Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis was born in Fairfax Virginia but grew up in Overland Park, Kansas. After high school, he received a basketball scholarship to a local junior college. As a class clown and a self admitted "procrastinator," he frequently dribbled himself in and out of trouble while in college. He began his path in show business by driving 40 miles every weekend to take classes at the ComedySportz Theater (now Comedy City) in Kansas City.

At that point, he left basketball and college and made his way to Chicago where he performed with The Second City National Touring Company, Improv Olympic, The Annoyance Theater and Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. He then moved to Nevada where he became a founding member of The Second City Las Vegas. In 2003, while still in Vegas, Jason was encouraged by his uncle George Wendt ("Cheers") to send a tape of his work to the producers of SNL. Jason started on the show as a staff writer, and after two years and many auditions, he found himself on camera and never looked back.

Jason Sudeikis starred opposite Charlie Day and Jason Bateman in the sequel HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 for New Line Cinema. Directed by Sean Anders, the film also starred Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Chris Pine and Christoph Waltz. In 2012, Sudeikis also front-lined the original HORRIBLE BOSSES which grossed over $200,000,000 worldwide.

In January 2014, Sudeikis filmed the independent drama TUMBLEDOWN, opposite Rebecca Hall. TUMBLEDOWN, directed by Sean Mewshaw, chronicles the story of a young woman (Hall) struggling to move on with her life after the death of her husband when a brash New York writer (Sudeikis) forces her to confront her loss and the circumstances of his death.

During that summer, Jason acted along with Owen Wilson and Kristin Wiig in Relativity's heist comedy MASTERMIND. In fall 2015, Jason took a dramatic turn in his work by playing a lead in RACE for Focus Features. RACE is based on the incredible true story of Jesse Owens (Stephan James), the legendary athletic superstar whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy. Opposite Jeremy Irons, Sudeikis stared as Owens' obsessive coach and mentor Larry Snyder, who, after a prestigious track career himself, became a coach at Ohio State University. Snyder coached athletes who set 14 world records and won eight Olympic gold medals.

In 2013, Jason Sudeikis starred opposite Jennifer Aniston in New Line Cinema's box office smash WE'RE THE MILLERS. Written by Bob Fisher and Steve Faber and directed by Rawson Thurber, the film tells the story of a pot dealer (Sudeikis) who creates a fake family to help him smuggle drugs across the country. WE'RE THE MILLERS grossed over $270,000,000 worldwide at the box office.

Sudeikis completed his eighth and final season as a cast member on NBC's venerable show SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE in the summer of 2013. Sudeikis worked for two years as a writer on the show before becoming a series regular in 2005. He won over audiences with his impersonations of Vice President Joe Biden, presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and the hip-hop dancer recurring character in the "What's Up With That" sketch.

Additionally, Jason voiced the character "Bomba" in Twentieth Century Fox's animated feature EPIC, which was released in May of 2013 and also starred Beyonce' Knowles and Amanda Seyfried. In 2012, Jason was seen in Warner Brothers' film THE CAMPAIGN starring alongside Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis and directed by Jay Roach.

Sudeikis starred opposite Owen Wilson in the Farrelly Brothers film HALL PASS, which was released by New Line in February 2011. His other film credits include: THE BOUNTY HUNTER, in which he starred alongside Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler; New Line's, GOING THE DISTANCE, in which he appeared opposite Drew Barrymore and Justin Long; and WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS with Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. Additional film credits include; THE TEN, WATCHING THE DETECTIVES, BILL, SEMI-PRO AND THE ROCKER.

Jason was featured in multiple episodes of the HBO series EAST BOUND & DOWN, last season. Sudeikis portrayed the character of Shane, a long lost best friend of Kenny Powers. Jason also portrayed Shane's twin brother, Cole who shows up after Shane dies from a drug overdose. Jason has received rave reviews for his arc on NBC's Emmy Award- winning show 30 ROCK. Jason appeared in 12 episodes as Tina Fey's charmingly funny love interest, Floyd. Jason can also be heard portraying the voice of two principle characters on Fox's hit animated comedy series THE CLEVELAND SHOW by creator Seth MacFarlane. Sudeikis also guest starred on IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA as the forgotten fourth member of the Paddy's gang, Schmitty.

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