The bestAlan Tudykmovies and TV shows include a strong mix of comedy and action roles and a career full of animated voiceover roles. Tudyk got his start in the entertainment industry in 1997 when he picked up a role in the independent film35 Miles from Normal,which earned him more attention, including a role in the Robin Williams filmPatch Adams, where he played one of the patients in that medical comedy-drama. He got his biggest notice thanks to his supporting role in Heath Ledger’sA Knight’s Talein 2001.
However, most people know Tudyk from his television roles and his animated voice projects. For his television roles,his most popular are as Wash inFireflyand as Harry inResident Alien, making him a popular actor for sci-fi and genre fans. He also has several great voice roles, in everything fromIce AgeandWreck-It RalphtoZootopiaand the newDCU animated seriesCreature Commandos, where he voices Doctor Phosphorus.
Harley Quinn
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Harley Quinn is a 2019 animated series focusing on the titular character’s evolution after severing ties with the Joker. As she seeks to establish herself as an independent force in Gotham City’s criminal underworld, the film explores her journey toward becoming Gotham’s criminal Queenpin.
Few people could have expected that the animated Harley Quinn series on Max would become as popular as it did. It outlasted all the other DC Universe series that were moved to Max when that former streaming service moved away from movies and series. In the series, Kaley Cuoco stars as Harley Quinn after Joker breaks up with her, and she moves on her own with her best friend and possible romantic partner, Poison Ivy (Lake Bell).
Alan Tudyk’s Clayface is getting his own DCU project.
Season 5 premieres in 2025, and the third biggest name in the voice cast after Cuoco and Bell is Alan Tudyk. He voices several characters in the series.Tudyk voices everyone from Joker and Clayfaceto Calendar Man, Doctor Trap, Condiment King, Firefly, and Ocean Master. He was such a beloved voice actor on the series that James Gunn gave him more roles in a later series and has tapped him to return to the role of Clayface in the DCU.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story is a 2004 comedy directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber and starring Vince Vaughn. Vaughn plays Peter La Fleur, the owner of a struggling gym who has fallen behind on payments. But after White Goodman (Ben Stiller) threatens to buy his competitor’s gym, Peter and his gang enter a dodgeball tournament to raise money.
Alan Tudyk had proven his comedy chops in 2001 withA Knight’s Tale,and he showed how great he was at slapstick comedy in the 2004 movieDodgeball: A True Underdog Story. The movie stars Vince Vaughn as Peter, a man who owns a small gym but loses it when he defaults on his mortgage. This leads to his rival, White Goodman (Ben Stiller), buying the property to tear it down and build a parking lot there for his Globo Gym across the street.
Peter makes a deal with White to win his building back, and it all comes down to a dodgeball competition. While White has the biggest and strongest at his disposal, Peter has a group of misfits,including Steve “Pirate” Cowan (Tudyk), who is basically a guy who dresses and acts like a pirateand has the anger issues that Tudyk has slipped into many of his best characters over the years. He steals almost every scene in which he appears inDodgeball.
A Knight’s Tale
A Knight’s Tale is an action-comedy film written and directed by Brian Helgeland. Heath Ledger stars as William Thatcher, a young apprentice of a knight who dies during a jousting tournament. To prove himself, he masquerades as the fallen knight and strives to win the tournament with the help of his friends.
The movie that helped introduce Alan Tudyk to the worldcame with his appearance in the 2001 medieval action comedyA Knight’s Tale. Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) stepped behind the camera to direct this movie, which stars Heath Ledger as a squire whose master, Sir Ector, has died. William then decides to pretend to be his master and compete for prize money for him and his fellow squires.
Alan Tudyk plays one of these squires, Wat. This is where he mostly mastered his unhinged anger issues comedic trait that he has played out in many of his later movies.A Knight’s Taleis mostly known for bringing comedy and modern-day music into the medieval period, but it also has great performances by its cast, with Ledger, Tudyk, and the brilliant Paul Bettany leading the way. While it received mixed reviews, it has since become a cult favorite.
Doom Patrol
Doom Patrolis an adaptation of one of DC’s most beloved and bizarre superhero groups. The series stars Brendan Fraser (Robotman/Cliff Steele), Matt Bomer (Negative Man/Larry Trainer), April Bowlby (Elasti-Woman/Rita Farr), Diane Guerrero (Crazy Jane), and Joivan Wade (Victor Stone/Cyborg). Even though the world doesn’t appreciate or accept them, the Doom Patrol protected the world for four seasons between 2019 and 2023.
In 2019, Alan Tudyk took on another role in the DC world, this time in the live-action DC Universe seriesDoom Patrol. LikeHarley Quinn, it moved on to Max after the DC Universe ended its streaming series slate, and it is the best of the live-action DC shows that the former service produced. The series, based on the classic DC Comics of the same name, sees a group of misfit heroes trying to save a world that fears them.
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InDoom Patrol,Tudyk is once again someone that no one can see but is mostly just heard. He plays Mr. Nobody, the supervillain, in the first season of the show. He is omnipresent and can travel through the dimensions and alter reality. It is an interesting character because his powers mean he knows he is in a TV series and often talks to the audience. When he is seen, it is Ed Asner who plays the role, but Tudyk always voices him.
Resident Alien
A television adaptation of the comic book series, Resident Alien is a sci-fi comedy that stars Alan Tudyk as an alien who crashes on Earth with one mission - destroy humanity to save the planet. When Tudyk’s character takes the identity of a doctor, he arrives at a small town and begins to act the role preparing his plan. As time passes, he develops human emotions against his will - but his plans are further complicated when he meets the son of the mayor - who can see his actual appearance.
