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Latest News: Seth Rogen's “The Studio” Is a Big Emmy Contender
Seth Rogen can't quite believe his luck. The actor and producer's Apple TV+ series The Studio, a biting satire about Hollywood movie executives, is up for 23 Emmy nominations, setting the record for most nominations by a comedy in a single season.
“I don’t think anything good is ever going to happen, so it’s nice when it does,” he told The Hollywood Reporter in August 2025.
Rogen is personally nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for his portrayal of Matt Remick, the newly appointed head of a major production company, who struggles to balance his desire to make meaningful films with the increasing demand for profitable blockbusters. Having co-written and co-produced the show with his longtime collaborator and friend Evan Goldberg, he also received nods for Outstanding Comedy Series, as well as Outstanding Writing and Directing of a Comedy Series.
“I think I’m still in shock a little bit,” Rogen said of the nominations. “It’s not something that has been a part of our career, really, in any way, shape or form.”
Who Is Seth Rogen?
Seth Rogen is a Canadian-American actor, director, and producer who rose to fame in 2007 for his roles in Knocked Up and Superbad. One of the comedy icons of his generation, the Vancouver native began his career in the short-lived series Freaks and Geeks and later became a household name thanks comedies like Pineapple Express. After founding the production company Point Grey Pictures with collaborator Evan Goldberg in 2011, Rogen made his directorial debut with 2013's This is the End. He has since starred in and produced a number of other comedies and animated films, including the TV shows Platonic and The Studio.
Quick Facts
FULL NAME: Seth Aaron Rogen
BORN: April 15, 1982
BIRTHPLACE: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
SPOUSE: Lauren Miller (2011-present)
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aries
Early Life
Seth Rogen was born on April 15, 1982, in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada to Sandy and Mark Rogen. His Canadian mother was a social worker and his American-born father worked for nonprofit organizations. Rogen is a dual citizenship of Canada and the United States, but spent his formative years in Vancouver with his older sister, Dayna. Growing up in a Jewish family, he attended Vancouver Talmud Torah elementary school before moving on to Point Grey Secondary School for high school.
Rogen became interested in comedy at an early age, enrolling in a standup comedy workshop at just 12 years old. By 13, he was already crafting his own routines and began performing at bars and comedy clubs with the accompaniment of his mother. It was around this time that he began writing the first draft of Superbad with his friend, Evan Goldberg. The script was largely based on their own experiences in high school.
At 16 years old, he placed second in the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest, marking a turning point in his budding career. “As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted,” Rogen told the Toronto Star in August 2008. The same year, his parents lost both their jobs, forcing them to sell their house and move into an apartment.
The family's financial crisis was soon averted, however. In 1999, a 17-year-old Rogen landed his first acting role after attending a local casting call, leading him to drop out of high school and move to Los Angeles with his family.
Movies and TV Shows
Freaks and Geeks
Rogen made his onscreen debut in director Judd Apatow's comedy-drama Freaks and Geeks in 1999. He played Ken, a burnout with a deadpan sense of humor, in an ensemble of young actors just beginning their careers. Freaks and Geeks soon became a cult classic, although it was canceled in 2000 after just one season due to low ratings. Rogen then joined Apatow's next television venture Undeclared, a comedy about college students called Undeclared as an actor and writer. However, the project was shut down after less than a year, running from 2001 to 2002.
The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Funny People
Rogen continued to write for television and film, and landed small roles in 2001's Donnie Darko and Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy in 2004, and played one of Steve Carell's co-workers in the raunchy-but-sweet 2005 comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin, a hit with audiences and critics. After writing for final season of Sacha Baron Cohen's Da Ali G Show, Rogen received his first Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Program in 2005.
But it was another Apatow enterprise that gave him a career breakthrough. Rogen's exposure increased greatly when he took the lead role in 2007's Knocked Up, acting opposite Katherine Heigl in an unconventional romantic comedy about a one-night-stand that leads to an unexpected pregnancy. Two years later, he was featured in the darker comedy-drama Funny People, in which played a struggling comic who gets mentored by a terminally ill comedy star portrayed by Adam Sandler.
Superbad and Pineapple Express
In addition to his acting ability, Rogen's writing and producing skills were evident in Superbad, a 2007 film developed from a script he had co-written with his friend Evan Goldberg at the age of 13, about three high school friends at a house party. In the film, he played Officer Michaels and Jonah Hill portrayed Seth—a character loosely based on Rogen. Superbad performed well a the box office and has since become a cult classic. “I think it’s only in the last few years that I’ve grasped, We’re one of those high school movies that’s stood the test of time,” he later reflected in an interview with Vanity Fair in August 2022. “Now that years and years and years have gone by, me and Evan look at each other and we’re like, We did it.”
