Timothy James "Tim" Curry is a British actor, voice actor, and singer, who is best known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television productions, often playing villainous characters. He is most famous for his roles as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 musical comedy-horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the ABC thriller miniseries It. He is also well-known for portraying Mr. Hector (credited as "Concierge") in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and for voicing Nigel Thornberry in the Nickelodeon animated series The Wild Thornberrys, Hexxus, the main villain of the 1992 Fox animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Drake, the main antagonist of Don Bluth's 1995 MGM animated film The Pebble and the Penguin, and Prince XII in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
Early life[]
Timothy James Curry was born on 19 April 1946 in Grappenhall, Cheshire,Template:Efn[1][2] the son of school secretary Patricia and Royal Navy chaplain James Curry. His father died of pneumonia in 1958, when Curry was 12 years old.[1] His elder sister, Judith, was a concert pianist who died of a brain tumour in 2001.[3] Curry spent most of his childhood in Plymouth. After his father's death, Curry and his family moved to South London, where he attended boarding school before attending Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset.[4] Curry developed into a talented boy soprano (treble).[5] Deciding to concentrate on acting, he graduated from the University of Birmingham with a combined BA in English and drama in 1968.[6]
Career[]
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Acting[]
Rocky Horror[]
Curry's first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1968, where he met Richard O'Brien,[7] who went on to write Curry's next full-time role, that of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (1973).[8] Curry recalled his first encounter with the project: Template:Blockquote
Originally, Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blond hair, and later, with an American accent. In March 2005, in an interview with Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air, he explained that he decided to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter with an English accent after listening to an English woman say, "Do you have a house in town or a house in the country," and decided, "Yes, [Dr. Frank-N-Furter] should sound like the Queen."[9]
Curry originally thought the character was merely a laboratory doctor dressed in a white lab coat. However, at the suggestion of director Sharman, the character evolved into the diabolical mad scientist and transvestite with an upper-class Belgravia accent. An immediate hit, a reviewer at the premiere in London in June 1973 wrote Curry gives a "garishly Bowiesque performance as the ambisextrous doctor."[10] This change carried over to the 1975 film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,[11] which made Curry a household name and gave him a cult following. Curry continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles, and New York City until 1975.
In an interview with NPR, Curry called Rocky Horror a "rite of passage", and added that the film is "a guaranteed weekend party to which you can go with or without a date and probably find one if you don't have one, and it's also a chance for people to try on a few roles for size, you know? Figure out, help them maybe figure out their own sexuality".[9]
In 2016, Curry played The Criminologist in the television film remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.[12]
Live-action roles[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Legend | Darkness | Ridley Scott | |
| 1997 | McHale's Navy | Major Vladikov | Bryan Spicer |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Sinking Fish Move Sideways | Waiter on Train | Television film |
| 1970 | Ace of Wands | Cashier | Episode: "Now You See It, Now You Don't: Part 1" |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Crosscapel | Episode: "The Policeman and the Cook" | |
| 1972 | Stage 2 | Madman | Episode: "Duchess of Malfi" |
| 1973 | Armchair Theatre | Mik | Episode: "Verite" |
| 1974 | Napoleon and Love | Eugene | 3 episodes |
| Play for Today | Glen | Episode: "Schmoedipus" | |
| 1975 | Three Men in a Boat | Jerome | Television film |
| 1977 | Rock Follies of '77 | Stevie Streeter | Episode: "The Band Who Wouldn't Die" |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare | William Shakespeare | 6 episodes |
| ITV Sunday Night Drama | Leonard Brazil | Episode: "City Sugar" | |
| 1981 | Saturday Night Live | Himself (host) | Episode: "Tim Curry/Meat Loaf" |
