Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis is an American actor and comedian best known for the Apple TV+ series *Ted Lasso*, in which he plays an optimistic American football coach leading a British soccer team.

He was a cast member on *Saturday Night Live* from 2005 to 2013, known for impressions of Joe Biden and Mitt Romney.

His film work includes *Horrible Bosses* and *We're the Millers*.

television

Ted Lasso

SNLNBC sketch program acronym
sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
streamingReal-time digital delivery

series · episode · pilot · season · showrunner · ensemble cast · primetime · Emmy · ratings · network

actor

SNL

NBC sketch program acronym

improvUnscripted comedic performance
Second CityChicago's longtime nickname
sketchHasty informal drawing

Ted Lasso · performance · Emmy · Golden Globe · comedic timing · leading man · ensemble · audition · cast · character

sports

Ted Lasso

soccerField sport with goals
footballField sport with goals
coachOne who instructs

Premier League · Kansas City · basketball · athlete · locker room · team · underdog · motivational · sideline · halftime

comedy

humor

Amusing quality

witClever, inventive humor
improvUnscripted comedic performance
satireMockery exposing vice

banter · timing · punchline · slapstick · deadpan · self-deprecating · charisma · likeable · everyman · affable

Categories

KansansDwight Eisenhower, Bob Dole, Amelia Earhart, Charlie Parker, Langston Hughes
Irish AmericansJoe Biden, John F. Kennedy, Kennedy family, Eugene O'Neill, F. Scott Fitzgerald

Opposites

comedic persona/style

Jason SudeikisDaniel Day-Lewis

Javier Bardem · Joaquin Phoenix · Christian Bale · Cillian Murphy · Oscar Isaac

entertainment genre/medium

Jason SudeikisMeryl Streep

Daniel Day-Lewis · Cate Blanchett · Joaquin Phoenix · dramatic actor · tragedian

SNL alumni career trajectory

Jason SudeikisRob Schneider

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G