He and Goldberg went on to co-write the action-comedy Pineapple Express in 2008, in which Rogen, playing a crime witness, teamed up with fellow Freaks and Geeks alumnus James Franco as his drug dealer. “It made the amount of money a real movie has to make in order to become a smash-hit success,” Rogen later told People in January 2023. “And that I think was very validating to people who smoked weed ... that we're not lazy losers.”
Kung Fu Panda, The Green Hornet, and 50/50
The actor also lent his deep, scratchy voice to the 2008 animated features Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Who! and Kung Fu Panda. He later reprised his role as Mantis in 2011's Kung Fu Panda 2 before returning for the follow-ups in 2016 and 2024.
Rogen's constant presence on the big screen continued with his work in Kevin Smith's Zach and Miri Make a Porno in 2008 and the crime spoof Observe and Report in 2009. In 2011, a big year for Rogen, he co-founded the production company Point Grey Pictures with Goldberg. That same year, he starred as the titular superhero of the comic-book-based movie The Green Hornet and was the sidekick to a young cancer patient played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt in 50/50. He also voiced a wisecracking alien in the animated comedy Paul.
The Guilt Trip, This is the End, and Neighbors
For 2012's The Guilt Trip, Rogen teamed up with legendary singer and actor Barbra Streisand in a mother-and-son road-trip movie. The following year, he made his directorial debut with Goldberg in This is the End, about a group of celebrities stuck at a party together amid the apocalypse. Rogen played himself alongside fellow actors Jonah Hill, James Franco, Paul Rudd, and Jason Segel.
“When we approached the apocalypse, we found that the more seriously we treated it, the funnier the movie was,” Rogen told Entertainment Weekly in June 2013. “Also, we just thought it was kind of funny if it was the actual Christian apocalypse and all the moral implications that go along with that.”
He later starred with Rose Byrne Zac Efron in the comedy 2014 Neighbors, which unfolds when a young couple and their newborn are forced to live next door to a frat house. Rogen reprised his role for the sequel in 2016.
The Interview
Rogen found himself in the headlines in 2014 for his film The Interview, which he directed with Goldberg. Co-starring alongside Franco, the actors played journalists who set up an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and are subsequently recruited by the CIA to assassinate the communist dictator.
While the film's political plot was played for laughs, not everyone found it funny. In July 2014, a North Korean official warned there would be retaliation against the United States if the film was released. Rogen responded the incident on Twitter, writing, “People don't usually wanna kill me for one of my movies until after they've paid 12 bucks for it.”
As The Interview's December release date neared, a group of hackers called the Guardians of the Peace launched a cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the company behind the film, which the FBI later directly connected to the North Korean government. Threats were also made against any movie theater that agreed to screen the film. As a result, the film only received a limited theatrical release on Christmas Day.
Steve Jobs, Sausage Party, and Disaster Artist
In 2015, Rogen stunned audiences with his dramatic portrayal of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak in the biopic Steve Jobs and later starred in the Christmas comedy The Night Before. The following year, he co-produced the supernatural adventure series Preacher, starring Dominic Cooper. That year, he also wrote, produced, and voiced the animated film Sausage Party, which became the highest-grossing R-rated computer-animated film. The actor later followed up with the series Sausage Party: Foodtopia (2024-2025), reprising his role as Frank the sausage for two seasons.
In 2017, Rogen again joined Franco for the critically acclaimed The Disaster Artist, and co-developed the Hulu series Future Man, which he appeared in for five episodes. He then starred opposite Kristen Bell and Kelsey Grammer in Netflix's 2018 comedy Like Father, directed by his wife, Lauren Miller.
Long Shot, The Lion King, and An American Pickle
Retaining a busy schedule into 2019, Rogen resurfaced on the big screen that year in the romantic comedy Long Shot, as a writer drawn into the orbit of a former babysitter and current presidential candidate, played by Charlize Theron. That summer, he voiced Pumbaa the warthog in the highly anticipated remake of The Lion King, and later reprised his role in 2024's Mufasa: The Lion King. In 2019, he also brought the superhero comedy series The Boys to Amazon Prime Video, earning him a 2021 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, followed by its spinoff Gen V in 2023. In addition, Rogen greenlit the Showtime comedy series Black Monday, starring Don Cheadle, which ran for three seasons from 2019 to 2021.
