Alan Tudyk is an American actor and a voice-over actor who is best known for appearing in the short-lived TV show Firefly. He is also the voice of Simone in the movie Alvin and The Chipmunks.
Alan Tudyk's early life and education
Alan Wray Tudyk was born on March 16, 1971, in El Paso, Texas. He’s the son of Betty Loyce and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk.
Alan is an American by nationality and belongs to white ethnicity.
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Tudyk was raised in Plano, Texas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. He studied drama at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris College, where he was awarded the Academic Excellence award for drama. He then enrolled in Juilliard School but left in 1996.
Alan Tudyk's career
Alan Tudyk had a short-spanned career as a stand-up comedian as he left after an angry audience threatened to kill him.
His first break as an actor was as Gerhardt, a German gay drug addict, in the movie 28 Days. In the movie, he played aside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen.
Alan has portrayed many short roles for movies like A Knight’s Tale, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. He also played the role of Sonny in the 2004 film I, Robot.
Later, Alan Tudyk had a supporting role as a doctor in the film 3:10 to Yuma. In the movie, he played alongside Christian Bale and Russell Crowe. He also had a small role in Seth Rogen’s movie Knocked Up, and also in the British film Death at a Funeral.
He played Tucker in the horror-comedy Tucker and Dale vs Evil and as Dutch in the movie Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Likewise, as a voice actor, Alan Tudyk has voiced the character named Simone in Alvin and the Chipmunks, and the Duke of Weselton in Disney’s movie Frozen. His voice-over for King Candy in the Wreck-It Ralph helped him earn an Annie Award for voice acting.
Alan has also contributed his voice to other movies like Zootopia, Moana, Make Way for Noddy, and Big Hero 6.
He also played the droid K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in 2016.
Alan is mostly known and missed for the character of Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the television series Firefly by Joss Whedon. The series only ran for a season despite the popularity it received. Universal Studios bought the rights for the series and turned it into a movie where Alan was again offered the role of Hoban.
Alan has also been featured in other popular movies and TV shows namely Strangers With Candy, Arrested Development, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Young Justice, Suburgatory, Star vs the Forces of Evil, sometimes playing the role, and sometimes voicing characters.
He released his own web series Con Man in 2015 and was the main character for the DC Comics-based show, Powerless.
Tudyk has also voiced marine in the Xbox 360 game Halo 3, and Green Arrow in the 2013 video game Injustice: Gods Among Us.
Alan Tudyk's personal life
Alan Tudyk is married to his wife Charissa Barton. The couple got married in 2016. However, the duo has not welcomed any children. Likewise, apart from his relationship with his wife, there are no reports of his extra-marital relationships.
He is also not reported as having dated any girlfriend in the past as well.
Alan Tudyk's net worth
Well, talking about the financial aspects, Alan is well established as an actor. And as we have already mentioned, he has appeared in countless movies and has portrayed some prominent characters. His professional endeavors well define his accomplishments and that in every way a step to sound financial status.
Precisely, he is one of the well-paid celebrities in the industry and his salary for movies has undoubtedly been high. As far as his net worth is concerned, in 2018, his net worth is assumed to be around $2 million.
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