Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American stage, film, and television actor. Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas and 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.

Film and television

Tudyk starred as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the cult science-fiction/western television series Firefly, and reprised that role in the film Serenity.

After Firefly was cancelled, Tudyk apparently threw a "Fox Broadcasting Company Doesn't Want Us Anymore" party for the cast and crew.

Partial 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
• A True Underdog Story (2004)
• I, Robot (2004)
• Arrested Development (2005) TV
• Into the West (2005) TV
• Serenity (2005)
• The Meltdown (2006)

Stage

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. Tudyk was in Spamalot in 2005, from June to December 2005, filling in for Hank Azaria.

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