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Title: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Fly320s on August 08, 2017, 07:15:05 AM
Hoban "Wash" Washburne, also known by his lessor name, Alan Tudyk, is apparently a comedian.  He is in a new Broadway show comedy with Steve Martin.  Ignore the bit about Amy Schumer.


http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/07/amy-schumer-joins-steve-martins-broadway-comeback.html
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: RoadKingLarry on August 08, 2017, 08:53:48 AM
A number of his lesser acting roles have been comedic in nature.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: dogmush on August 08, 2017, 08:58:23 AM
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is hilarious.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Brad Johnson on August 08, 2017, 12:05:29 PM
Steve the Pirate.

Brad
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2017, 12:08:24 PM
Probably his most serious roles were as the assassin on Justified and as Sonny in I, Robot.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 08, 2017, 12:09:26 PM
Steve the Pirate.

Brad


He is way more of a pirate than you'll ever be.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Ben on August 08, 2017, 12:10:39 PM
Steve the Pirate.

Brad

A classic.  :laugh:


He did a really good job as the assassin in Justified, but man it was hard for me to separate my expectation of Wash mannerisms. I had no idea he was Sonny. Now I need to watch that movie again.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: K Frame on August 08, 2017, 12:16:57 PM
"I had no idea he was Sonny."

I was pretty startled when I found out. I had no idea.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Brad Johnson on August 08, 2017, 12:59:49 PM

He is way more of a pirate than you'll ever be.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKakDOs7fOk

Brad
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Ben on August 08, 2017, 01:10:20 PM
Interesting from IMDB on his Justified role:

Quote
Elias Marcos (as Wray Nerely)

Wonder if that's some kind of an insider alias or something with a meaning? Weird name otherwise.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: makattak on August 08, 2017, 01:38:32 PM
Hoban "Wash" Washburne, also known by his lessor name, Alan Tudyk, is apparently a comedian.  He is in a new Broadway show comedy with Steve Martin.  Ignore the bit about Amy Schumer.


http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/07/amy-schumer-joins-steve-martins-broadway-comeback.html

"Mine is an evil laugh!"

Wash's character was mostly comedic, and Tudyk was brilliant at it.

Of course, his first part (that I ever saw him in) was "A Knight's Tale" and he was also brilliantly hilarious (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgLfOPFpuRY).
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Brad Johnson on August 08, 2017, 01:40:23 PM
Interesting from IMDB on his Justified role:

Wonder if that's some kind of an insider alias or something with a meaning? Weird name otherwise.

It's a reference to Tudyk's web series, Con Man.

Brad
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: AJ Dual on August 08, 2017, 01:59:39 PM
He was also great as K2SO in Rogue One.

The scene where he slaps Cassian Andor to make his capture look more realistic to the Stormtroopers was improvised, and Diego Luna was not expecting to get hit.  Tudyk  reached out and actually slapped him while wearing his spandex CGI suit covered in infra red reflectors and little bar-code markers or whatever. :lol:


https://youtu.be/nQl3p0HX6Lw
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: CypherNinja on August 09, 2017, 05:34:48 AM
Apparently he was in Zootopia as well.

Duke Weasleton :rofl:
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: K Frame on August 09, 2017, 08:05:26 AM
"He was also great as K2SO in Rogue One."

He played a slightly unpaired Potassium Sulphate compound?

Odd casting choice.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Scout26 on August 09, 2017, 04:19:23 PM
Hoban "Wash" Washburne, also known by his lessor name, Alan Tudyk, is apparently a comedian.  He is in a new Broadway show comedy with Steve Martin.  Ignore the bit about Amy Schumer.


http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/08/07/amy-schumer-joins-steve-martins-broadway-comeback.html

I am truly looking forward to being on stage with both Alan and Steve.

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Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: AmbulanceDriver on August 09, 2017, 06:36:31 PM
Apparently he was in Zootopia as well.

Duke Weasleton :rofl:

It's WESELTON!!! (which makes a lot more sense now in Frozen)
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Post by: Neemi on August 09, 2017, 11:53:43 PM
He's in Moana, too. He's the chicken. 😂😂😂

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Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: fifth_column on August 11, 2017, 05:09:28 PM
He was funny in Death at a Funeral as well.  He's done mostly comedic roles for his entire career.

Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Perd Hapley on August 11, 2017, 05:23:41 PM
So long as we're listing his whole CV (or oeuvre, if that makes me sound smarty-er), he was in that Suburgatory show.
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: Brad Johnson on August 11, 2017, 05:53:02 PM
Also, the voice of King Candy in Wreck It Ralph. Quite a fun little movie, actually. If you haven't seen it, you should.

Brad
Title: Re: Wash is a comedian?
Post by: BlueStarLizzard on August 11, 2017, 07:46:47 PM
He's actually a very well trained actor. I think he got stuck in a lot of little comedic roles early on and got typecast there after since he was just so damn good at it. Which is a pity, IMHO, since he's *expletive deleted*ing brilliant.

As much as I love Wash and Steve, my favorite role of his is Alpha in Dollhouse. Mostly because Alpha is like 50 different personalities in one package and most of them are completely psychotic.

"There are many parts of me that know this is wrong. None of them care. And six... they just find it funny."