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Jason Sudeikis

Jason Sudeikis

Actor, also producer and writer · Born September 18, 1975 (51) · Fairfax, Virginia, USA

4 Primetime Emmys · 2 Golden Globes · 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards · 3 other major award bodies

Daniel Jason Sudeikis (/sʊˈdeɪkɪs/ suu-DAY-kiss; born September 18, 1975) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. In the 1990s, he began his career in improv comedy. He performed with ComedySportz, iO Chicago (Improv Olympic), and The Second City. In 2003, Sudeikis was hired as a writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live and later spent nine seasons as a cast member from 2005 to 2013, playing Joe Biden and Mitt Romney, among others. From 2020 to 2023, he co-created and played the title role in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series Ted Lasso, which earned him four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He was also one of the leading cast members in The Cleveland Show (2009-2013). 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). He had leading film roles in the comedies Horrible Bosses (2011) and its 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 acted in voice roles for Epic (2013), The Angry Birds Movie (2016), The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019), and Next Gen (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jason Sudeikis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
September 18, 1975 (51)
From
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer and writer
Titles
55 on MovieCove · 68 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 11% in 30 days

What are Jason Sudeikis' films like?

Across their 42 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy20 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 58th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Biography3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
39%
Self
27%
Society
11%
Morality
10%
Power
8%
Ideas
3%
Survival
2%
Friendship16 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds9 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love9 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity12 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose8 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth8 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom5 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 35 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 26 · Serious 7 · Dark 2

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 23 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 10 · Charged 23 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 18 · Shifting 15 · Whiplash 2

Funny: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their funny movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 19

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 4

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 26 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 29 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

26 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 12 of 26 analyzed roles.

Hero
12 of 26
Ally
5 of 26
Mentor
4 of 26
Shapeshifter
3 of 26
Shadow
1 of 26
Threshold guardian
1 of 26
Show the 26 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
19
Joyful
20
Warm
14
Bittersweet
11
Melancholic
11
Other
43

How their films linger

Fun22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy19
  • Bittersweet16
  • Ambiguous4
  • Cyclical2
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jason Sudeikis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 45 of their 55 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jason Sudeikis' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

68 credits, 55 with a MovieCove page; 45 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Angry Birds Movie 3 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Producer · as Red (voice)

  • Lance Barnes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Thanks

  • SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night(2025)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Hitpig!(2024)

    as Hitpig (voice)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Fool's Paradise(2023)

    as Lex Tanner

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Hit-Monkey(2021)

    Show 20 episodes · Consulting Producer · as Bryce (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • South of Heaven(2021)

    as Jimmy Ray

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Ted Lasso(2020)

    Show 44 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Teleplay · Writer · as Ted Lasso

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Angry Birds: Live Stream (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Red

  • The Mandalorian(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Bike Scout Trooper #1

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Driven(2018)

    as Jim Hoffman

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Angry Birds Movie 2(2019)

    as Red (voice)

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Jason Sudeikis (voice)

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Booksmart(2019)

    as Principal Brown

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Next Gen(2018)

    as Justin Pin / Ares (voice)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Lady Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Tommy Danes

  • Permission(2017)

    as Glenn

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Downsizing(2017)

    as Dave Johnson

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • aka Wyatt Cenac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 6 episodes · as Everrett

  • Saturdays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Kodachrome(2017)

    as Matt Ryder

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Colossal(2016)

    as Oscar

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Detroiters(2017)

    Show 20 episodes · Executive Producer · as Carter Grant

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • The Book of Love(2016)

    Producer · as Henry Herschel

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Masterminds(2016)

    as Mike McKinney

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Son of Zorn(2016)

    Show 13 episodes · as Zorn (voice)

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows

  • Ask the StoryBots(2016)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Angry Birds Movie(2016)

    as Red (voice)

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Mother's Day(2016)

    as Bradley

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Great Minds with Dan Harmon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Thomas Edison

  • Race(2016)

    as Larry Snyder

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Tumbledown(2015)

    as Andrew McCabe

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Sleeping with Other People(2015)

    as Jake Harper

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Last Man on Earth(2015)

