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Alan Tudyk

Alan Tudyk at the 2005 Flanvention
Born March 16, 1971 (1971-03-16) (age 37)
El Paso, Texas, U.S.A.
Years active 1997—present
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Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American stage, film, and television actor. Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works

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Biography

Early life

Tudyk, a Polish American,[1] was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. A Polish American is an American citizen of Polish descent There are an estimated 10 million Americans of Polish descent Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. He was raised in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. Plano (ˈpleɪnoʊ is a city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U Plano Senior High School (commonly Plano, Plano Senior High, or PSHS) is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas, Tudyk studied drama at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas (winning the Academic Excellence award for Drama), and Juilliard. Drama is the specific mode of Fiction represented in Performance. Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Lon Morris College is a private Junior college located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States, and is the only school affiliated with the Jacksonville is a city in Cherokee County, Texas, United States. The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. While in college, he played Beaver Smith in an eastern New Mexico summer stock theater production of "Billy the Kid. New Mexico ( is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States of America. "

Career

Tudyk is known for his role as the playful, easy-going Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the cult science fiction/western television series Firefly and Steve the Pirate in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, as well as Wat from 2001s A Knight's Tale. This article is about characters in the television series Firefly. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Firefly is an American Science fiction Television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dodgeball A True Underdog Story (or commonly referred to as " Dodgeball " is a 2004 Comedy film from 20th Century A Knight's Tale is a 2001 action / adventure / romantic comedy directed produced and written by Brian Helgeland. He reprised the role of Wash in the feature film Serenity. Serenity is a 2005 space western Film written and directed by Joss Whedon. 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 more 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. 28 Days is a 2000 Drama film starring Sandra Bullock. Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings a newspaper columnist obliged to Sonny is an NS-5 (Nestor Class-Five robot from the film I Robot. I Robot is a Science fiction film set in a world where humans and Humanoid robots interact ( Chicago in the year 2035) CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Knocked Up is a 2007 American Comedy film, written co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow. Death at a Funeral is a 2007 Black comedy film directed by Frank Oz and written by Dean Craig.

In 1999, Tudyk made his Broadway debut in Epic Proportions. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Epic Proportions is a play by Larry Coen and David Crane. Set in the 1930s it tells the story of brothers Benny and Phil who go to the 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 and starred in a limited run of Prelude to a Kiss on Broadway. Monty Python's Spamalot is a musical comedy "lovingly ripped off from" the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Hank Albert Azaria (born April 25 1964 is an American Film and Television Actor, director, Comedian and voice artist This article is about the stage play For the 1992 film adaptation see Prelude to a Kiss. 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. Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974 is a British Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning New Zealand and

Tudyk plays the voice of a Marine in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3. Halo 3 is a First-person shooter Video game developed by Bungie exclusively for the Xbox 360. He is joined by his Firefly co-stars Adam Baldwin and Nathan Fillion who both voice Marines. Adam Baldwin (born February 27 1962) is an American Actor. He is known for his roles as Animal Mother in Stanley Kubrick 's Nathan Fillion (born March 27, 1971) is a Canadian Actor known for his lead role in the television series Firefly All three actors are given personalities in the game that match those of their characters from Firefly. Firefly is an American Science fiction Television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Tudyk's latest role is in the new David Kohan/Max Mutchnick comedy for ABC. David Sanford Kohan (born 16 April 1964) is an American Television producer. Jason Nidorf Mutchnick (born 11 November 1965) is an American Television producer. He will play a gay man whose roommate and writing partner is straight. [3]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Sheila. Patch Adams is a 1998 Comedy-drama Film directed by Tom Shadyac and based on the true life story of Hunter "Patch" 28 Days is a 2000 Drama film starring Sandra Bullock. Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings a newspaper columnist obliged to Strangers with Candy is a television series produced by Comedy Central. Frasier is an American sitcom, a Spin-off of Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as A Knight's Tale is a 2001 action / adventure / romantic comedy directed produced and written by Brian Helgeland. Hearts in Atlantis is a 2001 Film directed by Scott Hicks. It is loosely adapted from Stephen King 's novella "Low Men in Yellow Ice Age is a feature-length computer-animated Film created by Blue Sky Studios and released by 20th Century Fox in 2002 Firefly is an American Science fiction Television series created by writer/director Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Dodgeball A True Underdog Story (or commonly referred to as " Dodgeball " is a 2004 Comedy film from 20th Century RX was the common Telegraph Abbreviation for "receive" later used in CW. I Robot is a Science fiction film set in a world where humans and Humanoid robots interact ( Chicago in the year 2035) Arrested Development is a character-driven American television Sitcom about a formerly wealthy habitually Dysfunctional family. Into the West is a 2005 Miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks, with six two-hour episodes (including commercials Serenity is a 2005 space western Film written and directed by Joss Whedon. CSI Crime Scene Investigation is an American crime drama Television series that trails the investigations of a team of Las Vegas Knocked Up is a 2007 American Comedy film, written co-produced and directed by Judd Apatow. Death at a Funeral is a 2007 Black comedy film directed by Frank Oz and written by Dean Craig. "Alan Tudyk Interview, Death At A Funeral", MoviesOnline. ca. Retrieved on 2008-02-06. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats the combined army of Pompeian followers and Numidians under Metellus Scipio  
  2. ^ Gans, Andrew (2006-04-18). Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Butler, Tudyk, Kind, Golden, Huffman cast in reading of musical Xanadu. Playbill. Retrieved on 2006-04-22. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
  3. ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3icb0afd62b39381d1393a95008d7aca2e

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NAME Tudyk, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH El Paso, Texas
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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