Seth Rogen’s career-defining films so far

The Nintendo favorite of many, The Super Mario Bros. Movie would’ve felt incomplete without the inclusion of Donkey Kong. The only thing that made the oversized primate better? Being voiced by Seth Rogen and hearing this beloved video game character have that signature Rogen laugh.

Rogen’s Andrew Brewster in The Guilt Trip gave a face to all of those out there who live with or have lived with a mother that was never far from making them feel like the world’s worst child over the littlest things, such as not calling them back two seconds after you missed their call.

Comedic actors will always be able to bring that light into any role they do, and that’s what Rogen did with 50/50 as the best friend of a man diagnosed with cancer. This movie came out of left field but showed that Rogen could do more than expected.

Disney’s live-action remakes of their animated classics have been, to many, questionable. However, casting Seth Rogen as Pumbaa in The Lion King was perfection.

Art can sometimes ruffle some feathers, and that’s just what Seth Rogen did with 2014’s The Interview . It's a movie that saw Rogen as a producer of a talk show hosted by James Franco’s Dave Skylark that gets caught up with a North Korean leader.

Who doesn’t want to watch Seth Rogen go toe to toe with Zac Efron as the ultimate frat boy? It was a match made in heaven and was so sweet that audiences wanted more and got a sequel.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are to the UK what Seth Rogen and his longtime writing partner Evan Goldberg are to the US (and their native Canada): comic geniuses. So when the UK pair partnered up with Rogen and cast him as an alien, audiences knew they were in for a treat. They were right.

Pickles, time travel, Seth Rogen. What more could one ask for?

Knocked Up is not only one of the funniest movies of the early 2000s, but it was also lucrative as could be. It was made for around $25 million and raked in over $200 million at the box office.

There are three things people know about Seth Rogen. He’s funny, that insanely recognizable laugh, and he’s very 420-friendly. This movie combined all three like a beautiful medley.

Theaters are never short on animated movies, and in 2009 there was a lot to choose from as Disney delivered with The Princess and the Frog, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs went from a treasured book to a huge big screen hit, and Seth Rogen starred alongside the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, and Will Arnett in the wild ride that was Monsters vs. Aliens.

It’s a bit part, but in a movie about friends trying to break into Skywalker Ranch so their dying friend can see Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Rogen plays a Trekkie. They make a pitstop to fight, which is pure gold.

It takes a lot of talent and nerve to create a movie that’s about what is arguably the worst movie.

While Seth Rogen was not the center of attention in this movie, he made his presence known as one of Steve Carell’s buds, Cal.

Utterly raunchy would be an understatement when describing Sausage Party to anyone who has yet to see Seth Rogen star in a movie where he plays just that, a sausage.

The world was past the Y2K scare of 1999, and even the Mayan calendar deeming the world ending in 2012, when Seth Rogen and his band of usual costars faced the apocalypse in This Is the End. Despite a bit of a boom with this type of entertainment at the time, This Is the End stood out because it skipped the zombies and replaced them with a heartfelt story of friendship (and the Backstreet Boys).

Adam Sandler was and is still making amazing movies, but seeing him alongside Seth Rogen in 2009’s Funny People sort of felt like a passing of the torch in many ways. For fans, it was a joy to watch, but one has to imagine how Seth Rogen felt acting alongside a comedic legend at the time.

Zack and Miri Make a Pórno is just one of those run-of-the-mill best friends turned adult actors turned romantic partners movies that audiences can’t help but love.

He may have played the tiniest part as Master Mantis, but he made a huge impact on the franchise.

Everything about Superbad is exemplary, especially Seth Rogen and Bill Hader as the reckless cops who should’ve definitely been fired after their night hanging with McLovin.