ActorsJason Sudeikis is a Kansas kid who refused the easy joke
From Overland Park basketball courts to Second City, SNL, and Ted Lasso: the family, the anosmia, the charity work, and every movie credit that built the career behind the mustache.
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Actors
People hubs: cast deep dives that span shows, movies, and everything between.
Titles
Jason Sudeikis
Actor, comedian, and Ted Lasso co-creator. Overland Park roots, Second City and SNL years, studio comedy leads, then Emmy-winning prestige TV.
Juno Temple
English actress, BAFTA Rising Star, Ted Lasso’s Keeley Jones, and Emmy-nominated lead of Fargo season five. Film-family roots, indie grit, then mainstream TV power.
Brett Goldstein
English actor, writer, and podcaster. Two-time Emmy winner as Roy Kent, Ted Lasso writer, and co-creator of Shrinking.
Hannah Waddingham
West End powerhouse turned Emmy-winning Rebecca Welton. Game of Thrones, Sex Education, Eurovision host, and a four-octave stage career.
Brendan Hunt
Ted Lasso co-creator and Coach Beard. Boom Chicago alum with Sudeikis, Peele, and Meyers. Stage awards, Key & Peele Emmy nom, Fallout 4 voice work.
Nick Mohammed
Comedian, magician, and Nate Shelley. Mr Swallow creator, Intelligence writer-star, two Emmy noms for Ted Lasso, and a Durham geophysics dropout who chose Footlights.
Phil Dunster
Jamie Tartt himself. Bristol Old Vic trained, Olivier-nominated stage actor, Emmy-nominated Ted Lasso breakout, and lifelong AFC Wimbledon fan.
Toheeb Jimoh
British-Nigerian actor and Ted Lasso’s Sam Obisanya. Guildhall graduate, Emmy-nominated, Critics Choice Breakthrough winner, and Almeida Romeo.
Stories
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ActorsActorsJuno Temple was never the comic-relief hire
Film-brat childhood, BAFTA Rising Star grind, Keeley’s PR brain, Fargo’s Dot, and the full filmography behind the pink tracksuits.
ActorsToheeb Jimoh turned Sam Obisanya into the show's heartbeat
Brixton roots, Nigeria and back, Guildhall training, Anthony's magnetic turn, and the Ted Lasso role that rewrote a character for him.
ActorsBrendan Hunt is the co-author wearing the beanie
Chicago theatre roots, a decade in Amsterdam with Sudeikis and Peele, the NBC Sports ads that became Ted Lasso, and the full résumé behind Coach Beard.
ActorsHannah Waddingham built Rebecca Welton out of West End steel
Opera-house childhood, Olivier-nominated musical theatre, Septa Unella's shame walk, and the Emmy run that finally put a West End powerhouse on every screen.
ActorsBrett Goldstein emailed himself into Roy Kent
Strip-club childhood, SuperBob grind, a self-tape in an inbox, two Emmys, and the writer-actor who built Roy Kent from the inside out.
ActorsPhil Dunster made Jamie Tartt grow up in public
Northampton rugby kid, Bristol Old Vic grind, Olivier-nominated Pink Mist, the Jamie Tartt redemption arc, and the Emmy run that made a Womble fan famous.
ActorsNick Mohammed built Nate Shelley out of Mr Swallow energy
Geophysics dropout, Cambridge magician, Mr Swallow chaos, Intelligence with Schwimmer, and the full arc from kit man to West Ham villain to Nate the Great again.