Alan Tudyk

Alan Wray Tudyk (/ˈtjuːdɪk/ TEW-dik; born March 16, 1971) is an American actor. His film work includes roles in 28 Days (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Firefly (2002), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), voice and motion capture for Sonny in I, Robot (2004), and 3:10 to Yuma (2007). He starred in the black comedy horror film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010). Tudyk has also appeared in the films Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), 42 (2013), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Trumbo (2015). He has voiced characters in most Walt Disney Animation Studios films since 2012.

Tudyk's television roles include Wash on the space Western drama series Firefly (2002–2003). The show ran for one season and developed a cult following after the series aired. He reprised the role in the 2005 continuation film Serenity expanding on the events of the final episode of the series. His other roles include the 2007 English black comedy film Death at a Funeral, the sitcom Arrested Development (2005, 2013, 2019), the science fiction series Dollhouse (2009–2010), the superhero animated series Young Justice (2010–2013, 2019), and various voices on the animated series American Dad! (2011–present). Tudyk played Dr. Noah Werner on the sitcom Suburgatory (2011–2014). He also starred in the comedy series Newsreaders (2014–2015), the animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2019), voiced Dangerboat in the series The Tick (2017–2019), played K-2SO in the film Rogue One (2016) and its prequel series Andor (2025), Eric Morden / Mr. Nobody on the series Doom Patrol (2019), and the title character in the series Resident Alien (2021–2025). In video games he voiced Mickey in Halo 3: ODST (2009) as well as reprising his roles as K-2SO in Star Wars Battlefront (2015) and as the Green Arrow in various DC Super Hero Video Games (2013, 2015, and 2017)

Tudyk currently voices The Joker and Clayface in the series Harley Quinn. From 2022 to 2024, Tudyk voiced Optimus Prime in the animated series Transformers: EarthSpark. In 2024, he voiced Alex Sartorius / Doctor Phosphorus and returned as Clayface in Creature Commandos. In 2025, he voiced and provided motion capture for 4, AKA "Gary," in James Gunn's Superman.

Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. His father's family is of Polish ancestry. His father was a farmer and his grandparents were cattle ranchers. Tudyk was raised in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he attended Plano Senior High School.^{[citation needed]} He had a brief experience as a stand-up comic before quitting after an angry audience member threatened to kill him. Tudyk studied drama at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas, where he won the Academic Excellence award for drama. While in college, he played Beaver Smith in an eastern New Mexico summer stock theater production of Billy the Kid. Tudyk was later accepted into and attended the Juilliard School, but left in 1996 without earning a degree.

Tudyk's film debut was in 1997 in Mark Schwahn's independent drama film 35 Miles from Normal. A year later, he had a minor role in the biographical comedy-drama Patch Adams with Robin Williams where he played patient Everton. 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. In 2000, Tudyk played a gay German drug addict in 28 Days opposite Sandra Bullock. He played Wat in A Knight's Tale, Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and the emotional robot Sonny in I, Robot. In 2005, he reprised his role as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the film Serenity, derived from the television series Firefly by Joss Whedon.

In 2007, Tudyk had a supporting role as a doctor in the western film 3:10 to Yuma. He had a brief role in the film Knocked Up and in the British film Death at a Funeral. Tudyk played Tucker in the indie horror comedy Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. He played Dutch for the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. In Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, he voiced Simone (a reckless French accent speaking Chipmunk, the result after Simon was bitten by a spider). In 2012, Tudyk played Stephen A. Douglas in Timur Bekmambetov's film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He played Ben Chapman in the 2013 film 42 about Jackie Robinson.

In 2012, Tudyk voiced King Candy in the animated film Wreck-It Ralph, winning the Annie Award for Voice Acting. As of 2013, he has lent his voice to every Walt Disney Animation Studios film since: 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. Additionally, in 2016, 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. Tudyk also voiced the Mad Hatter in the 2023 short film Once Upon a Studio, made to celebrate the centennial of The Walt Disney Company.

Tudyk played Noel in Chris Blake's quarantine comedy film Distancing Socially, which was filmed remotely at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic using iPhone 11. It was acquired and released by Cinedigm in October 2021. He played Mr. Darling in the fantasy adventure film Peter Pan & Wendy.