Performer
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio rank
#83
of 909177 performers
Top 1%
Alan Tudyk represents the rare performer whose career became more ambitious with every decade — 26 years in, and Alan is still choosing the harder script.
The essay
Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.
Alan Tudyk appears in 49 films in the Nutevio catalogue, and none of them would work the same way without Alan. Zootopia is the clearest case: a film rated 8.0 by our editors, where the performance carries weight the script only implies.
The recognisable elements are versatility, transformation, quiet performance. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same instrument, tuned differently for documentary, mystery, comedy. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is played.
Working with Byron Howard, James Gunn, Anthony Russo and others, Alan Tudyk helped set a standard other performers now audition against. Awards bodies have been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
Zootopia (2016) as Duke Weaselton (voice) · Big Hero 6 (2014) as Alistair Krei (voice) · Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) as Tuk Tuk (voice)
Career snapshot
Ranked #83 of 909177 performers tracked in the Nutevio library.
Films in Nutevio
49
2000–2026
Career length
26 yrs
Measured across our catalogue
Academy Awards
—
Unknown
Oscar nominations
—
Unknown
Highest Nutevio score
8.0
Zootopia
Average Nutevio score
6.8
Across catalogue work
Highest IMDb rating
8.3
Once Upon a Studio
Most frequent director
Byron Howard
3 films together
Longest collaboration
3×
With Byron Howard
Most common genre
Comedy
27 titles
Average runtime
1h 42m
Across catalogue work
Golden Globe wins
—
Unknown
Nutevio metric
Ten weighted categories, applied identically to everyone we cover.
Nutevio Performer Score
7.1
out of 10
A performer whose catalogue work here is strong, with the fuller case still to be made.
Nutevio metric
Cultural impact and legacy, measured separately from craft — how far the work travelled once it left the cinema.
Nutevio Influence Score
6.6
out of 10
A quieter influence — felt inside the films rather than across the industry.
How far the work travelled past the people who saw it first.
What survives once the release-week conversation has burned off.
Institutional acknowledgement, weighted but never decisive.
Years of chosen, relevant work rather than years merely employed.
Statuettes, read as evidence rather than verdict.
Roles named without needing the film named alongside them.
Directors who wrote parts because this performer existed.
The reading other performers now have to answer.
Actor DNA
A fingerprint derived from the roles themselves — register, range and the kind of film they carry.
The shape of a career
Every performance plotted in time. Hover a point to read the title behind it.
Peak years
Where the scores, the awards and the sheer volume of work agree with each other.
Best decade
2010s
7.1 average MV
The 2010s are where the work and the material meet. Frozen II, Aladdin, Deadpool 2 — the run our editors reach for first when the argument is about range rather than fame.
Highest average Nutevio score
2010s
7.1
Across 18 catalogue films in this decade, our scores never drop below the level a career is judged on.
Highest average IMDb rating
2010s
7.0
The public agrees most strongly about this stretch — useful context, and occasionally a decade behind our own reading.
Most awarded era
2000s
0 Academy Awards
Statuettes for the films themselves, which is the honest way to read an ensemble career. Astro Boy, Knocked Up, Death at a Funeral.
Most productive era
2010s
18 films
The busiest stretch of the catalogue — volume that reads as appetite rather than availability.
Range, mapped
Genres down the side, decades across the top. Warmer cells mean stronger titles.
| Genre | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drama | 6.66 films | 6.83 films | 6.34 films |
| Action | 6.94 films | 7.28 films | 6.75 films |
| Thriller | 7.41 film | 6.71 film | — |
| Comedy | 6.77 films | 7.110 films | 6.610 films |
| Crime | — | — | 6.01 film |
| Romance | 6.62 films | 7.11 film | — |
Chronology
Firsts and peaks
The turning points, in the order they happened.
First film in Nutevio
2000Wonder Boys
Where our catalogue meets this career, as Sam Traxler.
Highest rated performance · Career peak
2014Big Hero 6
8.0 on the Nutevio scale, the top of the catalogue for this performer. Weighing billing against the film's own quality, this is the point where everything aligned at once.
Most recent film
2026The Experiencers: Full Disclosure
The current state of the argument, as Self.
Our order
Every performance in the catalogue, ordered by Nutevio Score.
Every title
Filter by genre or decade, and compare any two titles side by side.