| 1982 | Oliver Twist | Bill Sikes | Television film |
| 1983 | Video Stars | Teddy Whazz | |
| 1985 | Blue Money | Larry Gormley | |
| Ligmalion: A Musical for the 80s | Eden Rothwell Esq. | ||
| 1986 | Worst Witch | The Grand Wizard | |
| 1989 | Tracey Ullman Show | Ian Miles | Episode: #3.11 |
| Wiseguy | Winston Newquay | 6 episodes | |
| 1990 | It | It/Pennywise the Dancing Clown | 2 episodes |
| 1991 | Big Deals | Christopher Nizzle | Pilot |
| 1992 | Topper | Cosmo Topper | Pilot[13] |
| 1993 | Roseanne | Roger | 2 episodes |
| Tales from the Crypt | Pa, Ma, Winona Brackett | Episode: "Death of Some Salesman" | |
| 1994 | 51st Golden Globe Awards | Himself (co-host) | Television special |
| Earth 2 | Gaal | 4 episodes | |
| 1995–1996 | Naked Truth | Sir Rudolph Haley | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | Titanic | Simon Doonan | |
| 1997 | Lexx | Poet Man | Episode: "Supernova" |
| Over the Top | Simon Ferguson | 12 episodes; also producer | |
| Doom Runners | Dr. Kao | Television film | |
| 1998 | Madness Reigns | King Nicholas | Pilot |
| 1999–2000 | Rude Awakening | Martin Crisp | 6 episodes |
| 1999 | The Unbelievables | Vaudevillian | Pilot |
| Jackie's Back | Edward Whatsett St. John | Television film | |
| 2000 | Bette | Himself | Episode: "Or Not to Be" |
| 2001 | Attila | Theodosius II | 2 episodes |
| 2002–2003 | Family Affair | Mr. Giles French | 15 episodes |
| 2004 | Monk | Dale "The Whale" Biederbeck | Episode: "Mr. Monk Goes to Jail" |
| Will & Grace | Marion Finster | 2 episodes | |
| 2007 | Psych | Nigel St. Nigel | Episode: "American Duos" |
| 2008 | Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic | Trymon | 2 episodes |
| Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen | Himself | Television documentary | |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lord Greville Boynton | Episode: "Appointment with Death" | |
| 2009 | Alice | Dodo | Episode #1.1 |
| Return to Cranford | Signor Brunoni | Episode: "Part Two: October 1844" | |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Billy Flynn | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again | The Criminologist | Television film |
Voice roles[]
Voice roles in film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Barbie in the Nutcracker | The Mouse King[14] | Direct-to-DVD |
| 2010 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Picadilly[14] | Direct-to-DVD |
Voice roles in television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988–1989 | Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | The Serpent, Judas Iscariot | 2 episodes[14] |
| Fantastic Max | Dermot D. McDermott | 4 episodes | |
| 1989 | Long Ago and Far Away | Abel | Episode: "Abel's Island" |
| Paddington Bear | Mr. Curry | 13 episodes | |
| 1990–1991 | Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates | Captain Hook | 46 episodes[14] |
| 1990 | Gravedale High | Mr. Tutner | 3 episodes |
| Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda | Sultan | Episode: "A Knight in Arabia" | |
| 1990–1991 | Wake, Rattle & Roll | Ronald Chump | 28 episodes |
| 1990 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Prince Charles, Reginald | Episode: "Europe in 30 Minutes"[14] |
| The Marzipan Pig | Narrator | Television film | |
| TaleSpin | Thaddeus E. Klang | 2 episodes | |
| 1991–1993 | Pirates of Dark Water | Konk | 20 episodes |
| 1991–1994 | Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Gawain | 39 episodes |
| 1991–1996 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | MAL | 26 episodes |
| 1991–1992 | Darkwing Duck | Taurus Bulba | 3 episodes |
| Tom & Jerry Kids | Sheriff of Rottingham, Banker | 2 episodes | |
| 1992 | Fish Police | Sharkster | 6 episodes |
| Defenders of Dynatron City | Atom Ed | Pilot | |
| Capitol Critters | Senator | Episode: "Max Goes to Washington" | |
| 1992–1994 | Dinosaurs | Various roles | 7 episodes |
| 1992 | Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa | Jacque Le Beefe | Episode: "A Snake in Cow's Clothing" |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Henchman | Episodes: "Fear of Victory" | |
| Liquid Television | The Snake | Segment: "Meggamorphosis" | |
| 1992–1994 | Little Mermaid | Evil Manta | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Jack-in-the-Box | Television film |
| Eek! The Cat | Narrator | Episode: "It's a Very Merry Eek's-mas" | |
| 1993–1994 | Mighty Max | Skullmaster, Jules Verne | 12 episodes |
| 1993 | Droopy, Master Detective | Additional voices | 13 episodes |
| 1994–1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Zimbo, Additional roles | 19 episodes[14] |
