‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3 Character Guide
The highly-anticipated trip back to England’s Premier League takes place season three this Wednesday night (March 15) with everyone’s favorite corny football coach, Ted Lasso. Per the season two finale,…
The highly-anticipated trip back to England's Premier League takes place season three this Wednesday night (March 15) with everyone’s favorite corny football coach, Ted Lasso.
Per the season two finale, everyone knows of Ted's (Jason Sudeikis) panic attacks. He was seen leaving a game, in progress, on the Soccer Special show. However, Ted has the club's full support after the news of his panic attack hits. He focuses on the season's final match, which would determine Richmond's promotion into the Premier League.
Keeley (Juno Temple) learns Bantr's VC wants to finance her own PR firm. She broke the news to her best friend, who mentored her to get to this point, Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham). While the two celebrate Keeley's bittersweet end to her employment, they discover Rupert (Anthony Head) has bought West Ham United. Roy Kent (Brett Goldstein) worries they will drift apart as she takes on this new adventure, leaving him behind.
During the final match that determines Richmond's relegation, Nate (Nick Mohammed) tries to abandon his false 9 play. But the players want to stick through with it, believing in his coaching. This leads to tension between Ted and Nate. He feels that Ted once paid so much attention to him until he was promoted to coach. No matter what Nate did, he didn't feel his efforts we recognized, so he leaves the team.
Ted runs into Trent Crimm, from The Independent, who was fired as a reporter after revealing his anonymous source (Nate) when running Ted's panic attack story. Fast forward to two months later, and we see the smug Rupert greeting the newest member of his West Ham coaching staff: Nate.
Per the official description of the new season, “the newly-promoted AFC Richmond faces ridicule as media predictions widely peg them to finish last in the Premier League and Nate, now hailed as the ‘wonder kid,’ has gone to work for Rupert at West Ham United. In the wake of Nate’s contentious departure from Richmond, Roy Kent steps up as assistant coach, alongside Beard. Meanwhile, Ted deals with pressures at work, he continues to wrestle with his own personal issues back home, Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) is focused on defeating Rupert, and Keeley navigates being the boss of her own PR agency. Things seem to be falling apart both on and off the pitch, but Team Lasso is set to give it their best shot anyway.”
Ted Lasso returns to AppleTV+ at midnight. The subsequent episodes will drop weekly thereafter with a total of 12 episodes for the season. As we previously reported, this third season will most likely be the final for the beloved comedy series. However, there have been reports of spin-offs after the third season. Watch the trailer below:
Take a look below at our character guide:
Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso
AppleTV+The former Kansas college football coach didn't bat an eye when he took on the role as AFC Richmond's head coach. Ted was never intimidated by Rebecca and practically forced their relationship despite her fighting it. The same went for the footballers, who had no respect for him as a football coach. Locals hated him, too, calling him "wanker" at the sight of him. Even in the press room, no one believed that Ted could turn the team around. However, Ted never gave up and stayed true to his mentorship as a coach, despite battling panic attacks caused by his divorce.
Jeremy Swift as Leslie Higgins
AppleTV+Higgins is the sweetest Director of Communications at AFC Richmond, but don't push him to the edge -- he can stand up to the fiercest of them, like his boss, Rebecca Welton. Higgins is a married father of five children.
Hannah Waddingham as Rebecca Welton
Rebecca is the elegantly sexy, yet intimidating owner of AFC Richmond. She inherited the club after her divorce from Rupert Mannion. She originally wanted to sabotage the club in order to get back at her ex. But Rebecca realized she shouldn't live her life that way.
Toheeb Jimoh as Sam Obisanya
Sam was the newest addition to the team at the beginning of the series, playing for the Nigerian Football League prior to joining Richmond. The optimistic footballer unknowingly matches with Rebecca on the dating app, Bantr, in the second season. Though Rebecca was against it at first, the two share a kiss at the end of their date. After dating briefly, Rebecca calls it quits after her father dies.
Cristo Fernández as Dani Rojas
"Football is life!" Dani joined the team in season one and scared the coaches when he was injured due to being in the "cursed" treatment room. After the team does a bonding ritual in which they burn their prized, meaningful possessions, the curse is lifted and Dani appears on the field fully recovered. The raven-haired "golden retriever" gets traumatized after he accidentally kills the team's mascot dog. His game is off and his mantra becomes "football is death," until he speaks with the team's psychologist to work through it. During the final match, Danny overcomes his slump and makes the penalty kick in.
Phil Dunster as Jamie Tartt
AppleTV+Jamie has become one of the most beloved characters of the show due to his complete transformation. In season one, he was this arrogant, selfish footballer who could care less about his fellow teammates. Through Ted's guidance and his ex-girlfriend Keeley's support, Jamie has fully understood the errors of his ways.
Brett Goldstein as Roy Kent
Our favorite foul-mouthed footballer with anger issues came a long way from season one. Instead of letting his emotions control him, Roy is able to become a reasonable man and open himself up to grow and get into a relationship with Keeley. After realizing his career as a professional footballer is over, Roy is offered a coaching position for Richmond.
Juno Temple as Keeley Jones
Keeley was once Jamie's underappreciated girlfriend at the start of the season. After Rebecca makes her realize she is worth much more than that, the women begin to form a bond that turns into a beautiful friendship. After leaving Jamie, Keeley continued to do his PR work and Rebecca catches wind of this. She offers Keeley a job to handle the rest of the players' sponsorship opportunities and by the end of season two, starts her own PR firm. She's also in a relationship with Roy Kent.
Nick Mohammed as Nate Shelley
AppleTV+Nate was once invisible as a kit man before Ted showed up and respected him as a person, unlike the Richmond team, who used to bully him relentlessly under Jamie's orders. From the start, Ted respected Nate's insight about the team, as he knew nothing of the sport and the British lingo. In return, Ted uplifts Nate to become a confident man to the point that he becomes a coach and "The Wonder Kid." After becoming too full of himself, Nate becomes frustrated when Ted doesn't give him enough credit. This leads him to resent his mentor to the point of betraying him in more ways then one when he leaks Ted's panic attack to 'The Independent's Trent Crimm and later leaving the team to manage Rupert's West Ham United.
Brendan Hunt as Coach Beard
AppleTV+Coach Beard is Ted's quirky longtime coach assistant and best friend. Though he seems to be a very reserved person, we learn that there is more to him than his love of chess and his tumultuous relationship with Jane.
Becky Ann Baker as Ted's Mom
Lars Niki/Getty Images for BAMTed Lasso once said: "I love meeting people's moms. It's like reading an instruction manual as to why they're nuts." The timing of the arrival of his mother will surely tie in with Ted's therapy sessions.
Jodi Balfour as Jack
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesBalfour joins the cast in season three as a "charming venture capitalist." Who will she be charming, we wonder?
Maximilian Osinski as Zava
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesZava is a new addition to season three. He is a top-class footballer and total diva, whose move to the Premier League sends shockwaves through Richmond and its player dynamics.