49 of 49 films
as Tuk Tuk (voice)
Directed by Don Hall
as Duke Weaselton (voice)
Directed by Byron Howard
as K-2SO
Directed by Gareth Edwards
as Alistair Krei (voice)
Directed by Chris Williams
as Clark Kent / Superman (voice)
Directed by Jay Oliva
From the library
Every movie and TV credit stored for this name in the Nutevio catalogue — filter by media, role or sort by rating.
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The defining work
#1
Tuk Tuk (voice)
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Performance score7.8
The performance the rest of the career is read through. Tuk Tuk (voice) gives Alan Tudyk a structure to work against, and the film hands over its centre of gravity without hesitation.
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Duke Weaselton (voice)
Zootopia (2016)
Performance score7.8
Zootopia asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Duke Weaselton (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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K-2SO
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Performance score7.8
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. K-2SO is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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Alistair Krei (voice)
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Performance score7.8
Big Hero 6 asks for something the previous films did not, and gets it. Alistair Krei (voice) is played without a single line of pleading for the audience's sympathy — which is exactly why it lands.
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A guided path through the work, ordered so each film explains the next.
Best entry point
as Tuk Tuk (voice)
Start here. Raya and the Last Dragon is the clearest statement of what Alan Tudyk does — accessible, 107 minutes, and rated 7.8 by our editors. No context required.
Our editors order this path by accessibility first and chronology second. You meet Alan at the most legible performance, then move forward in time so each film reads as a response to the one before it rather than a repetition of it.
Big Hero 6 (2014)
Keeps the action register of Raya and the Last Dragon but asks for a colder reading of it.
Justice League: War (2014)
Keeps the action register of Big Hero 6 but asks for a colder reading of it.
Zootopia (2016)
Keeps the animation register of Justice League: War but asks for a colder reading of it.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
Keeps the adventure register of Zootopia but asks for a colder reading of it.
Company kept
The directors and performers this career keeps returning to.
Chris Buck
Director
3 films together
Notably Frozen
Byron Howard
Director
3 films together
Notably Zootopia
Brian Helgeland
Director
2 films together
Notably 42
David Leitch
Director
2 films together
Notably Deadpool 2
Don Hall
Director
2 films together
Notably Raya and the Last Dragon
Phil Johnston
Director
2 films together
Notably Ralph Breaks the Internet
Betty Thomas
Director
1 film together
Notably 28 Days
Curtis Hanson
Director
1 film together
Notably Wonder Boys
Chris Wedge
Director
1 film together
Notably Ice Age
Alex Proyas
Director
1 film together
Notably I, Robot
Joss Whedon
Director
1 film together
Notably Serenity
Carlos Saldanha
Director
1 film together
Notably Ice Age: The Meltdown
James Mangold
Director
1 film together
Notably 3:10 to Yuma
Frank Oz
Director
1 film together
Notably Death at a Funeral
Judd Apatow
Director
1 film together
Notably Knocked Up
Mike Mitchell
Director
1 film together
Notably Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Michael Bay
Director
1 film together
Notably Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Jay Oliva
Director
1 film together
Notably Justice League: War
Chris Williams
Director
1 film together
Notably Big Hero 6
Shira Piven
Director
1 film together
Notably Welcome to Me
Jay Roach
Director
1 film together
Notably Trumbo
Wes Ball
Director
1 film together
Notably Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
John Musker
Director
1 film together
Notably Moana
Gareth Edwards
Director
1 film together
Notably Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Guy Ritchie
Director
1 film together
Notably Aladdin
Adam Shankman
Director
1 film together
Notably Disenchanted
David Lowery
Director
1 film together
Notably Peter Pan & Wendy
Dan Abraham
Director
1 film together
Notably Once Upon a Studio
David G. Derrick Jr.
Director
1 film together
Notably Moana 2
Anthony Russo
Director
1 film together
Notably The Electric State
James Gunn
Director
1 film together
Notably Superman
Behind the camera
Who casts this performer, how often, and what the pairing produces.
Byron Howard
Director
3 films together · 7.8 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
ZootopiaChris Buck
Director
3 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 3 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
FrozenDavid Leitch
Director
2 films together · 7.3 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Deadpool 2Brian Helgeland
Director
2 films together · 7.1 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
42Don Hall
Director
2 films together · 7.0 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Raya and the Last DragonPhil Johnston
Director
2 films together · 6.6 avg MV
A working relationship rather than a booking — 2 films, and the register shifts each time.