| Duckman | King Chicken, Simon Desmond | 10 episodes | |
| 1994 | Sonic the Hedgehog | King Acorn, Keeper of the Time Stones | 4 episodes |
| Aladdin | Amok Mon-Ra, Caliph Kapok | 2 episodes | |
| 1994–1995 | Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad | Kilokahn | 53 episodes[14] |
| Turbocharged Thunderbirds | The Atrocimator | 13 episodes | |
| 1995–1997 | The Mask: Animated Series | Pretorius | 14 episodes[14] |
| 1995 | Daisy-Head Mayzie | Finagle | Television film |
| 1995–1996 | Gargoyles | Dr. Anton Sevarius | 7 episodes[14] |
| 1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | King Minos, Gessler | 2 episodes |
| Quack Pack | Moltoc | ||
| The Story of Santa Claus | Nostros | Television film[14] | |
| 1996–1997 | Mighty Ducks | Lord Dragaunus | 21 episodes |
| Bruno the Kid | Lazlo Gigahurtz | 9 episodes | |
| 1996–1998 | Jumanji | Trader Slick | 18 episodes |
| 1997 | Freakazoid! | Dr. Mystico | Episode: "Island of Dr. Mystico"[14] |
| Casper | Pianist | Episode: "Stinkie Time Theatre" | |
| Teen Angel | The Frog | Episode: "Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog" | |
| 1998 | Stories from My Childhood | The Beast | Episode: "Beauty and the Beast (A Tale of the Crimson Flower)" |
| Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? | Dr. Gunnar Maelstrom | 3 episodes | |
| Net | The Sorcerer | 10 episodes | |
| The First Snow of Winter | Voley | Television film | |
| 1998–2000 | Voltron: The Third Dimension | Prince Lotor, King Alfor | 23 episodes[14] |
| 1998–2004 | Wild Thornberrys | Nigel Thornberry, additional voices | 92 episodes[14] |
| 1999, 2003–2004 | Hey Arnold! | Leichliter | 3 episodes[14] |
| 1999 | Xyber 9: New Dawn | King Renard | 18 episodes |
| 1999, 2001 | Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Dr. Neugog | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Recess | Dr. Slicer | Episode: "Prickly is Leaving" |
| Johnny Bravo | Big Brother | Episode: "Brave New Johnny"[14] | |
| Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Monkman | Episode: "Teleport a Friend"[14] | |
| Titanic Chronicles | Officer Lightoller | Television film | |
| 2000 | Martial Law | The One | 3 episodes |
| Batman Beyond | Mutro Botha | Episode: "Final Cut"[14] | |
| 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | The Rottweiler | Episode: "Big Dog"[14] | |
| 2000–2001 | Redwall | Slagar the Cruel | 13 episodes[14] |
| 2001 | Gary & Mike | Jared Wexler | Episode: "Crisscross" |
| Teacher's Pet | Spooky | Episode: "The Tale of the Telltale Taffy" | |
| 2002–2003 | Teamo Supremo | Laser Pirate, Dastardly Dentist | 3 episodes |
| 2002 | Samurai Jack | Worm 1 | Episode: "Jack Tales" |
| Ozzy & Drix | Nick O'Teen, Scarlet Fever | 2 episodes[14] | |
| 2003–2005 | Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Professor Finbarr Calamitous | 8 episodes[14] |
| 2003 | K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments | Hazzaka | Episode: "The Not-So-Golden Calf" |
| Chalkzone | Jacko | 2 episodes | |
| Proud Family | Pervical | Episode: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" | |
| 2004 | Higglytown Heroes | Libraian Hero | 2 episodes |
| 2005 | Duck Dodgers | Magnificent Rogue | Episode: "Villainstruck"[14] |
| Loonatics Unleashed | Ringmaster | Episode: "The World is My Circus"[14] | |
| 2006 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide | Professor Finbarr Calamitous | Television film[14] |
| Eloise: The Animated Series | Mr. Salamone | 13 episodes | |
| 2008, 2012 | Phineas and Ferb | Stubbings, Worthington Dubois | 2 episodes[14] |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Dr. Joseph Chadwick, Knight #2 | Episode: "Pet Project"[14] |
| 2010 | Regular Show | Hot Dog Leader, Master Prank Caller #2 | 2 episodes[14] |
| 2012–2013 | Young Justice | G. Gordon Godfrey | 8 episodes[14] |
| 2012 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Doctor Morocco | 4 episodes[14] |
| High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange | Arugula, Endive, Plum | 2 episodes | |
| 2012–2014 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | The Sorcerer | 21 episodes[14] |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious | 10 episodes[14] | |
| 2013 | Wonder Pets | Tin Man | Episode: "In the Land of Oz" |
| Ben 10: Omniverse | Dr. Joseph Chadwick, Stage Manager | Episode: "Return to Forever"[14] | |
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall | Auntie Whispers | Episode: "The Ringing of the Bell"[14] |
Voice roles in video games[]
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers | Gabriel Knight[14] |
| 1994 | Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger | Melek[14] |
