Alan Tudyk
☼ Born on 16 December 1971, in El Paso, Texas, USA
Biography
Alan Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, but grew up in Plano, where he attended Plano Sr. High. In 1990, he went on to study drama at Lon Morris Jr. College. While there, he was awarded the Academic Excellence Award for Drama. He was also named Most Likely to Succeed and Sophomore Beau. During this time, Alan was also an active member of the Delta Psi Omega fraternity.
After leaving LMJC, Alan went on to study at the prestigious Juilliard conservatory but left in 1996 before earning a degree.
After a number of smaller stage productions and a small role in the movie Patch Adams (1998), Alan landed his first Broadway role in 1999 with "Epic Proportions." He quickly became a sought-after comedic actor, with roles in such films as 28 Days (2000) and A Knight's Tale (2001).
In 2002, Alan got the role of Wash, the wise-cracking pilot of Serenity on the short-lived series Firefly (2002). Although it lasted only eleven episodes, this may be Alan's most well-known and best-loved role. No other networks would buy the failed series, but Universal Pictures began courting creator Joss Whedon to produce a big-screen version of the series. While awaiting the final news of Firefly's fate, Alan played the beloved Steve the Pirate in the movie Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and the voice of the robot Sonny in I, Robot (2004).
In 2005, Alan finally reprised the role of Wash in Serenity (2005), the feature-film version of the series Firefly. The same year, he went back to Broadway fr
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om June to November, taking over the role of Lancelot for Hank Azaria in the successful musical "Spamalot."
He lives in New York City but also has a place in Los Angeles, California
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Ralph Breaks the Internet (22/11/2018)
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (17/12/2016)
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Moana (06/12/2016)
The heir of a Polynesian tribe goes on an adventure to save her island in Moana. Moana Waialiki (Auli’i Cravalho) is the heir to a tribe on the Polynesian island of Motunui. Despite her interest in the ocean, Moana’s father Chief Tui (Temuera Morrison) prevents her from going past the reef. However, as the crops get spoiled […]
Welcome to Me (27/05/2015)
A woman with borderline personality disorder becomes a talk show host in Welcome to Me. Alice Klieg (Kristen Wiig) is a bi-polar woman, who only has one close friend in the form of Gina (Linda Cardellini) and Alice spends most of her time watching videotaped episodes of Oprah. Unexpectedly, Alice wins an $86 million lottery […]
Big Hero 6 (24/11/2014)
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Frozen (09/12/2013)
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Wreck-It Ralph (08/11/2012)
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Tucker & Dale vs Evil (19/08/2011)
Tucker & Dale vs Evil is a horror/comedy that initially debuted at 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Tonight I saw the film during a screening at the Toronto Underground Cinema (though it’s also supposed to get a limited release next month). The film can be best described as a reverse horror movie, since most of the events […]