Alan Tudyk
Voice
Many actors have range, but Alan Tudyk’s range makes him one of Disney’s go-to voice actors, and in some cases...lucky charm. In fact, his vocal versatility is…Turbo-Tastic!
This multi-talented actor has appeared on stage, screen, and television, but it is his voice that has been heard by anyone who has seen many of Disney’s most recent—and wildly popular! — animated features. Most famously, perhaps, he performed an Ed Wynn-like voice for King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph (2012), whose zaniness belies a dark side (spoiler alert…he’s actually the villainous Turbo). He has voiced everything from a baby goat who has the heart and soul (and voice) of a suave leading man to a skittish rooster on his credit list—for Alan has been in every Disney animated movie since that first 2012 digital bow.
A native of Texas, Alan attended the prestigious Juilliard School in New York and has starred on Broadway opposite Kristin Chenoweth in Epic Proportions and played Lancelot with the original cast in Monty Python’s Spamalot. For film, he gained notable attention as a hyper-paranoid mental patient opposite Disney Legend Robin Williams in Patch Adams (Universal, 1998), with other movie credits including 28 Days (Columbia, 2000), A Knight’s Tale (Columbia, 2001), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (20th Century Studios, 2004), and Disney’s live-action Peter Pan & Wendy (2023). On television, he appeared in the critically acclaimed ABC comedy Suburgatory (2011-2014) and garnered a cult following as a member of Joss Whedon’s sci-fi series Firefly (2002) for Fox. In 2015, he wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy web series Con Man, which earned him a Primetime Emmy® Award nomination.
But for Disney fans and animation aficionados, Alan’s most notable roles came as a voice artist. The actor’s affinity for voicing lively characters started in his childhood. “When I was little, I liked voices. I liked cartoons a lot. I liked Robin Williams a lot and watching him. And so I would practice doing the voices that I heard him do, or [that] different comedians did. But I always considered that just acting. And then it wasn't until I was acting in a play that some casting directors saw me and then called me in to start auditioning for voice overs.” From there, he would go on to provide the “clucks” and “squawks” for Heihei in Moana (2016). He returned for the sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) as Knowsmore, and in Frozen 2 he played a variety of characters, including the Northuldra Leader.
Alan also provided the unique animal sounds for Tuk Tuk in Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and as a Toucan in Encanto (2021). He returned as Heihei for Moana 2 (2024), and as Duke Weaselton in both Zootopia (2016) and Zootopia 2 (2025). He also narrated and provided additional voices for Strange World (2022), and was the voice of Valentino the goat in Walt Disney Animation Studios’ centenary year feature, Wish (2023). “He’s brilliant,” said Wish director Chris Buck. “We’ll give him a line and maybe an alt or two, and he’ll give us things we never thought of—Valentino’s low voice was unexpected to say the least.”
Outside the walls of Disney Animation, Alan also voiced the robot Sonny in the 20th Century Studios live-action feature I, Robot (2004), and also performed the motion capture movements for the character, studying mime and kickboxing for the role. For Rouge One: A Star Wars Story (2016), K-2SO was Tudyk's first Disney company voice role in a live-action film, instead of an animated film.
Later reprising the role in the Disney+ series Andor, the actor would earn an EMMY® nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance.
Alan’s vocal talents can also be heard voicing characters in such Disney projects as Monsters at Work and Zootopia+, and in Ice Age (2002) and Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006) for 20th Century Studios and Blue Sky Studios.
Winning an Annie Award for voice acting for his performance as King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph, Rich Moore, director of the film, reflected about Alan: “He’s such a versatile actor. He’s like a chef—he throws a bunch of ingredients into a stew that brews in his head. The performances he gives are in the moment.” Small wonder that, in the words of Rich Moore, “Alan has become somewhat of a go-to good luck charm for Disney.”