    Show 16 episodes · as Mike Miller

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows

  • Horrible Bosses 2(2014)

    as Kurt Buckman

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Garfunkel and Oates(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Drinking Buddies(2013)

    as Gene Dentler

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • We're the Millers(2013)

    as David Clark

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Epic(2013)

    as Bomba (voice)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Movie 43(2013)

    as Fake Batman (segment "Super Hero Speed Dating")

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • The Campaign(2012)

    as Mitch Wilson

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • A Good Old Fashioned Orgy(2011)

    as Eric Keppler

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Horrible Bosses(2011)

    as Kurt Buckman

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Hall Pass(2011)

    as Fred Searing

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Portlandia(2011)

    Show 1 episode · as Aliki · as Kim

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • The Women of SNL (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Various (archive footage)

  • Going the Distance(2010)

    as Box Saunders

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Bounty Hunter(2010)

    as Stewart

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas(2009)

    as Two A-Holes (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Cleveland Show(2009)

    Show 88 episodes · as Holt Richter (voice)

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows

  • Saturday Night Live: The Best of Amy Poehler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Various (archive footage)

  • Eastbound & Down(2009)

    Show 3 episodes · as Cole Gerald · as Shane Gerald · as Shane Gerald / Cole Gerald

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Childrens Hospital(2008)

    Show 2 episodes · as Bobby Fiscus

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 9 episodes · as Various

  • The Rocker(2008)

    as David Marshall

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Line(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · as Manager

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • What Happens in Vegas(2008)

    as Mason

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Semi-Pro(2008)

    as Nacho Fan

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Shooting AKA Dear Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    as Cop #1

  • Meet Bill(2007)

    as Jim Whittman

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Ten(2007)

    as Tony Contiella

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Watching the Detectives(2007)

    as Jonathan

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • 30 Rock(2006)

    Show 12 episodes · as Floyd DeBarber

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · as Schmitty

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows

  • Robot Chicken(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Farmer Smurf / Badtz-Maru (voice)

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Velocity (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Felcher

  • Alien Avengers II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Chester

  • Saturday Night Live(1975)

    Show 163 episodes · Writer · as Audience Member (uncredited) · as Chris (uncredited) · as Eskimo Audience Member (uncredited) · as Kevin Butler (uncredited) · as Police Officer (uncredited) · as Self · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) · as Self - Host · as Self - Various Characters

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles, 66 of them dated from 1975 to 2025; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

$352M worldwide

Highest rated

Ted Lasso (2020)

Midcredits 98th

Film career

MilestoneAward win
19752025

Peak 2016 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 27 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting66 of 68: 61 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score55thWriting3 of 68: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing4 of 68: 0 only producing, 4 with another roleOther crew2 of 68: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

68 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew1990s2 · acting2000s17 · acting2010s40 · 39 acting · 2 crew2020s6 · 6 acting · 2 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 23% of 35 roles
071217

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

4 Primetime Emmys, 2 Golden Globes, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards and 5 other major awards from 27 major nominations, 2021–2024.

WinNomination
  1. 2024
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
  2. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
  3. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +3 other major bodies · 2 wins and 1 nomination
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
      • Producers Guild Award, won · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor in a Comedy Series
  4. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated ×2 · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    • +3 other major bodies · 3 wins and 2 nominations
      • Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy Series
      • Writers Guild Award, won · New Series
      • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Comedy
      • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actor in a Comedy Series

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jason Sudeikis' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 47th percentile, the median of all 36; across their 35 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 35

Midcredits score across 55 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up16
  • 50th to 74th16
  • 25th to 49th16
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

26 of their 55 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic2
  • Crowd Pleaser26
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009)

90th percentile spread · 31% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, writer, producer

Ted Lasso (2020)

Midcredits 98th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 32 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jason Sudeikis' work okay for kids?

Across up to 34 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity, profanity and alcohol & drugs run heavier than most films and violence & gore and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore30 titles7–51 · median 33 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity34 titles19–65 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity29 titles35–87 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs27 titles17–66 · median 45 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense28 titles5–49 · median 14 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jason Sudeikis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jason Sudeikis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jennifer Aniston shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles