Alan Tudyk

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Alan Tudyk at Comic-Con (2012)

Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971 in El Paso , Texas ) is an American actor .

life and career

Alan Wray Tudyk grew up in Plano in the US state of Texas on. After high school he attended Lon Morris Junior College in Jacksonville from 1990 to 1991 , where he studied drama . During this time he was an active member of Delta Psi Omega , the college group of the American theater association Alpha Psi Omega . In 1991 he won the Academic Excellence Award for Drama .

In 1993 he continued his studies at the Juilliard School , which he left early in 1996 and without a degree. His first film role in 1997 in the Independent - Drama 35 Miles from Normal . An appearance on Patch Adams followed a year later, but it did not attract much attention. He had more success in 2000 with his role in 28 days . This was followed by the film The WonderBoys and 2001 Knights of Passion .

In 2002 he dubbed two characters in Ice Age . In the same year he was hired by Joss Whedon for a leading role in his new series Firefly - Der Aufbruch der Serenity . In 2004 he played in full on the nuts and shortly afterwards in I, Robot , in which he can no longer be recognized after the computer processing.

The series Into the West was followed in 2005 by the Firefly-based film Serenity - Escape to New Worlds .

With Con Man , Alan Tudyk now has his own series in which he works as a leading actor, producer and screenwriter. In addition to his old Firefly colleagues, there are many other well-known faces from sci-fi series and films, some in roles, some playing themselves. The series was financed with over 3 million dollars 100% via crowdfunding via Indiegogo and is initially going to be distributed exclusively through Vimeo .

Theater career

In 1999, Tudyk made his first Broadway appearance in the play Epic Proportions . He has also had roles in Wonder of the World , The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told , Misalliance , Oedipus and Bunny Bunny . From June to December 2005 he represented Hank Azaria in Monty Python's Spamalot .

Filmography (selection)

Speaking roles (selection)

Web links

Commons : Alan Tudyk  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Official Con Man site
  2. ^ Indiegogo Con Man
personal data
SURNAME Tudyk, Alan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tudyk, Alan Wray (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH El Paso , Texas, United States