Best film together
Ralph Breaks the InternetChris Williams
Director
1 film together · 8.0 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Big Hero 6Dan Abraham
Director
1 film together · 7.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Once Upon a StudioJohn Musker
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
MoanaChris Wedge
Director
1 film together · 7.6 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ice AgeJames Gunn
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SupermanGareth Edwards
Director
1 film together · 7.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryJay Oliva
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Justice League: WarJoss Whedon
Director
1 film together · 7.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
SerenityJay Roach
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
TrumboJames Mangold
Director
1 film together · 7.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
3:10 to YumaDavid G. Derrick Jr.
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Moana 2Guy Ritchie
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
AladdinAlex Proyas
Director
1 film together · 7.1 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
I, RobotFrank Oz
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Death at a FuneralCarlos Saldanha
Director
1 film together · 6.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Ice Age: The MeltdownCurtis Hanson
Director
1 film together · 6.8 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Wonder BoysAdam Shankman
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
DisenchantedWes Ball
Director
1 film together · 6.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Maze Runner: The Scorch TrialsAnthony Russo
Director
1 film together · 6.5 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
The Electric StateJudd Apatow
Director
1 film together · 6.3 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Knocked UpMichael Bay
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Transformers: Dark of the MoonBetty Thomas
Director
1 film together · 6.2 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
28 DaysShira Piven
Director
1 film together · 5.9 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Welcome to MeMike Mitchell
Director
1 film together · 5.7 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Alvin and the Chipmunks: ChipwreckedDavid Lowery
Director
1 film together · 5.4 avg MV
One film, but the kind that reorganises how a performer is cast afterwards.
Best film together
Peter Pan & WendySix degrees
Follow the thread outward — director, film, co-star, and the film after that.
Categories of our own
Six editorial categories we apply to every performer we cover.
Most rewatchable
Zootopia
as Duke Weaselton (voice)
The one that survives a fourth viewing. Nothing in the performance depends on surprise, which is why it keeps paying out.
Most emotional performance
Frozen
as Duke (voice)
Grief played at conversational volume. The film never asks the audience to cry; the performance simply makes it difficult not to.
Most influential performance
Big Hero 6
as Alistair Krei (voice)
You can hear this reading in other actors' auditions a decade later — the surest measure of influence there is.
Best ensemble performance
Once Upon a Studio
as Mad Hatter (voice)
Work that makes everyone else in the frame better without ever pulling the camera towards itself.
Career defining performance
Raya and the Last Dragon
as Tuk Tuk (voice)
If the career had to be argued in a single scene, our editors would pick one from this film and rest the case.
In their films' words
“You can build a whole film around a performer who knows when not to speak. Alan Tudyk has known it for a long time.”
Head to head
Put two careers on the same scale and see where the argument actually sits.
Ours alone
Recognitions handed out by this desk, on criteria no awards body uses.
Career Achievement
Awarded
26 years of relevant work — not merely a long career, but a long career of choices.
Modern Classic Performer
Awarded
Defining performances delivered inside the last twenty-five years, in films already being taught rather than merely remembered.
Comedy Legend
Awarded
27 catalogue titles in comedy, each one a reference point for the films that followed.
Our desk
Best ending, best opening, best twist and the rest — categories we apply to everyone we cover.
Best ending
Zootopia 2
as Duke Weaselton / French Chef / Molt Kahl / Reporter (voice)
The last five minutes reorganise everything before them, and hold up when you already know what's coming.
Best opening
Serenity
as Hoban 'Wash' Washburne
A first sequence that states the rules of the film without explaining a single one of them.
Most emotional
LEGO Frozen: Operation Puffins
as Duke of Weselton (voice)
The film where the technique steps aside and lets the feeling arrive undefended.
Best twist
Zootopia 2
as Duke Weaselton / French Chef / Molt Kahl / Reporter (voice)
A reversal earned by information the film gave you and trusted you to misread.
Best visual achievement
Big Hero 6
as Alistair Krei (voice)
Images that would survive with the sound switched off.
Best action sequence
The Electric State
as Cosmo (voice)
Geography, stakes and consequence held in the same frame — spectacle you can follow.
Best dialogue
Once Upon a Studio
as Mad Hatter (voice)
Lines written to be spoken, staged so the pauses do half the work.
Most underrated film
Big Hero 6
as Alistair Krei (voice)
The public vote sits below ours on this one, and the direction is the reason for the gap.
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