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Daniel Jason Sudeikis (born September 18, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. In the 1990s, he began his career in improv comedy and performed with ComedySportz, iO Chicago (Improv Olympic), and The Second City. In 2003, Sudeikis was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live, and later spending his nine seasons as a cast member from 2005 to 2013, playing Joe Biden and Mitt Romney, among others.

He was hired as a writer in 2003, and has made uncredited appearances during his writing stint, usually appearing as an audience member during that week's host's monologue.

He auditioned for Weekend Update in 2004, after Jimmy Fallon had left the show, but lost to Amy Poehler.[1]

Jason's most memorable audience member character was "Chris," who appeared on 1/15/2005 during the Topher Grace/The Killers episode. "Chris" got into an argument with Topher Grace, since Topher, in high school, changed his name from 'Christopher' to 'Topher' to stop people from calling him 'Chris'. "Chris", however, thought that Topher thought he was too good to be called 'Chris'.

Jason is the nephew of George Wendt, who was a frequent guest in the '80s and early 90's, most famously in the Bill Swerski's Superfans sketches.

Sudeikis is also known for his roles as Fred Searing in Hall Pass, Kurt Buckman in Horrible Bosses, Eric Keppler in A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, as well as the acclaimed independent films Drinking Buddies (2013), Sleeping with Other People (2015), and Colossal (2016); and supporting roles in Alexander Payne's Downsizing (2017) and Olivia Wilde's Booksmart (2019). He has also provided voice-work for Epic (2013), The Angry Birds Movie (2016), its 2019 sequel, and Next Gen (2018).

He also for voicing Holt Richter and Terry Kimple in the Fox animated series The Cleveland Show, the spin-off of the popular animated series Family Guy.

He had leading film roles in the comedies Horrible Bosses (2011) and its 2014 sequel, Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), and We're the Millers (2013), as well as the acclaimed independent films Drinking Buddies (2013), Sleeping with Other People (2015), and Colossal (2016); and supporting roles in Alexander Payne's Downsizing (2017) and Olivia Wilde's Booksmart (2019). He has also provided voice-work for Epic (2013), The Angry Birds Movie (2016), its 2019 sequel, and Next Gen (2018).

In 2020, he co-created and began starring as the lead in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series Ted Lasso, which earned him four nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, including wins for Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, two wins for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a TV Comedy Series in 2021 and 2022 and for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series. Sudeikis has also acted in recurring roles in the comedy series 30 Rock (2007–2010), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2010–2011), Portlandia (2011–2014), and The Last Man on Earth (2015–2018).


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