Just when you thought Eastbound & Down couldn't get any funnier...

Saturday Night Live star Jason Sudeikis has signed on for a recurring role on the HBO comedy. Confirmed by the network yesterday, the actor will portray a friend of Danny McBride's Kenny Powers and appear on multiple episodes.

Sudeikis has appeared on 30 Rock and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and currently stars in Horrible Bosses.

Season three of Eastbound & Down is shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

onfirmed on Thursday. (Variety first reported the news.) The Saturday Night Live star — whose big-screen comedy Horrible Bosses opens tomorrow — will play a new pal of Kenny Powers (Danny McBride). Season 3 of Eastbound & Down is currently shooting in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

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