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Character : Dale Maddox

Series summary : Aliens come to earth and seem peaceful, but before long it is revealed that they only want to take our natural resources. Earth must fight for its survival.

Also starring : Morena Baccarin, Elizabeth Mitchell.

Status : Coming soon to ABC in the US.

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Character : Steven Keppler / Alpha

Series Summary : A mysterious underground business uses humans with their personalities wiped as blank canvases onto which any skilll set or persona can be imprinted.

Also Starring : Eliza Duskhu, Tahmoh Penikett, Dichen Lachman

Status : Airing on Fox in the US, bought by Syfy

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Character : Charlie

Series Summary : A legal drama set in New York from director Barry Sonnenfeld and creator Lukas Reiter. Alan will play Charlie, a ruthless lawyer in the middle of love triangle involving colleagues.

Also Starring : Kurtwood Smith, Christina Vidal

Status : Not picked up

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Character : Walker Eliot

Series Summary : Based on a novel. Legal associates at a Washington DC firm struggle to work alongside their egomaniac lead partner.

Also starring : Joshua Jackson, Frank Langella

Status : Rejected

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Character : Nathan Wheeler

Series Summary : An epic tale of two figures during the American colonization of the west, one white and the other Native American. Jacob Wheeler leaves his dull life behind to strike out west, while Loved By the Buffalo faces his destiny to try to fight a prophecy that his people will be wiped out by the settlers. Jacob marries Loved By the Buffalo's sister Thunder Heart Woman, uniting the two families while around them relations between the two races crumble.

Alan played Nathan Wheeler, brother of the main character Jacob, played by Matthew Settle. When Jacob meets a young trailblazer set to trek out to California, he and Nathan decide to go and find their fortune. The series was directed by prolific mini-series helmer Robert Dornhelm, and Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who acted as first assistant director on films such as AI , Saving Private Ryan and the forthcoming Indiana Jones 4. Into The West was produced by Dreamworks Television and was shown in the UK by BBC television, and distributed worldwide by TNT.

Also starring : Matthew Settle, Josh Brolin

Status : Available to buy on DVD

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Character : Pastor Veal

Episode Summary : Season 2 : Episode 16

Michael finally meets the super-religious parents of his son George Michael's girlfriend Anne. Alan plays Pastor Veal, Anne's father, opposite Ione Skye (Say Anything, Fever Pitch), whose character Mrs.Veal forms an attachment to Michael. All seems to be going fine until the inevitable intrusion of the rest of the Bluth clan, as George Sr. tries to find a way to be present for his and Lucille's anniversary. Michael attempts to offend Anne's parents in the hope that George Michael will stop seeing her, but all doesn't go to plan.

Also starring : Jason Bateman, Michael Cera

Status : Available to buy on DVD

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Character : Hoban 'Wash' Washburne'

Series Summary : A spaceship crew operating on the edges of the law have a series of adventures whilst harbouring two fugitives.

Wash is half of the only married couple ever to be featured in a main role of Whedon's creating. His wife Zoe (Gina Torres), second in command on Serenity, is an ex-soldier, intelligent and strong. In 'War Stories', one of the best episodes of the short lived series, Alan's character takes his wife's place on a mission, jealous of the relationship she has with Mal Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), the ship's captain and Zoe's former Sergent. The scenes of Wash and Mal being tortured by an old enemy, and arguing over Zoe were especially watchable, and Alan provides a commentary for this episode, and the episode 'The Message' on the DVD release of Firefly.

The DVD also contains Alan's original audition for the role of Wash, and he features in some hilarious outtakes on the gag reel.  Firefly was made into a feature length film, Serenity, where Alan reprised the role of Wash.

Also starring : Nathan Fillion, Summer Glau

Status : Available on DVD

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Character : Todd Peterson

Episode Summary : Season 8 : Episode 4

Frasier Crane meets the new owner of KACL, internet billionnaire Todd Peterson (Alan). Todd confesses to Frasier that he doens't know the first thing about art and culture, and enlists the psychiatrist as his mentor, to help him fit in with the other high fliers in society. Frasier's ego is massaged greatly by this request, but he has no idea to what lengths Todd will go to emulate him...

Alan completely steals the show in this episode as the trendy, powerful but clueless Todd.

Also starring : Kelsey Grammar, David Hyde Pierce

Status : Available on DVD

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Character : Father

Episode Summary: Season 2 : Episodes 8-9

Jerri is take in by a cult called Safe Trap, led by'Father' (Alan). She tries to leave the cult, but stays after Father tells her she is beautiful. Before long though, Jerri's disruptive nature leads to her being dumped out of the cult, and she returns to high school and normality. The show is pretty much unheard of outside the US, but it is available on Region 1 DVD, and can sometimes be seen on Comedy Central, though I'm told it's not officially in sindication. Alan starred with Amy Sedaris in the short film Night Night. Also, an incidental character in Episodes 205-209 is named 'Shannon Tudyk', after Alan's sister.

Also starring : Amy Sedaris

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