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Jason Sudeikis

Sudeikis is married to actress and 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon and is the nephew of actor and frequent 1990s-era Saturday Night Live guest star George Wendt - known for his role as "Norm" from Cheers. He has two sisters, Lindsay and Kristen. Lindsay is a nun, who currently resides with a convent in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Kristen is a budding actress and dancer in New York City.

In 2003, Sudeikis was hired as a sketch writer for Saturday Night Live at the recommendation of Jeff Richmond, husband of then head writer Tina Fey, when he was performing at The Second City in Las Vegas and later, in May 2005, became a featured player on the show. He became famous for his impersonation of American Idol winner Taylor Hicks, as well as one-half of the A-Hole duo with Kristen Wiig. He was upgraded to repertory status at the beginning of the show's 32nd season on September 30, 2006.

Before getting hired by Saturday Night Live, Sudeikis studied at ComedySportz (now Comedy City) in Kansas City, where he co-founded a sketch comedy troupe called Der Monkenpickle. After moving to Chicago, he was later cast in The Second City's National Touring Company and has performed with Boom Chicago in Amsterdam. While with Second City, he became a founding member of Second City Las Vegas. He has also studied at ImprovOlympic and the Annoyance Theatre in Chicago, and frequently performs at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York.

Sudeikis had a recurring role on the NBC sitcom 30 Rock in early 2007, appearing in a total of seven episodes. He played Floyd, a love interest of Tina Fey's character Liz Lemon.

He also plays the role of extreme right-wing talk show host Richard Bastion on the fictional radio station WKTT, in Grand Theft Auto IV.