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Cast & Character Biographies
Biographies of the cast & characters from
Firefly.
------------------- Alan Wray Tudyk/Wash -------------------
 Alan
Wray Tudyk
Born on the 16th of March 1971 in El Paso, Texas Alan grew up in Plano, Texas. After high school Alan attended Lon Morris Jr College from 1990-1991 where he studied drama. While there he was an active member of Delta Psi Omega. In 1991 he was awarded the Academic Excellence award for Drama, as well as Most Likely to Succeed, and Sophmore Beaus. In 1993 he continued his studies at Juilliard until 1996, when he left before earning a degree.
Though he lived in Los Angeles before moving to New York and founding the Court Jesters Improv Troupe, actor Alan Tudyk freely admits that he will always be a Texan at heart. Born in El Paso and raised in Plano, Tudyk was a ham even before he pursued a serious acting career at Julliard from 1993 to 1996. Frequently dressing in cowboy garb on family dinner outings and faking fainting spells in school to get a rise out of teachers, it was easy to see that Tudyk had found his calling early in life. Later, performing at the Dallas Shakespeare Festival and founding the city's Rubber Chicken Standup Improv Troupe, Tudyk moved to the West Coast and bounced to the East Coast before making his feature debut in 1997, with 35 Miles From Normal. It didn't take long before Tudyk found more roles in such popular films as Patch Adams (1998) and The Wonder Boys (2000), though his breakthrough role would come as Sandra Bullock's rehab-mate in 28 Days (also 2000). Tudyk's character was so popular with audiences in test screenings, that director Betty Thomas called him back to shoot a scene giving closure to his character within the film. Larger roles began to pour in, such as his turn in the energetic jousting adventure A Knight's Tale (2001) |
 Wash
Wash was raised on a planet that was so polluted he couldn't even see
the sky. One thing which probably led him to his career in life, a
pilot. He was regarded as one of the best pilots, before he came aboard
Serenity and worked for Mal. Aboard Serenity Wash found his wife, Zoë.
At first Zoë didn't like Wash at all, there was something about him,
but they did get married and enjoy a happy marriage, most of the time.
Often Wash felt as though Zoë honored Mal more than she did her own
husband, but those issues were long sorted. The next issue on the agenda
for the happy, married couple was the issue of a child and bringing up
one aboard Serenity. Zoë wants a child, however Wash is reluctant to.
Wash could be seen as the one with the humor, out of all of the crew of
Serenity. He'll do whatever it takes, especially if his wife's life is
at risk.
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------------------- Alan Tudyk - Filmography -------------------
- Into the West (2005)
- Serenity (2005) - Hoban "Wash" Warren
- Rx (2004) - Pepe
- I, Robot (2004) - Sonny
- Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) - Steve the Pirate
- Meet Market (2004) - Danny
- Firefly (2002) - Wash Warren
- Ice Age (2002) - Saber-Toothed Tiger/Dodo/Freaky Mammal
- Hearts in Atlantis (2001) - Monte Man
- A Knight's Tale (2001) - Wat Falhurst, Sir William's Squire
- Wonder Boys (2000) - Traxler
- 28 Days (2000) - Gerhardt
- Patch Adams (1998) - Everton
- 35 Miles from Normal (1997) - Trevor
------------------- Alan Tudyk - TV Appearances -------------------
- Arrested Development playing Pastor Veal in episode: Meet the Veals
(episode 2.16) 3 April 2005
- HBO First Look in episode: I, Robot 8 June 2004
- HBO First Look in episode: A Knight's Tale 2001
- Frasier playing Todd Peterson in episode: The Great Crane Robbery
(episode - 8.4) 14 November 2000
- Strangers with Candy playing Father in episode: Blank Stare: Part 2
(episode - 2.9) 26 June 2000
- Strangers with Candy playing Father in episode: Blank Stare: Part 1
(episode - 2.8) 19 June 2000 |
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