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Alan Tudyk
Alan Tudyk at the 2005 Flanvention
Years active1997—present
Websitehttp://www.alantudyk.com/

Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Simon in the black comedy Death at a Funeral and Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Due to the cult following of the science fiction/western television series Firefly and the movie Serenity, Tudyk is also well known for his portrayal of Hoban "Wash" Washburne.

Biography

Early life

Tudyk is of Polish descent and was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk.[1] He was raised in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. Tudyk studied drama at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas where he won the Academic Excellence award for Drama. While in college, he played Beaver Smith in an eastern New Mexico summer stock theater production of "Billy the Kid." In 1993, Tudyk entered Juilliard but left in 1996 before earning a degree.

Career

Tudyk is known for his role as the playful, easy-going Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the television series Firefly and Steve the Pirate in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, as well as Wat from 2001s A Knight's Tale. He reprised the role of Wash in the feature film Serenity. Tudyk also played a gay German drug addict in the film 28 Days, the emotional robot Sonny in I, Robot, a convicted pedophile on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and more recently, a brief but memorable role in the film Knocked Up and a highly physical comedic performance in the British farce Death at a Funeral.

In 1999, Tudyk made his Broadway debut in Epic Proportions. He was also in Wonder of the World, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Misalliance, Oedipus and Bunny Bunny.[2] Tudyk was in Spamalot in 2005, from June to December 2005, filling in for Hank Azaria and starred in a limited run of Prelude to a Kiss on Broadway. In 2007, he had a supporting role as a strong-willed doctor in the western film 3:10 to Yuma alongside Christian Bale and Russell Crowe.

In 2000, Tudyk starred alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen in 28 Days. Tudyk enjoyed working alongside Bullock as she was "a doll" and a great person to work with, and found that Mortensen was "a blast" when it came to filming breaks.

Tudyk plays the voice of a Marine in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3. He is joined by his Firefly co-stars Adam Baldwin and Nathan Fillion who both voice Marines. All three actors are given personalities in the game that match those of their characters from Firefly.

Tudyk's latest role is in the new David Kohan/Max Mutchnick comedy for ABC. He will play a gay man whose roommate and writing partner is straight.[3]

Credits

Film

Year Title Role
2008 Meet Market Danny
2007 3:10 to Yuma Doc Potter
Death at a Funeral Simon
Knocked Up Jack
2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Cholly (voice)
2005 Serenity Hoban "Wash" Washburne
Rx Pepe
2004 I, Robot Sonny
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Steve the Pirate
2002 Ice Age Oscar / Dab the Dodo (voice)
2001 A Knight's Tale Wat Falhurst
Hearts in Atlantis Monte Man
2000 28 Days Gerhardt
Wonder Boys Sam Traxler
1998 Patch Adams Everton
1997 35 Miles from Normal Trevor

Television

Year Title Role
2006 CSI:Crime Scene Investigation
Ep: Burn out		 Carl Fisher
Capitol Law Walker Eliot
2005 Arrested Development
Ep: Meat the Veals		 Pastor Veal
Into the West Nathan Wheeler
2002 Firefly Hoban "Wash" Washburne
2000 Frasier
Ep: The Great Crane Robbery		 Todd Peterson
Strangers with Candy
Ep: Blank Stare: Part 1
Ep: Blank Stare: Part 2		 Father

Broadway

Year Title Role Theatre
2007 Prelude to a Kiss Peter Hoskins Roundabout Theatre Company
2005 Spamalot Sir Lancelot Shubert Theatre
1999 Epic Proportions Benny Bennet Helen Hayes Theatre

Video games

Year Title Role
2007 Halo 3 Marines (voice)
2006 Ice Age 2:The Meltdown Cholly (voice)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alan Tudyk.
  1. ^ Roberts, Sheila. "Alan Tudyk Interview, Death At A Funeral". MoviesOnline.ca. Retrieved 2008-02-06.
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew (2006-04-18). "Butler, Tudyk, Kind, Golden, Huffman cast in reading of musical Xanadu". Playbill. Retrieved 2006-04-22. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |year= (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ^ "The Hollywood Reporter". The Hollywood Reporter. 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-10.

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