Alan Tudyk Biography

Alan Wray Tudyk ( ; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the space western television series Firefly and movie Serenity, Alpha in the science fiction TV series Dollhouse, Tucker McGee in Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, Steve the Pirate in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story and Wat in A Knight's Tale. He also co-starred on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory. He also had a supporting role in the film 42 as baseball manager Ben Chapman and voiced significant roles in Walt Disney Animation Studios' Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Big Hero 6, and Zootopia. Most recently, he has finished development on the web series Con Man and played Marcus in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials.

Early life

Tudyk was born on March 16, 1971 in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (ne Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. His father is of Polish descent and his mother has German, English, and Scottish ancestry. He was raised in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. He had a brief experience as a stand-up comic, before quitting after an angry audience member threatened to kill him. 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. Tudyk entered Juilliard but left in 1996 before earning a degree.

Career

Film

In 2000, Tudyk played Gerhardt, a gay German drug addict, alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen in 28 Days. He played Wat in 2001's A Knight's Tale, Steve the Pirate in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and the emotional robot Sonny in I, Robot. In 2005, he reprised his role as the playful, easy-going Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the film Serenity, derived from the cult television series Firefly by Joss Whedon.

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 along with a brief but memorable role in the film Knocked Up and a highly physical comedic performance in the British film Death at a Funeral. Tudyk starred as Tucker in the indie horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs Evil. He also appears in Transformers: Dark of the Moon as Dutch.

In Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, he voiced Simone (a reckless French accent speaking Chipmunk, the result after Simon was bitten by a spider). In 2012, Tudyk appeared in Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, in the role of Stephen A. Douglas. Tudyk also voiced the character King Candy in the 2012 Disney animated film, Wreck-It Ralph, a performance for which he won the Annie Award for Voice Acting. He plays Ben Chapman in the 2013 movie 42 about Jackie Robinson.

Tudyk voiced the Duke of Weselton in Disney's 2013 film Frozen. In 2014, he voiced Alistair Krei in Disney's Big Hero 6, and in 2016 he voiced Duke Weaselton in Disney's Zootopia.

Broadway

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. In 2005, Tudyk filled in for Hank Azaria's roles in Spamalot from June to December, and starred in a limited run of Prelude to a Kiss on Broadway.

Television

One of Tudyk's better known roles is the playful, easy-going Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the television series Firefly by Joss Whedon. Although the series ran for only one season, Universal Studios purchased the rights to the show and turned it into a film, Serenity, in which he reprised the role. He did a few voices from Make Way for Noddy. In 2014, Tudyk took over the role of lead anchor on the live action [adult swim] comedy, Newsreaders. Tudyk appeared as the cult leader, Father, in a two-part episode of Strangers With Candy entitled "Blank Stare." Among several guest spots on popular shows such as Arrested Development, he played a convicted pedophile on a popular episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Tudyk was cast as a special guest star in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse. The show featured people whose personalities had been erased, with Tudyk portraying Alpha, a former "active" who accidentally downloaded 48 separate personalities. Alpha served as the main antagonist of the series' first season, with guest appearances in the show's second season. Tudyk also guest-starred in three episodes of ABC's modern remake of the television miniseries V. Tudyk provided the voice of superhero Green Arrow and villain Psimon in the animated series Young Justice. He also co-starred in the ABC comedy series Suburgatory as Noah Werner, a dentist from the city, who moves to the suburbs. Tudyk voiced Debbie the prostitute in season 3 of The Life and Times of Tim.

He is currently working on his own TV series Con Man based loosely upon his experiences touring the convention circuit after the cancellation of Firefly.

