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- Dani Rojas (Cristo Fernández) Dani Rojas’ character was originally thought of to be an Icelandic athlete signed to the team midway through the season. Instead he hails from Guadelahara, Mexico, much like Fernández.
- Jamie Tartt (Phil Dunster) Dunster plays Jamie Tartt, who returns to AFC Richmond after getting traded to Mancester City and then dropped by them. When Roy takes up the fourth coaching slot for Richmond, he tells Jaime that he needs to go back to beeing a pr–k in certain situations.
- Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) Nigerian footballer Sam Obisanya (Toheeb Jimoh) won hearts in Season 2 especially. After receiving important advice from Coach Lasso to “be a goldfish,” meaning to have a short memory and let things go, Sam really comes into his own both on the field and off, protesting the team’s main sponsor because of the corruption they are aiding in Nigerian and sparking a relationship with Rebecca throught the Bantr app, which doesn’t use pictures but rather focuses on a melding of the minds.
- Isaac McAdoo (Kola Bokinni) The new team captain and staple defensive back Isaac McAdoo (Kola Bokinni) shows some moves when Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) takes him to a pickup soccer match to get him out of his head in season 2.
Elodie Blomfield as Phoebe (seasons 2–3; guest season 1), Roy's niece. Bill Fellows as George Cartrick (season 2; guest season 1, 3), the former Richmond coach whom Ted replaced; later a panelist on Soccer Saturday, and Nate's replacement after he quits West Ham United.
- Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso
- Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca Welton
- Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent
- Juno Temple as Keeley Jones
- Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard
- Nick Mohammed as Nathan "Nate The Great" Shelley
- Phil Dunster as Jamie Tartt
- Toheeb Jimoh as Sam Obisanya
- Cristo Fernández as Dani Rojas
- Sarah Niles as Dr. Sharon Fieldstone
Born Daniel Jason Sudeikis in Fairfax, Va., Sudeikis, nephew of Cheers star George Wendt, got his start in showbiz performing improv with Second City. He was hired as a writer for Saturday Night Live in 2003. Two years later, in 2005, Sudeikis joined the SNL cast, often playing Joe Biden and Mitt Romneyand appearing in "Weekend Update" segments as ...
Hannah Waddingham was born in London and grew up around music (her mother and maternal grandparents were professional opera singers). The star was a veteran actress and singer on the West End stage in her native Britain (and on Broadway in Spamalot) before landing the female lead role of Rebecca Welton, team owner, on Ted Lasso. Prior to her Ted La...
Ted Lasso breakout star Brett Goldsteinknew from a young age that he wanted to be an entertainer. He began writing and performing plays when he was young and got his first taste of theater while studying film at the University of Warwick, all while still writing and performing his own material. During that time, he also tried his hand at being a st...
Juno Temple stars as Keeley Jones, a character somewhat loosely based on her real-life former Ted Lasso costar Keeley Hazell. In the series, Keeley is a model who becomes the team's publicity and marketing manager before she moves on and starts her own PR and marketing agency. Temple, the daughter of director Julian Temple and producer Amanda Pirie...
Brendan Hunt stars as Coach Beard and served as an executive producer on Ted Lasso after co-creating the character in the NBC Sports shorts where Sudeikis first played the role. He taught Sudeikis about soccer while living in Amsterdam with series co-creator Joe Kelly, playing FIFA on PlayStation between improv gigs when their Boom Chicago troupe w...
Nick Mohammed gained international acclaim when he debuted as Nathan "Nate the Great" Shelley in Ted Lasso, but he's been a beloved comedy fixture in his native U.K. for more than a decade. Mohammed studied violin and piano as a child, then became a professional magician at age 16. He served as president of the Bradford Magic Circle for the 2008–20...
When Phil Dunster, who stars as the obnoxious but inwardly vulnerable Jamie Tartt, was a kid growing up in Northampton, U.K., he thought sports were in his future — but not soccer. "I think the first thing that I thought I would go and do as a career was a rugby player," he told PEOPLE. "I had a trial with a club and it became very clear, very quic...
Toheeb Jimoh plays star midfielder Sam Obisanya on Ted Lasso. Season 2 was a major breakthrough for both Jimoh and his character, as he pursued a romantic relationship with Waddingham's Rebecca despite their differences in age and race — and both of those differences faded into the background as the series simply focused on who they are as individu...
Cristo Fernández doesn't just play a soccer player on Ted Lasso— he's a former pro footballer. Fernández began playing for the Mexican League's Guadalajara Estudiantes Tecos Club when he was just 15 years old. A career-ending injury, however, forced him to pivot his goals. "My grandma and my mom used to say, 'Cristóbal only speaks, breaths, talks, ...
Sarah Niles earned an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her Season 2 arc in Ted Lasso as sports psychologist Dr. Sharon Fieldstone — but it wasn't the first time she'd appeared in a critically acclaimed series. Niles starred in three episodes of Micaela Coel's I May Destroy You as Officer Funmi, appeared in The Sandman as Rosemary and...
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Aug 18, 2022 · Actors Rob McElhenney (Always Sunny in Philadelphi a) and Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool) knew they were in over their heads when they purchased the Welsh soccer club Wrexham A.F.C. in early 2021,...
May 9, 2023 · Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney, Patrick Mahomes, Natalie Portman and Kate Upton are just a few celebrities who have invested in soccer teams around the world.
- News And Culture Editor, Biography.Com
Nov 16, 2020 · Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought one of the world’s oldest soccer teams on Monday and plan to document their first foray into the sport in a fly-on-the-wall TV...
Jul 21, 2022 · The docuseries will chronicle actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney as they become real-life Ted Lassos after acquiring the Wrexham soccer club in Wales.
