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Alan Tudyk

Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American

United States

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actor

Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
. He is known for his roles as Simon in the black comedy

Black comedy

file:Hopscotch to oblivion.jpgBlack comedy is a sub-genre of comedy and satire in which topics and events that are usually regarded as taboo are treated in a satirical or humorous manner while retaining its seriousness....
Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral is a 2007 in film black comedy and situation comedy film directed by Frank Oz and written by Dean Craig. Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Alan Tudyk and Peter Dinklage star....
and Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 in film comedy film from 20th Century Fox, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Jason Bateman, and Rip Torn....
. Due to the cult following of the science fiction

Science fiction

Science fiction is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Science fiction is found in books, art, television, films, games, theatre, and other media....
/western

Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
television series

Television program

A television program , television programme , or television show is something that people watch on television. It may be a one-off broadcast or, more usually, part of a periodically recurring television series....
Firefly and the movie Serenity
Serenity (film)

Serenity is a 2005 in film Space Western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is considered a continuation of the canceled Fox Broadcasting Company Science fiction on television series Firefly , taking place about two months after the events of the Objects in Space....
, Tudyk is also well known for his portrayal of Hoban "Wash" Washburne.

k is of Polish descent and was born in El Paso

El Paso, Texas

El Paso is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, Texas, United States, and part of the . According to the United States Census Bureau 2006 population estimates, the city had a population of 606,913....
, Texas

Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
, the son of Betty Loyce (née

Married and maiden names

A married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk.

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Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American

United States

Actor

Black comedy

Science fiction

Western (genre)

Television program

Biography

Early life

Tudyk is of Polish descent and was born in El Paso

El Paso, Texas

Texas

Married and maiden names

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population in the United States.The city, with a population of over 1.3 million, is the main economic center of the 12-county Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex which contains 6.1 million people, and is the fourth-largest United States metropolitan area...
suburb of Plano, Texas

Plano, Texas

Plano is a city in Texas. Located mainly within Collin County, Texas, it is a wealthy northern suburb of Dallas, Texas. The population was 222,030 at the United States Census, 2000, making it the ninth largest city in Texas....
, where he attended Plano Senior High School

Plano Senior High School

Plano Senior High School is a public high school in Plano, Texas, Texas, United States, serving students in Educational stages eleventh grade–twelfth grade....
. Tudyk studied drama

Drama

Drama is the specific Mode of fiction Mimesis in performance. The term comes from a Ancient Greek word meaning "Action " , which is derived from "to do" ....
at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College

Lon Morris College

Lon Morris College is a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, Texas, United States, and is the only school affiliated with the United Methodist Church that is owned by an individual conference and not the church as a whole....
in Jacksonville, Texas

Jacksonville, Texas

Jacksonville is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 13,868 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the principal city of the Jacksonville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Cherokee County and part of the larger Tyler-Jacksonville Combined Statistical Area....
where he won the Academic Excellence award for Drama. While in college, he played Beaver Smith in an eastern New Mexico

New Mexico

New Mexico is a U. S. State located in the Southwestern United States of the United States. Inhabited by Native Americans in the United States populations for many centuries, it has also has been part of the Spanish Empire viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S....
summer stock theater production of "Billy the Kid." In 1993, Tudyk entered Juilliard

Juilliard School

The Juilliard School, located on the Upper West Side in New York City, is a performing arts music school. It is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in dance, drama, and music....
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
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 in film comedy film from 20th Century Fox, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Jason Bateman, and Rip Torn....
, as well as Wat from 2001s A Knight's Tale. He reprised the role of Wash in the feature film Serenity
Serenity (film)

Serenity is a 2005 in film Space Western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is considered a continuation of the canceled Fox Broadcasting Company Science fiction on television series Firefly , taking place about two months after the events of the Objects in Space....
. Tudyk also played a gay German drug addict in the film 28 Days

28 Days (film)

28 Days is a 2000 drama film starring Sandra Bullock.Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter drug rehabilitation for a alcoholism....
, the emotional robot Sonny

Sonny (robot)

Sonny is an NS-5 robot from the film I, Robot . His voice and movement are provided by Alan Tudyk. Sonny was programmed by Dr. Alfred Lanning to break the first of the Three Laws of Robotics....
in I, Robot

I, Robot (film)

I, Robot is a science fiction film set in a world where humans and humanoid robots interact . It was directed by Alex Proyas, written by Jeff Vintar, and starred Will Smith....
, a convicted pedophile on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
, and more recently, a brief but memorable role in the film Knocked Up
Knocked Up

Knocked Up is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media personality character th...
and a highly physical comedic performance in the British farce Death at a Funeral
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral is a 2007 in film black comedy and situation comedy film directed by Frank Oz and written by Dean Craig. Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Alan Tudyk and Peter Dinklage star....
.

