Alan Wray Tudyk
Alan Tudyk at the 2005 Flanvention
Born	March 16, 1971 (1971-03-16) (age 36) El Paso, Texas
Years active	1997—present
Official site	http://www.alantudyk.com/
Notable roles	Hoban Washburne in Firefly Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Sonny in I, Robot

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Biography

Early life

Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas to Betty Loyce 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. Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: County El Paso County Government  - Mayor John Cook Area  - City  250. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... Nickname: Location within the state of Texas Coordinates: , County Collin County Government  - Mayor Pat Evans Area  - City 185. ... Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior, or PSHS) is a free public secondary school in Plano, Texas, United States serving eleventh and twelfth graders. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... Lon Morris College Lon Morris College is a private junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. ... The Juilliard School is one of the worlds premiere performing arts conservatory located in New York City, it is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in the fields of Dance, Drama, and Music. ...

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. Hoban Wash Washburne is a fictional character who originated in the science fiction television series Firefly. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... i like western films The Western is an American genre in literature and film. ... Firefly is a science fiction television series that premiered on television in the United States and Canada on September 20, 2002. ... Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a comedy from 20th Century Fox, written and directed by Rawson Thurber and available on DVD or VHS December 2004. ... Serenity is a 2005 science fiction space western/epic film written and directed by Joss Whedon. ... 28 Days is a 2000 film starring Sandra Bullock. ... I, Robot is a science fiction film filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, but produced in the United States released on July 16, 2004, attributed to Isaac Asimovs Robot Series, especially a short-story collection of the same name. ... CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... -1...

According to Tudyk's IMDb biography, 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. This was confirmed in the audio commentary of the Firefly series DVD. Firefly is an American science fiction television series that premiered in the United States and Canada on September 20, 2002. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), is a television network in the United States. ...

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.^[1] 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. Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Monty Pythons Spamalot is a comedic musical lovingly ripped off from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975). ... Henry Albert Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is a three-time Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian and voice artist. ... Prelude to a Kiss is an 1992 American (fantasy/romantic) film that tells the story of couple that falls in love despite the girls pessimistic outlook. ...

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
• Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Arrested Development (2005) TV
• Into the West (2005) TV
• Serenity (2005)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
• CSI:Crime Scene Investigation (2006) TV
• Knocked Up (2007)
• Death at a Funeral (2007)
• 3:10 to Yuma (2007 film) (2007)

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Trivia

Is often confused with actor Anthony Rapp who resembles him, shares the same year of birth, and has also acted on Broadway. Anthony Dean Rapp (born October 26, 1971) is an American stage and film actor best known for originating the role as Mark Cohen in the Broadway production of Rent in 1996 and later for reprising the same role in the film version. ...

References

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External links

• Alan Tudyk at the Internet Movie Database
• Alan Tudyk at TV.com
• Alan Tudyk at the Internet Broadway Database
• Star to Fill in for Azaria on Monty Python's Spamalot During Actor's Hiatus, from the Playbill website