MR. JANUARY: Since Jason Sudeikis arrived in the Big Apple in 2003 and landed a prominent gig on “Saturday Night Live,” his flames have included January Jones (pictured) of “Mad Men” and Eva Mendes. (Getty Images)
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He’s New York’s most unlikely lothario.
Aw-shucks “Saturday Night Live” comedian Jason Sudeikis, 36, is rumored to have broken Jennifer Aniston’s heart, fathered January Jones’ baby boy, romanced Eva Mendes over dinner and stealth cigarette breaks, and is currently going steady with “House” star Olivia Wilde, 27.
Sudeikis — who broke out as a late-night star in his “two A-holes” sketch with Kristen Wiig — is now a senior cast member famed for his Goofy White Guy impressions of Mitt Romney and Joe Biden.
When he’s not yukking it up at work, he’s often seen hanging out at Lower East Side watering holes, dressed down like a college student in a hoodie sweatshirt and jeans, sporting a dorky backpack.
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It’s the comedian’s everyman demeanor that’s catapulted him to the role of boyfriend to the stars.
Sudeikis moved to New York from his home state of Kansas in 2003 with then-girlfriend Kay Cannon, who became a writer and producer for “30 Rock,” when he scored a behind-the-scenes writing job on “SNL.” The couple married in 2004, and Sudeikis graduated to full cast member on the show in 2006.
The couple would perform improv at the Upright Citizens Brigade, and Sudeikis appeared as a recurring character on his wife’s show, playing Liz Lemon’s lovable soul mate, Floyd.
But since the couple split in 2010 — which coincided with his last appearance on “30 Rock” — Sudeikis’ dating life is the envy of every guy who played the class clown in high school but never got the girl.
The funnyman first met “Mad Men” star Jones when she hosted “SNL” in 2009, but the couple didn’t start dating until July 2010. They lasted six months — but four months after they split, Jones announced she was pregnant and left the dad’s identity a mystery.
The following summer, Sudeikis was spotted squiring screen siren Mendes around town, taking her on a double date with his “Horrible Bosses” co-star Jason Bateman to L’Artusi in the West Village, according to Page Six. The couple met while filming a promo for the MTV Movie Awards last June.
Sudeikis first stepped out with Wilde in December, and since then she’s accompanied him to “SNL” after-parties and to a Kansas Jayhawks hoops game.
The secret to his seduction, according to acquaintances, is his open, friendly, Midwestern down-to-earthness.
“He’s a nice, normal guy from Kansas who plays basketball, and his job is to be hilarious and entertaining,” said Rachel Sklar, who has hung out with “SNL” cast members and written extensively about the show. “He doesn’t trash hotel rooms or make sloppy drunk scenes at celebrity hangouts. Sounds like boyfriend material to me.”
The job doesn’t hurt, either.
“ ‘SNL’ would be a great place to meet someone,” said Sklar. “A week of intense togetherness cranking out sketches, pulling all-nighters, rehearsing, cracking jokes in the hallway — topped off by the rush of a live show and the adrenaline high of the after-party. If there’s any kind of spark, that will ignite it.”