In 1999, Tudyk made his Broadway

Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
debut in Epic Proportions
Epic Proportions

Epic Proportions is a Play by Larry Coen and David Crane .Set in the 1930s, it tells the story of brothers Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to work as Extra in the Bible epic film Exeunt Omnes, directed by the mysteriously reclusive D.W....
. He was also in Wonder of the World, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Misalliance, Oedipus and Bunny Bunny. Tudyk was in Spamalot
Spamalot

Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical theatre "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre....
in 2005, from June to December 2005, filling in for Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Hank Albert Azaria is an United States film and television actor, Film director, comedian and voice artist. He is noted for his long-running career as one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons....
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
3:10 to Yuma (2007 film)

3:10 to Yuma is a 2007 Academy Award nominated Western film that is a remake of the 3:10 to Yuma , making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Three-Ten to Yuma....
alongside Christian Bale

Christian Bale

Christian Charles Philip Bale is an English people actor whose film credits include American Psycho , Batman Begins, The Dark Knight , The Prestige , 3:10 to Yuma , and the upcoming film Terminator Salvation, in which he will play the role of John Connor....
and Russell Crowe

Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe is a New Zealand-born Australian actor and musician. His acting career began in the early 1990s with roles in Australian TV series such as Police Rescue and films such as Romper Stomper....
.

In 2000, Tudyk starred alongside Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Annette Bullock, IPA: is a Screen Actors Guild Award-winning and two-time Golden Globe Award-nominated American-German actor. She came to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films such as Speed and While You Were Sleeping....
and Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Mortensen

Viggo Peter Mortensen, Jr. is an Academy Award-nominated United States-Danish people theater and film actor, poet, musician, photographer, and Painting....
in 28 Days
28 Days (film)

28 Days is a 2000 drama film starring Sandra Bullock.Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter drug rehabilitation for a alcoholism....
. 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
Halo 3

Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie exclusively for the Xbox 360. The game is the third title in the Halo and concludes the story arc that began in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2....
. He is joined by his Firefly co-stars Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin

Adam Baldwin is an American actor, not related to the Baldwin brothers. He is known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard, Knowle Rohrer in The X-Files, and Marcus Hamilton in Joss Whedon's Angel ....
and Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion

Nathan Fillion is a Canadian actor known for his lead role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in the television series Firefly and his role as Joey Buchanan on One Life to Live....
who both voice Marines. All three actors are given personalities in the game that match those of their characters from Firefly.

Tudyk will also play a role in the new David Kohan

David Kohan

David Sanford Kohan is an United States television television producer. After writing for The Wonder Years and The Dennis Miller Show, Kohan co-created and produced Will & Grace, Good Morning, Miami, Twins and Four Kings with Max Mutchnick....
/Max Mutchnick

Max Mutchnick

Jason Nidorf Mutchnick is an United States television television producer. He has received an Emmy Award, a People's Choice Award, and several Golden Globe Award nominations....
comedy for ABC. He will play a gay man whose roommate and writing partner is straight.

Credits

Film

Year	Title	Role
2008 2008 in film The year '2008 in film' saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels such as Rambo , The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight , The X-Files: I...	Meet Market Meet Market (film) *Meet Market* is a 2008 in film movie directed by Charlie Loventhal and starring Krista Allen, Elizabeth Berkley, Laurie Holden and Julian McMahon....	Danny
2007 2007 in film The year '2007 in film' saw major releases such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ,The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Transformers , TMNT , Saw IV, and Live Free or Die Hard as well as releases of third installment films, such as: The Bourne Ultimatum , Pirates of the Caribbean:...	3:10 to Yuma 3:10 to Yuma (2007 film) *3:10 to Yuma* is a 2007 Academy Award nominated Western film that is a remake of the 3:10 to Yuma , making it the second adaptation of Elmore Leonard's Three-Ten to Yuma....	Doc Potter
	Death at a Funeral Death at a Funeral *Death at a Funeral* is a 2007 in film black comedy and situation comedy film directed by Frank Oz and written by Dean Craig. Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Alan Tudyk and Peter Dinklage star....	Simon
	Knocked Up Knocked Up *Knocked Up* is a 2007 in film Cinema of the United States comedy film, co-produced, written and directed by Judd Apatow. Starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, and Leslie Mann, the film follows the repercussions of a drunken one night stand between Rogen's slacker character and Heigl's just-promoted media personality character th...	Jack
2006 2006 in film The year '2006 in film' involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with Saw III, Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Casino Royale , Clerks II, X-Men: The Last Stand, Mission: Impossible III, Final Destination 3 and Scary Movie 4....	Ice Age: The Meltdown Ice Age: The Meltdown *Ice Age: The Meltdown, also known as Ice Age 2: The Meltdown* or simply as *Ice Age 2, is the 2006 in film sequel to the computer animation 2002 in film Ice Age* ....	Cholly (voice)
2005 2005 in film The year 2005 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,The Devil's Rejects, Saw II, Cheaper by the Dozen 2, ''The Ring Two, ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, ''xXx: State of the Union, ''Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...	Serenity Serenity (film) *Serenity* is a 2005 in film Space Western film written and directed by Joss Whedon. It is considered a continuation of the canceled Fox Broadcasting Company Science fiction on television series Firefly , taking place about two months after the events of the Objects in Space....	Hoban "Wash" Washburne
	Rx RX RX was the common telegraph abbreviation for "receive", later used in Morse code. It should not be confused with Rx, used for medical prescription....	Pepe
2004 2004 in film The year '2004 in film' involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ,The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Shrek 2, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs....	I, Robot I, Robot (film) *I, Robot* is a science fiction film set in a world where humans and humanoid robots interact . It was directed by Alex Proyas, written by Jeff Vintar, and starred Will Smith....	Sonny Sonny (robot) Sonny is an NS-5 robot from the film I, Robot . His voice and movement are provided by Alan Tudyk. Sonny was programmed by Dr. Alfred Lanning to break the first of the Three Laws of Robotics....
	Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story *Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story* is a 2004 in film comedy film from 20th Century Fox, written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Jason Bateman, and Rip Torn....	Steve the Pirate
2002 2002 in film The year '2002 in film' involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams, Stuart Litt...	Ice Age	Oscar / Dab the Dodo (voice)
2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events. ...	A Knight's Tale A Knight's Tale (film) *A Knight's Tale* is a 2001 in film action film/adventure film/romantic comedy film directed, produced, and written by Brian Helgeland. The film stars Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Alan Tudyk, and Paul Bettany as Geoffrey Chaucer....	Wat Falhurst
	Hearts in Atlantis	Monte Man
2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events....	28 Days 28 Days (film) *28 Days* is a 2000 drama film starring Sandra Bullock.Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter drug rehabilitation for a alcoholism....	Gerhardt
	Wonder Boys Wonder Boys (film) *Wonder Boys* is a 2000 in film feature film based on the 1995 in literature Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon. Directed by Curtis Hanson, it stars Michael Douglas as professor Grady Tripp, a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania university....	Sam Traxler
1998 1998 in film The year 1998 in film involved some significant events....	Patch Adams Patch Adams (film) *Patch Adams* is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Tom Shadyac and based on the true life story of Patch Adams and the book Gesundheit: Good Health is a Laughing Matter by Adams and Maureen Mylander....	Everton
1997 1997 in film The year 1997 in film involved some significant events....	35 Miles from Normal	Trevor

