Alan Tudyk facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Alan Tudyk
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Alan Wray Tudyk
March 16, 1971 El Paso, Texas, U.S.
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| Education | Lon Morris College Juilliard School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1997–present |
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Charissa Barton
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Alan Wray Tudyk (pronounced TEW-dik; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. He is famous for his roles in movies and TV shows, and especially for his voice acting in many popular animated films.
You might know him as the pilot Wash from the TV series Firefly and its movie Serenity. He also played the funny robot K-2SO in the Star Wars movie Rogue One.
Alan Tudyk has voiced characters in almost every Walt Disney Animation Studios movie since 2012. He also stars as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle in the science fiction comedy TV series Resident Alien.
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Early life and education
Alan Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, on March 16, 1971. He grew up in Plano, Texas, which is a suburb of Dallas.
He studied drama at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. There, he won an award for his excellent drama skills. Later, he went to the famous Juilliard School but left in 1996 before finishing his degree.
Acting career
Alan Tudyk started his acting career in films in 1997. He quickly became known for his ability to play many different kinds of characters.
Film roles
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Alan Tudyk has been in many movies. He played Wat in A Knight's Tale (2001) and Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004). He also played the emotional robot Sonny in I, Robot (2004).
In 2005, he played his popular character Hoban "Wash" Washburne again in the movie Serenity. This movie continued the story from the TV series Firefly. He also appeared in the Western film 3:10 to Yuma (2007).
Tudyk played Tucker in the horror-comedy movie Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010). He was also in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) and 42 (2013), a movie about Jackie Robinson.
One of his most famous roles is the droid K-2SO in the 2016 Star Wars movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. He used motion-capture to bring the robot to life.
Voice acting
Alan Tudyk is very well known for his voice acting. Since 2012, he has voiced characters in every Walt Disney Animation Studios film.
His Disney voice roles include:
- King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
- The Duke of Weselton in Frozen (2013)
- Alistair Krei in Big Hero 6 (2014)
- Duke Weaselton in Zootopia (2016)
- Heihei the rooster in Moana (2016)
- KnowsMore in Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
- Tuk Tuk in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
- Pico the toucan in Encanto (2021)
- Duffle in Strange World (2022)
- Valentino the goat in Wish (2023)
He also voiced Iago the parrot in the live-action Aladdin movie (2019). In 2023, he voiced the Mad Hatter in the short film Once Upon a Studio, which celebrated Disney's 100th anniversary.
For TV, he voices The Joker and Clayface in the animated series Harley Quinn (since 2019). He also voices Optimus Prime in Transformers: EarthSpark.
Television roles
Tudyk played Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the TV series Firefly (2002–2003). Even though the show only had one season, it became very popular.
He was a special guest star in the science fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010). He played Alpha, a character with many different personalities.
He also played Dr. Noah Werner in the comedy series Suburgatory (2011–2014). From 2015 to 2019, he voiced Ludo Avarius and King River Butterfly in the Disney animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
Since 2021, Alan Tudyk has starred as an alien pretending to be a human doctor in the comedy series Resident Alien.
Video games
Alan Tudyk has also lent his voice to several video games. He voiced Mickey in Halo 3: ODST (2009). He also reprised his role as K-2SO in Star Wars Battlefront (2015). He has voiced the superhero Green Arrow in several DC Super Hero video games, including Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013) and Injustice 2 (2017).
Broadway and web series
Alan Tudyk has performed on Broadway, which is the highest level of theater in the United States. He made his Broadway debut in Epic Proportions in 1999. He also filled in for roles in the musical Spamalot in 2005.
In 2015, Tudyk created his own web series called Con Man. The show was inspired by his experiences meeting fans at conventions after Firefly was canceled.
Personal life
Alan Tudyk married choreographer Charissa Barton on September 24, 2016.
Awards and nominations
- Won the Annie Award for Voice Acting for his role as King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph (2012).
- Nominated for an Emmy Award for his web series Con Man (2017).
See also
In Spanish: Alan Tudyk para niños
Images for kids
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Tudyk at the 2024 New York Comic Con
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Tudyk at a Serenity convention in 2005
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Tudyk in July 2012
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Tudyk at the Man of Steel premiere in June 2013
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