Jason Sudeikis wins a SAG Award for his role in 'Ted Lasso'

By Oliver Haslam
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Ted Lasso
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What you need to know

  • Jason Sudeikis has won himself a SAG Award for his role in Ted Lasso.
  • Sudeikis beat out competition from Nicholas Hoult, Dan Levy, Eugene Levy, and Ramy Youssef.

Apple TV+ picked up another award over the weekend with Ted Lasso lead Jason Sudeikis getting himself a gong for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series.

Sudeikis went up against some big hitters for the award. Nicholas Hoult (The Great,) Dan Levy (Schitt's Creek,( Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek,) and Ramy Youssef (Ramy) all beaten out.

In his acceptance speech, Sudeikis thanks the rest of the Ted Lasso cast because they "make me better because I have to keep up."

Oh man, oh man, are you kidding me? I want you to thank my fellow actors. I want to thank my mom, for bringing me to plays and musicals in Kansas City, every touring company that came through, whether it be Phantom of the Opera or La Cage aux Folles. I want to thank my dad for taking me to go see movies. He took me to go see Beverly Hills Cop when I was nine years old. And I knew at that point I wanted to be Black cop from Detroit. I'm getting there. And, again, I thank my fellow cast mates, because they make me better because I have to keep up. Thank you again for this, it's very amazing. Appreciate it.

Apple TV+ has picked up a few awards of late and shows like Ted Lasso and Servant have really captured the attention of viewers around the world.

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Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too.

Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.