Born in Great Neck, LI, NY; educated at Columbia University, NYC. Personable, offbeat leading man of Hollywood films. He staged his own amateur magic act at age eight and while still at school led the "Bruno Lynch and His Imperial Jazz Band" as a conductor-vocalist. After graduating from college, he worked as a janitor, usher, and jazz musician while breaking into show business in New York clubs and on the off-Broadway stage. He has since been seen on Broadway and frequently on TV, in addition to playing a wide range of lead roles in both dramatic and comic films. With his moderately successful screen career ebbing in the early 1980s, Segal temporarily revived his pursuit of music. In 1981 he performed at Carnegie Hall with his Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band. Notable screen credits include SHIP OF FOOLS and KING RAT (both 1965), THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM and WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLFF? (both 1966), BYE BYE BRAVERMAN and NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY (both 1968), THE BRIDGE AT REMAGEN (1969), WHERE'S POPPA? and THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT (both 1970), THE HOT ROCK (1972), A TOUCH OF CLASS and BLUME IN LOVE (both 1973), THE TERMINAL MAN and CALIFORNIA SPLIT (both 1974), THE BLACK BIRD (1975), THE DUCHESS AND THE DIRTWATER FOX, FUN WITH DICK AND JANE and ROLLERCOASTER (all 1977), WHO IS KILLING THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? (1978), LOOK WHO'S TALKING (1989), FOR THE BOYS (1991), THE BABYSITTER (1995), THE CABLE GUY and THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (both 1996), HEIGHTS (2004), MY WIFE IS RETARDED and THREE DAYS TO VEGAS (both 2007), and MADE FOR EACH OTHER (2008). Appearing frequently on television, Segal was a regular on the TV series "Just Shoot Me" (1997 - 2003).  Nominated for Supporting Actor 1966: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? 1 nomination