1999, Segel portrayed Nick on Freaks and Geeks, Judd Apatow's Emmy Award-nominated television series for NBC. He played a lanky, fun-loving freak dreaming of stardom as a rock-and-roll drummer - like his idol, John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. In 2000, he had a recurring role as Eric on Undeclared, the Fox series about college freshmen, which was named one of Time magazine's 10 Best Shows of 2001.

Currently, Segel stars as Marshall, opposite Alyson Hannigan, Josh Radnor and Neil Patrick Harris, in the second season of the hit comedy series How I Met Your Mother, the story of a young man's struggle to find his true love. This series was also touted by Time magazine, hitting the list at no. 8 on the 10 Best Shows of 2005.

He is currently in production on a film he wrote, also for Apatow and Universal Pictures, titled Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The comedy, loosely based on the demise of a recent relationship, began filming in Hawaii this spring.

Previous feature credits include Slackers, Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny, SLC Punk! Can't Hardly Wait and Dead Man on Campus.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Segel continues to reside there.

Martin Starr (Martin) has worked with director Judd Apatow since Starr's role as Bill Haverchuck in the cult hit series Freaks and Geeks and a guest-starring role on Apatow's Undeclared. Among the many films Starr has performed in are Stealing Harvard, Cheats, Band Camp and Kicking & Screaming.

Additional television roles for the actor include a lead in the NBC series Revelations as well appearances in Roswell, Ed, Providence and How I Met Your Mother.

Next up for Starr are the films Superbad and Walk Hard, both for Columbia Pictures.

Iris and Maude Apatow (Charlotte and Sadie) make their on-screen debut playing Pete and Debbie's children in Knocked up. Iris and Maude are the daughters of writer/director/producer Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann, and are very excited to be in their first film. Maude would like you to know that she loves The Naked Brothers Band and hopes to meet Alex Wolff one day. Iris would like you to know that she loves everything.