- "I was very free to act within the confines of the script, but there were a lot of moments I could find, especially with such good actors, to express and be the unique character that Kaytoo is."
- ―Alan Tudyk
Alan Tudyk (born March 16, 1971)[1] is an American actor and voice actor who portrayed K-2SO in the Star Wars stand-alone film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and subsequent media featuring the character.
Biography[]
Tudyk on the set of Rogue One with his alter ego, K-2SO.
Alan Tudyk, playing enforcer droid K-2SO, was also intended to cameo as the character "Wray Nerely" from his webseries Con Man, before the scene was ultimately cut. In Con Man, Wray Nerely is a struggling, down-on-his-luck typecast science-fiction actor. Thus Tudyk, an actor, would have played another actor who had been cast in Rogue One. When it was announced that his scene was ultimately cut from the final version of the film, Tudyk responded: "I was really looking forward to seeing Wray Nerely in Star Wars, but truthfully Wray Nerely would never get that good of a job. So it was probably pretty good that he didn't."[4] Although it was initially announced that he would portray K-2SO in Andor,[5] Tudyk later clarified that he would not appear in the first season, but would in later seasons.[6]
Works[]
- Star Wars Battlefront (K-2SO)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (K-2SO)
"Tales from Wild Space: Adventures in Wookiee-Sitting" — Star Wars Adventures (2017) 3 (Helped write K-2SO's dialogue)- Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire (K-2SO)
- LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars (K-2SO)
Sources[]
- Rogue One—The Daring Mission Has Begun: Cast and Crew Announced on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Launch Pad" — Star Wars Insider 160
- The Cinema Behind Star Wars: Joss Whedon on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Becoming K-2SO: Talking with Rogue One's Alan Tudyk on StarWars.com (backup link)
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story - The Official Mission Debrief
- The Star Wars Show: The Latest on The Last Jedi, Thrawn: Alliances Cover Revealed, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- The Star Wars Show: Alan Tudyk Takes The Stage At SWCC 2019 | The Star Wars Show Live! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- In Conversation with Alan Tudyk Live Panel at SWCC 2019 on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Star Wars: Build Your Own X-Wing 24 (Creating a Starship Fleet: Rogue One–X-wings In Flight)
- The Galaxy Far, Far Away Just Got a Little Bigger… on StarWars.com (backup link)
- "Speaking Volumes" — Star Wars Insider 218
- This Week! in Star Wars Dispatch: Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025, Here We Come! | This Week! in Star Wars Dispatch on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- Celebrity Guests Confirmed for Star Wars Celebration Japan 2025 - Updated on StarWars.com (backup link)
- D23 2024: First Look at Skeleton Crew, News on The Mandalorian and Grogu, and More - Updated on StarWars.com (backup link)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
This Week! in Star Wars Behind the Scenes of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, LEGO Bucketheads, and More! on the official Star Wars YouTube channel (backup link)
- ↑ Alan Tudyk Interview, Death At A Funeral by Sheila Roberts on MoviesOnline (content now obsolete; archived from the original on August 18, 2007)
- ↑
Becoming K-2SO: Talking with Rogue One's Alan Tudyk on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ How Alan Tudyk Almost Cameoed On Camera In Star Wars: Rogue One by Adam Holmes on CinemaBlend (October 18, 2016) (archived from the original on May 16, 2017)
- ↑ The Galaxy Far, Far Away Just Got a Little Bigger… on StarWars.com (backup link)
- ↑ 'Rogue One' Disney+ Series Won't Include K-2SO, Alan Tudyk Confirms — At Least At First by Drew Taylor on Collider (January 20, 2021) (archived from the original on January 21, 2021)
External links[]
- alan tudyk (@AlanTudyk) on Twitter
- Alan Tudyk on Wikipedia
- Alan Tudyk at the Internet Movie Database
