In “Resident Alien” on Syfy, a creature from another planet, played by Alan Tudyk, has arrived in Colorado and awkwardly assumed the human form of a small town doctor. Only a small number of people know his true identity. Everyone else is in the dark, including the enthusiastic if not terribly perceptive sheriff, a key element in the show’s sardonic sense of humor played by Corey Reynolds.
“I love playing this cantankerous, goofy kind of guy,” said Reynolds. “This is the best job I’ve ever had in my entire career. I started on Broadway in the musical ‘Hairspray’ and all of my work up until I moved to L.A. in 2003 involved singing and dancing, and most of that was driven by comedy. I came from the comedy world and wanted to prove my dramatic chops, so I made the switch from comedy to drama” — notably as a far more competent member of law enforcement on TNT’s “The Closer.”
As a result, Reynolds is better known as a dramatic actor, and “Resident Alien” was an opportunity, he said, “to come home to my comedic roots.”