| 1996 | Toonstruck | Count Nefarious[14] |
| 1997 | Duckman: The Graphic Adventures of a Private Dick | King Chicken |
| 1999 | Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned | Gabriel Knight[14] |
| 2000 | Sacrifice | Stratos |
| 2002 | Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Satan |
| Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights | Mastermind[14] | |
| 2003 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion | Professor Finbarr Calamitous[14] |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicket[14] |
| 2005 | Nicktoons Unite! | Professor Finbarr Calamitous[14] |
| 2006 | Nicktoons Winners Cup Racing | Professor Finbarr Calamitous |
| 2007 | Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots | Professor Finbarr Calamitous[14] |
| 2009 | Brütal Legend | Emperor Doviculus[15][14] |
| Dragon Age: Origins | Arl Rendon Howe[14][16] |
Radio[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985, 1987 | The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere | Lord Biro | BBC Radio 410 episodes |
| 2000 | Tales from the Crypt | Narrator | Episode: "Tight Grip" |
Theme park attraction[]
| Year | Title | Role | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–2003 | ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter | S.I.R. | Magic Kingdom |
Audiobooks[]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Story Teller: The Happy Prince & Stolen Thunder |
| 1991 | The Old Contemptibles |
| 1992 | The Man With a Load of Mischief |
| The Anodyne Necklace | |
| The Old Silent | |
| Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | |
| 1993 | The Horse You Came In On |
| Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Crouch End & The Doctor's Case | |
| Night Over Water | |
| The Dirty Duck | |
| Jewels | |
| A Dangerous Fortune | |
| 1994 | Taltos |
| 1995 | Cry to Heaven |
| The Island of the Day Before | |
| Rainbow's End | |
| Foucault's Pendulum | |
| The Silver Lining: A Collection of Poems: Little Boy Blue | |
| 1996 | Anything Considered |
| 1997 | The Case Has Altered |
| 1998 | Belladonna |
| 1999 | Dune: House Atreides |
| 2000 | Mr. Phillips |
| Dune: House Harkonnen | |
| 2001 | Dune: House Corrino |
| Morgan's Run | |
| Music of Spheres | |
| The Bad Beginning | |
| The Reptile Room | |
| 2002 | Sabriel |
| Lirael | |
| 2003 | Abhorsen |
| The Ersatz Elevator | |
| The Vile Village | |
| 2004 | The Hostile Hospital |
| 2005 | The Carnivorous Carnival |
| The Slippery Slope | |
| The Grim Grotto | |
| The Penultimate Peril | |
| 2006 | The End |
| Peter Pan | |
| Peter Pan in Scarlet | |
| 2008 | Not in the Flesh |
| 2010 | Portobello |
| Despicable Me: The Junior Novel | |
| A Christmas Carol | |
| 2011 | A Journey to the Center of the Earth |
| 2012 | Dracula |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tim Curry Biography (1946–)".. Film Reference.
- ↑ Whittaker, Jim (1998). Cosmic Light: The Birth of a Cult Classic (in en). Acme Books, page 31. "Timothy James Curry was born in Cheshire, England, on April 19, 1946, the son of a Methodist Navy chaplain who died when Curry was twelve."
- ↑ "Tim Curry's back on the Grail trail", Evening Standard (25 September 2006).
- ↑ "Biography". timcurry.co.uk.
- ↑ Rothstein, Mervyn (24 January 1990). "Tim Curry Plunges Ahead into the Past, Part IV", The New York Times.
- ↑ Harding, James (1 October 1987). The Rocky Horror Show Book. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, page 45. ISBN 978-0283993886.
- ↑ "Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic: Sky One". (18 January 2008).
- ↑ Brown, Mark (20 October 2006). "We were all going to join this street theater troupe. Tim got a job in Hair the next day. All he had to do was sing"..
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Template:Cite episode
- ↑ "Rocky Horror Show opens in London – archive, 1973", The Guardian.
- ↑ "Mark Caldwell interview with Tim Curry".. Film Talk (September 1975).
- ↑ McHenry, Jackson (9 August 2016). "Tim Curry Is Perfectly Happy Fox's Rocky Horror Remake Is Doing the Time Warp Again (Again)", vulture.com.
- ↑ "JOHN LANDIS DISCUSSES "INNOCENT BLOOD" AND HIS CAREER (1992)".
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22 14.23 14.24 14.25 14.26 14.27 14.28 14.29 14.30 14.31 14.32 14.33 14.34 14.35 14.36 14.37 14.38 14.39 14.40 14.41 14.42 14.43 "Tim Curry (visual voices guide)".. Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
- ↑ McWhertor, Michael (15 June 2009). "Tim Schafer Explains Why Dio's Out Of Brütal Legend, Tim Curry's In — ronnie james dio".. Kotaku. Retrieved on 15 September 2009.
- ↑ "Dragon Age: Origins — VO Talent".. YouTube (27 August 2009). Retrieved on 15 September 2009.