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. 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 2000, Tudyk played Gerhardt, a gay German drug addict, alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen in 28 Days. Tudyk at the 2005 Serenity Flanvention Film Tudyk entered Juilliard but left in 1996 before earning a degree. While in college, he played Beaver Smith in an eastern New Mexico summer stock theater production of Billy the Kid. Tudyk studied drama at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, where he won the Academic Excellence award for drama. He had a brief experience as a stand-up comic before quitting after an angry audience member threatened to kill him. Tudyk was raised in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he attended Plano Senior High School.

He has Polish as well as German, French and English ancestry. Tudyk was born on March 16, 1971, in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. Harry Vanderspeigle, in the Syfy series Resident Alien and voices The Joker and Clayface in the DC Universe/ HBO Max series Harley Quinn. The series aired on Syfy in 2017 and earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.Īs of 2021, Tudyk plays the lead role, Dr.

He wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy web series Con Man (2015–17) about a struggling actor whose career is still defined by a successful science fiction TV show he was once on, loosely based on Tudyk's own experience having been on Firefly. Earlier in his career, he appeared frequently in Broadway plays as well. Tudyk appeared on the sitcom Suburgatory (2011–14) and has had guest roles on many other series. He was also the voice of King Candy in 2012's Wreck-It Ralph, for which he won an Annie Award. He has also had starring roles in the films I, Robot, A Knight's Tale, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, 42, Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, and Rogue One. Evil, Hoban 'Wash' Washburne in the space western series Firefly and the film Serenity, and Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Alan Wray Tudyk ( / ˈ tj uː d ɪ k/ TEW-dik born March 16, 1971) is an American actor known for his roles as Tucker McGee in Tucker & Dale vs.

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