Tim Curry
Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Cheshire, England) is a British actor and composer perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He also had an earlier career as a rock musician. He studied Drama and English at Cambridge and at Birmingham. His list of roles is extremely extensive, in both TV and movies, live-action and voice-acting for animated features, and it is notable that he almost always plays a villain of one kind or another. Mr. Curry currently lives in Los Angeles with his dog, Frank.
Notable rolesThe original Dr Frank N Furter in The Rocky Horror Show and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1973-1975)Has-been rock star Stevie Streeter in Rock Follies of '77 (1977)The disc jockey Johnny LaGuardia in Times Square (1980)Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the miniseries It (based on the Stephen King novel)Dr Petrov in The Hunt for Red October (based on the Tom Clancy novel)Dr Thornton Poole the elocutionist in the film OscarThe voice of Dr. Anton Sevarius in the animated Disney series GargoylesThe voice of Nigel Thornberry in the animated Nickelodeon series The Wild ThornberrysThe voice of King Acorn in the Sonic the Hedgehog SatAM seriesThe voice of Captain Hook in the animated Fox series Peter Pan and the PiratesDarkness in the film Legend (1982)Wadsworth the Butler in the film Clue (1985)In 1990 he joined many other guests for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin.The arch hotel concierge Mr Hector in the film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island.Numerous computer games, both as an actor (using Full Motion Video) and just as a voiceover (as in two of the three Gabriel Knight games).Narrating most of the Harper audio book versions of A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.King Arthur in Monty Python musical Spamalot (2004-2005)
Theatre parts at the Olivier Theatre (a part of the National Theatre in London):
Mac the Knife in the "Threepenny Opera" and a part in the drama "Dalliance" (Liebelei) by Arthur Schnitzler; both in 1986.
External linksTim Curry Sphere - Austria's first Tim Curry Fanpage
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