Jason Sudeikis' Most Iconic Roles
From comedy to a Star Wars appearance to an enthusiastic soccer coach, these are Jason Sudeikis' most iconic roles.
Jason Sudeikis is one of Hollywood's favorite comedic actors. While he's mainly been in the news lately because of his previous relationship with Don't Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde, his career has also reached new heights in the last few years.
He began his career in improv comedy and eventually got a role on Saturday Night Live where he played his most recognized role as Mitt Romney. Most of his early work includes 30 Rock, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Going the Distance, and We're the Millers. The multifaceted artist has had other minor but important roles throughout his career, but he really started to branch out from comedy with his guest appearance in The Mandalorian as a Biker Trooper. However, it was his creation of the Emmy Award-winning show Ted Lasso that solidified his career in Hollywood.
On his birthday, L'OFFICIEL dives into Sudeikis' most iconic roles to date.
Released in 2011, Horrible Bosses, follows Kurt Buckman, David Harken, and Dale Arbus who commit to murdering their abusive bosses. Sudeikis stars as Kurt, an account manager at a chemical company dealing with a new, drug-addicted boss after his beloved former boss dies.
The Campaign follows two powerful CEOs in a satirical political comedy who plot against a newcomer that wants to seize control of a crucial North Carolina district. Sudeikis plays Mitch Wilson, the campaign manager of incumbent congressman Cam Brady.
We’re the Millers is a 2013 American comedy film that tells the story of David Clark (Sudeikis), a pot dealer. In order to smuggle drugs from Mexico into the United States, Sudeikis enlists the help of his neighbors by convincing them to pretend a family on vacation.
Sleeping With Other People follows Jack Harper and Elaine "Lainey" Dalton and their platonic relationship. Harper and Dalton encounter a mutual attraction after running into each other. The couple shared a one-night stand, linking the duo to a past they can't escape..
This 2016 sports drama tells the story of Jesse Owens, a promising African-American runner who enrolls at Ohio State University. After being suggested to compete at the 1936 Olympics by his coach Larry Synder (Sudeikis), Owens becomes interested. Snyder believes in the technique and form of the runner that, after learning of Owens’ family struggles, Snyder decides to go out of his way and support Owens so he focuses on running. In the end, Owens became a record-breaking winner after taking home four gold medals.
Colossal is a 2017 science-fantasy film that follows Gloria, an unemployed writer struggling with alcoholism and an abusive colleague, manifests a giant creature in Seoul. In this film, Sudeikis gives life to Oscar, a childhood friend of Gloria who runs his late father’s bar. He offers Gloria a job at the bar but this doesn’t help with Gloria’s alcohol problem. In the end, Oscar is killed when Gloria went to South Korea where she can use her avatar to throw him far away from the playground.
Though it was only for one episode, Sudeikis' appearance in The Mandalorian certainly left an impression after his character punches Baby Yoda.
With 11 Emmys under its belt, Ted Lasso follows an upbeat American football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team despite having no experience in the sport while the team's owner, Rebecca, hires Ted to get revenge on the previous team’s owner, her husband.
