Tommy is a recurring character featured in the Apple TV+ show, Ted Lasso. He is the first character to greet Ted Lasso on his plane ride to the UK to coach AFC Richmond.
He recognizes Ted from the viral video showing him celebrating winning a trophy with the American football team Wichita State Shockers and asks for a photo selfie with him. He believes Ted is "mental" to be coaching a UK Premier League football team. Tommy calls selfies with celebrities "ussies" because he wouldn't be the only one in the photo.
He runs into Jamie Tartt at a barbershop and takes a photo with him. He comments that it must be super embarrassing for Jamie to get dumped by the club. Jamie points out that Ted was the one who kicked him off the club, prompting his return to Manchester City F.C. Tommy then shows him a video of Trent Crimm asking for Ted's statement about whether he and Jamie have bad blood between them. Ted has nothing but good things to say about him but Tommy calls it a classic mind-games.
Tommy appears again in the Christmas episode in Season 2 where he's having a Christmas dinner with his family when Roy Kent, Phoebe, and Keeley Jones come by to see a dentist, Dr. Rogers. They want Dr. Rogers to check up on Phoebe with her bad breath. Keeley thanks the family for letting them disrupt their Christmas dinner, which Tommy enthusiastically asks for an "ussie".
When Roy agrees, Tommy points out that he wants to have a photo taken with Keeley instead because she was his seminal figure during his teenage years, and while Roy was legendary with Chelsea F.C., he isn't with AFC Richmond. Both Roy and Keeley agree to take some photos with the family by the Christmas tree.
Tommy and Ted's ussie
Tommy bumps into Ted a few years later at the airport. The younger man greets the former coach and manager, this time politely. He expresses how much Ted is a good and legendary coach especially after managing a UK football club for a short tenure. He asks the older man whether it's a permanent move, and Ted politely answers yes.
The younger man then asks for an ussie, just like he did back when he first met Ted. He calls Ted "wicked" and says goodbye to him.
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- Tommy appears in every season, usually meeting the main characters, giving backhanded compliments.
- Tommy's last name is never revealed but there's a possibility that he is related to Dr. Rogers