1. Alan Tudyk has voiced characters in most Walt Disney Animation Studios films since 2012.
39 Facts About Alan Tudyk
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Alan Tudyk reprised the role in the 2005 continuation film Serenity expanding on the events of the final episode of the series.
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Alan Tudyk played Dr Noah Werner on the sitcom Suburgatory.
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Since 2019, Alan Tudyk has voiced The Joker and Clayface in the series Harley Quinn.
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Alan Tudyk currently plays Dr Harry Vanderspeigle in the science fiction comedy series Resident Alien, and voices Optimus Prime in the animated series Transformers: EarthSpark.
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Alan Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce and Timothy Nicholas Alan Tudyk.
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Alan Tudyk was raised in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he attended Plano Senior High School.
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Alan Tudyk had a brief experience as a stand-up comic before quitting after an angry audience member threatened to kill him.
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Alan Tudyk studied drama at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, where he won the Academic Excellence award for drama.
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Alan Tudyk was later accepted into and attended the Juilliard School, but left in 1996 without earning a degree.
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Alan Tudyk said of the role, that a doctor had given him a shot of adrenaline prior to filming as he had an allergic reaction to food the night before and his windpipe was closing up.
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In 2000, Alan Tudyk played a gay German drug addict in 28 Days opposite Sandra Bullock.
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Alan Tudyk played Wat in A Knight's Tale, Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and the emotional robot Sonny in I, Robot.
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In 2007, Alan Tudyk had a supporting role as a strong-willed doctor in the western film 3:10 to Yuma.
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Alan Tudyk had a brief role in the film Knocked Up and a highly physical comedic performance in the British film Death at a Funeral.
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Alan Tudyk played Dutch for the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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In 2012, Tudyk played Stephen A Douglas in Timur Bekmambetov's film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
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Alan Tudyk played Ben Chapman in the 2013 film 42 about Jackie Robinson.
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In 2012, Alan Tudyk voiced King Candy in the animated film Wreck-It Ralph, winning the Annie Award for Voice Acting.
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Alan Tudyk voiced the Duke of Weselton in Frozen, Alistair Krei in Big Hero 6, Duke Weaselton in Zootopia, Heihei in Moana, KnowsMore in the Wreck-It Ralph sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet, Tuk Tuk in Raya and the Last Dragon, Pico the toucan in Encanto, Duffle in Strange World, and Valentino in Wish.
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Additionally, in 2016, Alan Tudyk played the droid K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and provided the voice of the parrot, Iago in the 2019 live-action adaptation of Aladdin.
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Alan Tudyk voiced the Mad Hatter in the 2023 short film Once Upon a Studio, made to celebrate the centennial of The Walt Disney Company.
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Alan Tudyk played Noel in Chris Blake's quarantine comedy film Distancing Socially, which was filmed remotely at the height of the pandemic using iPhone 11.
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Alan Tudyk made his Broadway debut for Epic Proportions in 1999.
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Alan Tudyk was in Wonder of the World, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Misalliance, Oedipus and Bunny Bunny.
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Alan Tudyk filled in for Hank Azaria's roles in Spamalot from June to December 2005, and starred in a limited run of Prelude to a Kiss.
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Alan Tudyk portrayed the playful, easy-going Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the 2002 television series Firefly by Joss Whedon.
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The series ran for one season, and Universal Studios purchased the rights to make a film, Serenity, in which Alan Tudyk reprised his role.
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Alan Tudyk did a few voices from Make Way for Noddy.
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In 2014, Alan Tudyk took over the role of lead anchor on the live-action adult swim comedy, Newsreaders.
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Alan Tudyk appeared as the cult leader, Father, in a two-part episode of Strangers With Candy entitled "Blank Stare".
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Alan Tudyk was cast as a special guest star in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse.
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Alan Tudyk co-starred in the ABC comedy series Suburgatory as Noah Werner, a dentist from the city, who moves to the suburbs.
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Alan Tudyk voiced Debbie the prostitute in season 3 of The Life and Times of Tim.
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Alan Tudyk provided the voices of Ludo Avarius and King River Butterfly in the Disney animated series Star vs the Forces of Evil.
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In 2015, Alan Tudyk released his own web series Con Man based loosely upon his experiences touring the convention circuit after the cancellation of Firefly.
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Alan Tudyk was a main cast member of the DC Comics-based show Powerless.
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Alan Tudyk voiced an unnamed marine in Halo 3 and the squad's elite trooper in Halo 3: ODST.
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Alan Tudyk then reprised his role as Green Arrow in Injustice: Gods Among Us and Injustice 2.