Video games

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 resembling those of their characters from Firefly. Tudyk made an appearance in Halo 3: ODST as the character "Mickey", an elite ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Trooper) who is part of the player character's squad as they try to escape a city invaded by the Covenant. He also reprised the voice of the DC Comics character Green Arrow in the game Injustice: Gods Among Us.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	35 Miles from Normal	Trevor
1998	Patch Adams	Everton
2000	28 Days	Gerhardt
2000	Wonder Boys	Sam Traxler
2001	'	Wat
2001	Hearts in Atlantis	Monte Man
2002	Ice Age	Lenny / Dodo 4 / Freaky Mammal 2 (voices)
2004	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Steve the Pirate	Nominated"?MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Team
2004	I, Robot	Sonny
2005	Rx	Pepe
2005	Serenity	Wash
2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Cholly (voice)
2007	Death at a Funeral	Simon
2007	Knocked Up	Jack
2007	3:10 to Yuma	Doc Potter	Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2008	Meet Market	Danny
2009	Bed Ridden	Detective Kurtz	Short film
2009	The Ballad of G.I. Joe	Shipwreck	Short film
2009	Astro Boy	Mr. Squeegee / Scrapheap Head / Stinger Two (voices)
2010	Tucker & Dale vs Evil	Tucker
2010	Beautiful Boy	Eric
2011	Transformers: Dark of the Moon	Dutch
2011	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	Simone (voice)
2011	Conception	Mark
2012	Strange Frame	Chat (voice)
2012	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter	Stephen A. Douglas	Uncredited
2012	Ice Age: Continental Drift	Milton / Hunky Siren (voices)
2012	Wreck-It Ralph	King Candy (voice)	Annie Award for Voice Acting in a Feature Production
2013	42	Ben Chapman
2013	Frozen	Duke of Weselton (voice)
2014	Premature	Jack Roth
2014	Justice League: War	Clark Kent/Superman (voice)	Direct-to-DVD
2014	Welcome to Me	Ted Thurber
2014	Son of a Barman	Bill Snyder	Short film
2014	Big Hero 6	Alistair Krei (voice)
2014	Tell	Morton
2015	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Marcus	Credited as Blondie
2015	Trumbo	Ian McLellan Hunter	Nominated"?Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated"?Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2015	Oddball	Bradley Slater
2015	Reds and Grays	Cydric (voice)	Post-production
2016	Zootopia	Duke Weaselton (voice)
2016	The Angry Birds Movie	Pilot Pig (voice)	Post-production
2016	Moana	TBA (voice)	Post-production
2016	Rogue One	TBA	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Strangers with Candy	Father	2 episodes
2000	Frasier	Todd Peterson	Episode: "The Great Crane Robbery"
2002-2003	Firefly	Hoban 'Wash' Washburne	14 episodes
2005; 2013	Arrested Development	Pastor Veal	3 episodes
2005	Into the West	Nathan Wheeler	Episode: "Wheel to the Stars"
2006	Capitol Law	Walker Eliot	Pilot
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Carl Fisher	Episode: "Burn Out"
2008	Fourplay	Drew	Pilot
2008	Play or Be Played	Charlie	Pilot
2009	James Gunn's PG Porn	Bob	Episode: "High Poon"
2009	V	Dale Maddox	3 episodes
2009-2010	Dollhouse	Alpha	5 episodes
2009-2010	Glenn Martin, DDS	Various voices	5 episodes
2010	'	Det. Dennis Becker	Pilot
2010-2011	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Barry Allen/The Flash (voice)	2 episodes
2010-2013	Young Justice	Oliver Queen/Green Arrow / Simon Jones/Psimon / Leonard Snart/Captain Cold (voices)	10 episodes
2011-2012	Robot Chicken	Pinky (voice)	2 episodes
2011, 2013	American Dad!	Mr. Capalini / various voices	2 episodes
2011	Family Guy	German pilot (voice)	Episode: "German Guy"
2011-2012	The Life & Times of Tim	Rodrigo / Arthur / Debbie (voices)	3 episodes
2011	Good Vibes	Lonnie / Principal Gurniel / Brock Stone / Mr. Proper (voices)	12 episodes
2011-2014	Suburgatory	Dr. Noah Werner	45 episodes
2012	Phineas & Ferb	Additional voices	Episode: "Sipping with the Enemy"
2012	Napoleon Dynamite	Officer Elwood (voice)	Episode: "Ligertown"
2012	NTSF:SD:SUV::	Sven	Episode: "The Real Bicycle Thief"
2012	Robot and Monster	Crazy Cousin Gizmo (voice)	Episode: "The Party"
2014	The Team Unicorn Saturday Action Fun Hour!	Chummy Cherub, Sad Tree	Episode: "Pilot"
2014	Justified	Elias Marcos	Credited as "Wray Nerely" Episode: "Shot All to Hell"
2014	Chozen	Kai / various voices	5 episodes
2014	TripTank	Terrence / Bootf***er (voices)	2 episodes
2014-2015	Newsreaders	Reagan Biscayne	14 episodes
2014	Comedy Bang! Bang!	Ray	Episode: "The Lonely Island Wear Holiday Sweaters & White Pants"
2015	Adventure Time	Chatsberry (voice)	Episode: "Evergreen"
2015	Rick and Morty	Unnamed police officer (voice)	Episode: "The Ricks Must Be Crazy"
2015-present	Star vs. the Forces of Evil	Ludo / King Butterfly (voices)
2015	Con Man	Wray Nerely	Also creator, writer, director and executive producer
TBA	Powerless	Del	Main cast; Pilot episode

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2006	Ice Age: The Meltdown	Cholly
2007	Halo 3	Marine
2009	Halo 3: ODST	Mickey
2009	Astro Boy: The Video Game	Mr. Windex
2013	Injustice: Gods Among Us	Green Arrow
2013	Young Justice: Legacy	Simon Jones/Psimon
2014	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Additional Voices
2015	Infinite Crisis	Green Arrow
2016	Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars	Psilon Advisor

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	Epic Proportions	Benny Bennet	Helen Hayes Theatre
2005	Spamalot	Sir Lancelot	Shubert Theatre
2007	Prelude to a Kiss	Peter	Roundabout Theatre Company
2009	An Evening Without Monty Python	Himself	Ricardo Montalbn Theatre (Los Angeles) The Town Hall (New York City)