Jason Sudeikis

    Actor, Writer, Producer

    Birthdate: Sep 18, 1975

    Birthplace: Fairfax, Virginia, USA

    Jason Sudeikis was born on September 18, 1975 in Fairfax, Virginia as Daniel Jason Sudeikis. His father is Daniel Joseph Sudeikis, a Vice President of a business development and his mother is Kathryn (née Wendt), a travel agent at Brennco and President of the American Society of Travel Agents. He is of Lithuanian, Irish and German ancestry. He has two younger sisters, Lindsay, a high school teacher and basketball coach, and, Kristen Sudeikis, an actress and dancer in New York City. His maternal uncle is actor George Wendt.

    Sudeikis grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, where he attended Brookridge Elementary School, before transferring to Holy Cross Catholic School. In 1990, he attended Jesuit Rockhurst High School, later transferring to Shawnee Mission West High School. He attended Fort Scott Community College on a basketball scholarship, but left before finishing. He began performing improvisational comedy at ComedySportz (now called Comedy City) in Kansas City.

    Sudeikis moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he studied at the Annoyance Theatre and ImprovOlympic, and was one of the founding members of the long-form team, J.T.S. Brown (1998). He performed with Boom Chicago in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He was later cast in The Second City's National Touring Company. In the early 2000s, he became a founding member of The Second City Las Vegas.

    In 2003, Sudeikis was hired as a sketch writer for Saturday Night Live (1975) and would occasionally make bit appearances as audience members or extras. In May 2005, he became a featured player and was upgraded to repertory status in 2006. In July 2013, Sudeikis announced that he was leaving SNL, but still occasionally makes appearances.

    Sudeikis is known for starring in the films, Horrible Bosses (2011), Hall Pass (2011), We're the Millers (2013), Horrible Bosses 2 (2014), Sleeping with Other People (2015), Mother's Day (2016), Masterminds (2015), The Book of Love (2016), Colossal (2016) and voicing the character of Red in the animated-comedy, The Angry Birds Movie (2016).

    From November 2011 until November 2020, Sudeikis was in a relationship with Olivia Wilde. They have two children, Otis Alexander Sudeikis (born April 20, 2014) and Daisy Josephine Sudeikis (born October 11, 2016).

    Recently, Sudeikis has starred in the films, Downsizing (2017), Kodachrome (2017), Driven (2018) and The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).

    Known For

    Ted Lasso
    Ted Lasso

    (2020)

    Horrible Bosses
    Horrible Bosses

    (2011)

    Jason Sudeikis Movies

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    • 2024 |

      Hitpig

      asHitpig
    • 2023 |

      Fool’s Paradise

      asLex Tanner
    • 2021 |

      South of Heaven

      asJimmy Ray
    • 2018 |
      Drivenas Jim Hoffman
    • 2019 |

      The Angry Birds Movie 2

      asRed
    • 2019 |

      Booksmart

      asPrincipal Brown
    • 2018 |
      Next Genas Justin Pin
    • 2018 |
      Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1
    • 2017 |
      Kodachromeas Matt Ryder
    • 2017 |
      Permissionas Glenn
    • 2017 |

      Downsizing

      asDave Johnson
    • 2017 |

      Colossal

      asOscar
    • 2016 |
      The Book of Loveas Henry Herschel
    • 2016 |

      Masterminds

      asMike McKinney
    • 2016 |

      The Angry Birds Movie

      asRed
    • 2016 |

      Mother’s Day

      asBradley
    • 2016 |

      Race

      asLarry Snyder
    • 2015 |
      Tumbledownas Andrew McCabe
    • 2016 |

      Tumbledown

      asAndrew McCabe
    • 2015 |
      Sleeping with Other Peopleas Jake
    • 2014 |

      Horrible Bosses 2

      asKurt Buckman
    • 2013 |
      Drinking Buddiesas Gene Dentler
    • 2013 |

      We’re the Millers

      asDavid Clark
    • 2012 |

      The Campaign

      asMitch
    • 2011 |
      A Good Old Fashioned Orgyas Eric
    • 2011 |
      Horrible Bossesas Kurt Buckman
    • 2011 |

      Horrible Bosses

      asKurt Buckman
    • 2011 |
      Hall Passas Fred
    • 2010 |
      Going the Distanceas Box
    • 2010 |
      The Bounty Hunteras Stewart
    • 2008 |
      The Rockeras David Marshall
    • 2008 |
      What Happens in Vegasas Mason
    • 2007 |
      Meet Billas Jim Whittman
    • 2007 |
      Watching the Detectivesas Jonathan