The most successful television series thatAlan Tudyk appeared in was his leading role inResident Alien. In this series, he plays an alien who crash lands on Earth. While his race sent him to the planet to wipe out the human race so they could take over it, he quickly falls in love with humanity and decides to help them fight off the impending alien attack. He poses as a doctor, who he kills when he first lands on Earth.
Critics praised the quirky sci-fi comedy series, awarding it a 94% for its first season and a 97% overall for its first three.
The series has lasted for three seasons on SyFy and when it returns for its fourth season, it will move to USA Network. Critics praised the quirky sci-fi comedy series, awarding it a 94% for its first season and a 97% overall for its first three. It has also been recognized by the Hollywood Critics Association, Dragon Con Dragon Awards, The Joey Awards, and the Leo Awards throughout its three seasons on the air.
Creature Commandos
Creature Commandos follows the exploits of a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for perilous missions unsuitable for humans. Released in December 2024, the film explores themes of redemption and collaboration as the monstrous squad is tasked with handling threats that present dire challenges beyond human capability.
In 2024, Alan Tudyk was back with the DCU, this time voicing an animated character in the first release since James Gunn took over control of creative.Creature Commandosis the DC animated cartoon on Max that follows Amanda Waller (Viola Davis) when she begins to use monsters to go on her missions when the U.S. Government bans her from using humans anymore after the events ofPeacemakerandThe Suicide Squad.
Tudyk plays one of the main team members, Doctor Phosphorus, a scientist who became a crime lord after an accident left him permanently radioactive. On top of this role, which is a leading role, he also voices William Magnus (the man who created the Metal Men in the comics) and Clayface, who he also voiced inHarley Quinn.Creature Commandoshas been a huge success, and Max renewed it for a second season.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a standalone film set in the Star Wars universe, where a group of resistance fighters, led by Jyn Erso, embarks on a mission to steal the Death Star plans. This pivotal event sets the stage for the iconic saga to follow.
Alan Tudyk had yet another role where he was only heard and never seen in theStar Warsuniverse.He starred in the best of all theStar Warsspinoff movies,Rogue One, as K-2SO.He is a former Imperial enforcer droid who was reprogrammed by Cassian Andor(Diego Luna) to serve the Rebellion. However, when he was reprogrammed, it caused a malfunction where K-2SO would speak his mind, unusual for Imperial droids at the time.
Tudyk will reprise his role as K-2SO inAndorseason 2.
Not only did Alak Tudyk voice K-2SO, but he also motion-captured the droid, so while audiences saw the droid, it was Tudyk’s actual movements. Directed by Gareth Edwards, the film was a box office success, making more than a billion dollars at the box office and an 84% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It even earned two Oscar nominations, one for Best Visual Effects. Tudyk will reprise his role as K-2SO inAndorseason 2.
Firefly
Firefly is a science fiction television series set in the year 2517, focusing on the crew of the spaceship Serenity. As humans inhabit a new star system, the renegade crew, led by Captain Malcolm Reynolds, navigates conflicts and alliances while pursuing their own interests across lawless territories.
Alan Tudyk became a genre favoritethanks to his role in the 2002 sci-fi Joss Whedon series,Firefly. The show has often been listed as the best show canceled before its time, only lasting one season. The biggest complaint is that Fox released the show out of order, and fans gave up on it. It later gained a second life after its cancelation when it was released on home video in the correct order, and it is a cult favorite now.
Tudyk plays Hoban “Wash” Washburne, the pilot of the Serenity for his captain, Malcolm (Nathan Fillion). The series is a space opera but is set up like a Western, and it follows the crew as they travel through space, taking on missions, while trying to avoid the people battling in a galactic civil war. Tudyk also returned for the sequel movie,Serenity, a few years after the show’s cancelation.
Zootopia
Disney’s Zootopia takes place in the titular city, a place where anthropomorphic animals peacefully coexist. Following Officer Judy Hopps (Ginnifer Goodwin), a rabbit, as she strikes up an unlikely partnership with a con artist fox (Jason Bateman). Working together, the pair discover a criminal conspiracy that involves the disappearance of predators, and follow it all the way to the heart of the city.
Alan Tudyk has appeared in several Disney animated movies. In the 2013 movieFrozen, he appeared as the Duke of Weselton, the scheming Duke who accused Elsa of witchcraft and sent her into hiding in the mountains in the first movie. There was a scene in the film where people mispronounced his name as “Weasel-ton,” which angered him. This led to a funny joke in a later Disney movie,Zootopia.
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Alan Tudyk returned in that project, and this time,he stars as a character named Duke Weselton. This time around, he is a street salesman who sells off pirated movies (including some that haven’t even been released). When someone mispronounces his name as “Wessel-ton,” he gets mad and says it’s “Weasel-ton” because he is a weasel. It is the same joke, switched, and the fact it is the same voice actor makes it even better.
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is a 2010 horror/comedy film starring Tyler Labine and Alan Tudyk. Labine and Tudyk play a dynamic hillbilly duo that is mistaken for killers when college students around them continue to accidentally kill themselves in gruesome ways. Tucker & Dale vs. Evil marks director Eli Craig’s feature-length directorial debut.
In 2010, Alak Tudyk and Tyler Labine teamed up in the Eli Craig horror comedyTucker & Dale Vs. Evil. In this movie, the two play Tucker and Dale, two hillbillies who live in the woods. They are harmless and just want to live their lives, but when a group of kids show up who have watched one too many horror movies, they quickly assume the two are dangerous killers. The students decide they should proactively defend themselves.
This leads to the kids accidentally dying based on their own stupid actions, all while Tucker and Dale look on in horror and confusion. SeeingAlan Tudykand Tyler Labine playing the clueless, mostly kindly hillbillies surrounded by horror and death that completely confuses them helps them deliver some of their best overall movie performances. It received almost all positive reviews as a smart horror comedy that plays out as a perfect slapstick film as well.