In 2020, Rogen co-produced and starred in the film An American Pickle, playing a Jewish factory worker who wakes up in modern-day New York City after being preserved in pickle brine for 100 years. The following year, he developed the animated superhero series Invincible and voiced Santa Claus in the animated short-lived animated series Santa Inc., which he also co-produced.
It was around this time that Rogen's personal style began to turn heads, with fans and onlookers noticing an improvement in the fit and quality of his clothes. In 2021,
Pam & Tommy and Platonic
Returning to TV in 2022, the actor co-produced and appeared in the biographical drama series Pam & Tommy, based on the relationship between Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. Rogen played the former couple's electrician, for which he earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series in 2023, as well as an Emmy nod in a similar category. For his work as an executive producer, he was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series.
Rogen also appeared in the 2022 post-World War II era drama The Fabelmans, opposite Michelle Williams, and lent his voice to the animated film Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers. His next production, the comedy series Platonic, which premiered on Apple TV+ in 2023, sees Rogen opposite Rose Byrne as former childhood best friends who reconnect as adults. With two seasons underway, the show has been praised for its leads' chemistry and the way it portrays adult friendships.
That same year, he voiced Donkey Kong in the Super Mario Bros. Movie and went on to voice Bepop in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, which he also co-wrote and produced.
The Studio
In another Apple TV+ project, Rogen is the star of the comedy series The Studio in 2025, which he also co-wrote, co-directed, and produced. In the Hollywood satire, Rogen plays Matt Remick, the new head of a major film production company, who struggles to balance his desire to make art with the increasing demand for highly profitable blockbusters. He told Esquire in February 2025 that being a movie executive is “probably the most comedic job to have in all of Hollywood.”
“They have to decide, personally and often: Am I enabling creativity, or am I doing the more self-preservational thing and erring on the side of a defensible financial choice?,” he explained. “They don’t want to get yelled at, and they don’t want to be embarrassed. I thought that was a fun way into it.”
Following the success of the show's first season, Rogen earned multiple Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. For his off-screen work, he received nods for Outstanding Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing, and Outstanding Writing. The series, which also stars Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn, Bryan Cranston, and Catherine O'Hara, has been renewed for a second season.
Rogen is also set to star in the upcoming comedy Good Fortune alongside Keanu Reeves and Aziz Ansari in October 2025.
Hilarity for Charity
In 2012, Rogen and his wife founded the non-profit Hilarity for Charity, designed as a resource for the millennial generation to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease. In 2018, he teamed with Netflix for an April Fool's Day prank, in which the streaming service announced it had acquired the “world-renowned Canadian person,” before it was revealed to be a promotion for a Hilarity for Charity fundraiser. The one-hour special, titled Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity, featured several comedy acts by John Mulaney, Michael Che, Nick Kroll, and Tiffany Haddish, among others.
Wife Lauren Miller
Rogen is married writer and actress Lauren Miller. The couple met at a mutual friend's birthday party in 2004. On their first date, they played mini-golf but later got into a hit-and-run accident that totaled Rogen's car. Despite the hiccup, Rogen and Miller continued dating and moved in together a year later. After six years of dating, he proposed to her in October 2010. They celebrated their engagement with buffalo wings and Top Chef. Rogen and Miller tied the knot the following year, in October 2011.
Rogen has publicly spoken about their decision to not have children on a number of occasions, explaining that they don't have any desire to become parents. “Honestly, the older we get the more happy and reaffirmed we are with our choice to not have kids,” he told the Diary of a CEO podcast in March 2023. “We get to do whatever we want.”
Rogen also revealed that his wife inspired to start making pottery in his free time, which he sells through his cannabis company, Houseplant. He told People that same year that Miller encourage him to attend a ceramics class with her. “Lauren knew that I would enjoy that and knew that it would speak to my taste and sensibilities,” he explained. “And definitely, we would not have made these ashtrays if she hadn't encouraged me to start doing pottery and, in general, held my hand throughout the process.”
Net Worth
As of July 2025, Rogen has an estimated net worth of $80 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. In addition to acting and producing, he is the co-owner of the cannabis company Houseplant, which he founded in 2019.
Quotes
- As soon as I realized you could be funny as a job, that was the job I wanted.
- We do want the movies to be funny and we know that makes for a good moviegoing experience. But to us, the reality and the honesty is the most important thing.
- In the best-case scenario and the worse-case scenario, a drama plays to a theatre of silent people. In a comedy, you can really tell when it's not working—it's not a mystery.
- The complaint that comedy’s harder than it used to be is not a valid complaint... Maybe it was too easy before. And why should it be? Why shouldn’t it be hard? I like that my job is hard, because I’m trying to do something that requires a huge amount of resources and people’s time and energy.
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