Television

Year	Title	Role
2006 2006 in television The year 2006 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2006.For the American TV schedule, see: 2006-07 United States network television schedule....	CSI:Crime Scene Investigation Ep: Burn out	Carl Fisher
	Capitol Law	Walker Eliot
2005 2005 in television The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005-06 United States network television schedule....	Arrested Development Ep: Meat the Veals Meat the Veals "Meat the Veals" is the thirty-eighth episode aired of the TV comedy series Arrested Development ....	Pastor Veal
	Into the West	Nathan Wheeler
2002 2002 in television The year 2002 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2002.For the American TV schedule, see: 2002-03 United States network television schedule....	Firefly	Hoban "Wash" Washburne
2000 2000 in television The year 2000 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2000.For the American TV schedule, see: 2000-01 United States network television schedule....	Frasier Frasier *Frasier* is an American situation comedy broadcast on National Broadcasting Company for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004.... Ep: The Great Crane Robbery The Great Crane Robbery "The Great Crane Robbery" is the fourth episode in season 8 of United States situation comedy Frasier....	Todd Peterson
	Strangers with Candy Strangers with Candy *Strangers with Candy* is a television program produced by Comedy Central. It first aired on April 7, 1999, and concluded its third and final season on October 2, 2000.... 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 Roundabout Theatre Company The Roundabout Theatre Company is the largest non-profit theatre company based in New York City. The Company owns Studio 54 and the American Airlines Theatre, both Broadway theatre theatres, and the Off-Broadway Laura Pels Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Arts....
2005	Spamalot Spamalot *Monty Python's Spamalot* is a musical theatre "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Like the film, it is a highly irreverent parody of the Arthurian Legend, but it differs from the film in many ways, especially in its parodies of Broadway theatre....	Sir Lancelot	Shubert Theatre Shubert Theatre (Broadway) The Shubert Theatre is a Broadway theatre theatre located at 225 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan, New York, United States.Designed by architect Henry Beaumont Herts, it was named after Sam S....
1999	Epic Proportions Epic Proportions *Epic Proportions* is a Play by Larry Coen and David Crane .Set in the 1930s, it tells the story of brothers Benny and Phil, who go to the Arizona desert to work as Extra in the Bible epic film Exeunt Omnes, directed by the mysteriously reclusive D.W....	Benny Bennet	Helen Hayes Theatre Helen Hayes Theatre Helen Hayes Theatre with 597 seats is the smallest Broadway theatre theatre and is located at 240 West 44th Street in midtown-Manhattan....

Video games

Year	Title	Role
2007	Halo 3 Halo 3 *Halo 3* is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie exclusively for the Xbox 360. The game is the third title in the Halo and concludes the story arc that began in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2....	Marines (voice)
2006	Ice Age 2:The Meltdown	Cholly (voice)

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