Alan Tudyk

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Alan Tudyk
Image:Alan Tudyk 2.jpg Alan Tudyk at the 2005 Flanvention
Born	March 16 1971 (1971-03-16) (age 38) El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
Years active	1997—present
Official site	http://www.alantudyk.com/

Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American stage, film, and television actor.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Early life
- 1.2 Career
2 Filmography
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Tudyk, a Polish American,^[1] was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. He was raised in Plano, Texas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. Tudyk studied drama at Lon Morris College (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."

[edit] Career

Tudyk is known for his role as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the cult science fiction/western television series Firefly and as "Steve the Pirate" in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, as well as Wat from 2001s A Knight's Tale, with Heath Ledger. 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 most 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.

According to Tudyk's IMDb biography and the audio commentary of the Firefly series DVD., upon hearing that Firefly was cancelled, Tudyk threw a "We Don't Work for FOX Anymore" party for the cast and crew of the show.

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. He is starring in a limited run of Prelude to a Kiss on Broadway. Also 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 the movie Death at a Funeral, Tudyk plays Simon, who spends most of the story high on a street drug cocktail he was accidentally given by his fiancee's brother, Troy. In one scene, Tudyk appears on the roof of the house completely naked and preparing to jump.

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.