Alan Tudyk

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

Biography

Early life

Tudyk, of Polish descent,cite news |first=Sheila |last=Roberts |url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_12730.html |title=Alan Tudyk Interview, Death At A Funeral |work=MoviesOnline.ca |accessdate=2008-02-06] was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. 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 (winning the Academic Excellence award for "Drama"), and Juilliard. While in college, he played Beaver Smith in an eastern New Mexico summer stock theater production of "Billy the Kid."

Career

Tudyk is known for his role as the playful, easy-going Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the science fiction/western television series "Firefly" and Steve the Pirate in the 2004 comedy ', 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 ', and more recently, a brief but memorable role in the recently released 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". [cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |year=2006-04-18 |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/print/99131.html|title=Butler, Tudyk, Kind, Golden, Huffman cast in reading of musical Xanadu |publisher=Playbill |accessdate=2006-04-22] 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 "" 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. [ [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3icb0afd62b39381d1393a95008d7aca2e The Hollywood Reporter ] ]

Filmography

*"35 Miles from Normal" (1997)
*"Patch Adams" (1998)
*"Wonder Boys" (2000)
*"28 Days" (2000)
*"Strangers with Candy" (2000) TV
*"Frasier" (2000) TV
*"A Knight's Tale" (2001)
*"Hearts in Atlantis" (2001)
*"Ice Age" (2002)
*"Firefly" (2002-2002) TV
*"" (2004)
*"Rx" (2005)
*"I, Robot" (2004)
*"Arrested Development" (2005) TV
*"Into the West" (2005) TV
*"Serenity" (2005)
*"" (2006) TV
*"Knocked Up" (2007)
*"Death at a Funeral" (2007)
*"" (2007)

References

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* [http://www.alantudyk.org Alan Tudyk Fan Site inc Bio, Updates, Video & Message Board]
* [http://www.alantudyk.net Alan Tudyk Fan Site and News Updates]
* [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/93004.html Star to Fill in for Azaria on "Monty Python's Spamalot" During Actor's Hiatus] , from the "Playbill" website

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