Alan Tudyk Biographical Full name Alan Wray Tudyk Gender Male Birth date March 16, 1971 (age 49) Born in El Paso, Texas, U.S. Height 6' 0" (1.83 m) Eye color Blue Hair color Brown Occupation Actor

Voice actor Role King Butterfly

Ludo [Source]

Alan Wray Tudyk is an American actor and voice artist known for his roles on Firefly, Serenity, and various other shows and Disney animated features.

He voices Ludo and River Butterfly in Star vs. the Forces of Evil.

Early life

Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, to Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. His father is of Polish descent and his mother has German, English, and Scottish ancestry. He was raised in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. 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 entered Juilliard but left in 1996 before earning a degree.

Career

In 2000, Tudyk played Gerhardt, a gay German drug addict, alongside Sandra Bullock and Viggo Mortensen in 28 Days. He played Wat in 2001's A Knight's Tale, Steve the Pirate in the 2004 comedy Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and Sonny in I, Robot.

One of Tudyk's better-known roles is Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the television series Firefly by Joss Whedon. In 2005, he reprised his role as Washburne in the film Serenity.

In 2007, Tudyk had a supporting role as a strong-willed doctor in the western film 3:10 to Yuma alongside Christian Bale and Russell Crowe along with a brief but memorable role in the film Knocked Up and a highly physical comedic performance in the British film Death at a Funeral.

Tudyk also voiced King Candy in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 2012 film Wreck-It Ralph, a performance for which he won the Annie Award for Voice Acting. He played Ben Chapman in the 2013 movie 42.

Tudyk voiced the Duke of Weselton in Disney's 2013 film Frozen. In 2014, he voiced Alistair Krei in Disney's Big Hero 6, and in 2016, he voiced Duke Weaselton and Hei Hei in Disney's Zootopia and Moana, respectively. That same year, he played the droid K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Tudyk is currently a main cast member on the DC Comics-based comedy show Powerless.