Why Mr. Nobody From Doom Patrol Looks So Familiar

Few of Alan Tudyk's early roles were quite as quirky, or as memorable, as his turn in 2004's Vince Vaughn-fronted sports comedy Dodgeball. The film followed the travails of Vaughn's small-time gym owner as he gets in way over his head in a desperate attempt to save his gym from bankruptcy and eventual takeover by a vile super-gym fitness guru (played with over-the-top hilarity by Ben Stiller). Said attempt finds the man forming an alliance with the band of misfits who find his low-key gym a safe space in which to keep themselves in shape while getting away from the bullying fitness junkies who frequent super-gyms. 

It also finds said band of misfits out to save their beloved Average Joe's Gym by entering into an all-or-nothing showdown with the super-gym toughs: A lucrative dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas. Yes, that setup is every bit as absurd as it sounds, and yes, Dodgeball is absurd, too. It's also a riotously funny little anti-sports movie that finds Vaughn and Stiller in top form and surrounded by a ridiculously talented cast of comic all-stars including Jason Bateman, Rip Torn, Christine Taylor, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Justin Long, and Mr. Alan Tudyk.

If you're having trouble placing Tudyk's face in the film, try picturing him with long hair, a flashy bandana, a puffy shirt, and the speech patterns of a pirate. Yep, that was Alan Tudyk portraying the kindly Steve the Pirate in Dodgeball. We have to admit that, even after so many years, his is still the standout supporting turn in a film that's absolutely stacked with them.