{"id":1217421,"date":"2026-02-22T17:25:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=603309"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:25:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:25:56","slug":"alan-tudyk-master-of-disguise-just-faced-his-greatest-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/alan-tudyk-master-of-disguise-just-faced-his-greatest-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Alan Tudyk, master of disguise, just faced his greatest challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Alan Tudyk<\/a> is everywhere \u2014 you just haven\u2019t seen his face much. <\/p>\n

Since his starring run on Firefly<\/em> and the spin-off movie Serenity<\/em>, he\u2019s thrown himself into voice acting, recently reprising his Rogue One<\/a><\/em> role as the sassy droid K-2SO<\/a> on Andor<\/a>,<\/em> and playing a different robot opposite Stranger Things<\/em>\u2019<\/a> Millie Bobby Brown<\/a> in The Electric State<\/em><\/a>. He\u2019ll be playing yet another robot<\/a> in James Gunn\u2019s Superman<\/a><\/em>, continuing a long record of providing voices for DC Comics adaptations, including Harley Quinn<\/a><\/em>, Creature Commandos<\/a>, <\/em>and Young Justice<\/a><\/em>. His credits also include numerous Disney animated films, including a stint as Moana\u2019s<\/a> dim-witted pet rooster Heihei and King Candy in Wreck-It Ralph<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

But Tudyk has been center stage \u2014 and in full live action \u2014 since 2021 on Syfy\u2019s funny, sweet series Resident Alien<\/em><\/em><\/a>, which returns for season 4 on Friday. And this time around, he\u2019s given himself a big challenge: going behind the camera to direct himself. <\/p>\n

On Resident Alien<\/em>, Tudyk plays an alien invader masquerading as Harry Vanderspeigle, a doctor in the small town of Patience, Colorado. Harry was so charmed by the humans he met, he decided to abandon his invasion mission and instead fight to protect them from other aliens. The series is filled with quirky characters navigating their own personal dramas alongside the extraterrestrial threats.<\/p>\n

Season 4 starts off with Harry in a rough spot, held captive on a gray-alien moon base while a shapeshifting praying-mantis-like alien (also played by Tudyk, and voiced by Clancy Brown in voiceover) has taken over his life. Tudyk directed the first two episodes of season 4: He\u2019d been discussing a director role with series creator and showrunner Chris Sheridan since season 3. But he didn\u2019t appreciate how difficult that would actually be for him and the rest of the cast.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Chris and I] still haven\u2019t healed,\u201d Tudyk joked to Polygon in a video interview. \u201cOur relationship is still in shambles, in tatters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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