nominated for the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director at the 43rd Golden Raspberry Awards for his work on The Bubble. Filmography Film Television Acting credits Recurring collaborators Apatow has worked with a group of actors on an ongoing basis, including Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Jason Segel, and also tends to work with his close friends and family. He has frequently worked with producers Shauna Robertson and Barry Mendel. To date, Seth Rogen has been involved with eight of Apatow's projects, as an actor, writer, and/or producer. Apatow's wife Leslie Mann has starred in five, Will Ferrell has starred in five, Paul Rudd has starred in nine, Jonah Hill has starred in seven, and Jason Segel has starred in four (as well as written two). Apatow has produced four projects written by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. Saturday Night Live and Bridesmaids star Kristen Wiig has appeared in five Apatow movies and, alongside Mann, is Apatow's main female collaborator. Kristen Wiig, in a speech presenting Apatow with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence in February 2012 said that he was an "incredible collaborator and supporter" In a 2011 interview with Elle, television actress and writer Lena Dunham, who has collaborated often with Apatow said of his work, "Knocked Up is really about love. [...] His movies are about people trying to get closer to themselves. He's the perfect match for a story about being 25, because that's all 25-year-olds are interested in. The other problems they encounter—money issues, conflicts at work—don't matter." Actors who have appeared in three or more of Apatow's films Bibliography (2010) I Found This Funny: My Favorite Pieces of Humor and Some That May Not Be Funny at All. San Francisco: McSweeney's. . (2015) Sick in the Head: Conversations About Life and Comedy. New York: Random House. . (2022) Sicker in the Head: More Conversations About Life and Comedy. New York: Random House. . See also References External links NPR: Morning Edition Sunday audio interviewAugust 21, 2005 LA Times articleMay 15, 2007 Wired Magazine storyMay 2007 Rolling Stone interview A.V. Club interviewJuly 30, 2009 "Sentieri selvaggi Magazine" n.6: Judd Apatow e lo stato della commedia marzo/aprile 2013 (Archive) 1967 births Living people 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American comedians 21st-century American male actors American comedy writers American film producers American male comedians American male film actors American male screenwriters American