Timothy James "Tim" Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor, singer, composer and voice artist, known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film and television productions. He currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Curry first became known to audiences with his breakthrough role as Frank N. Furter in the 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show , then later for his roles as Rooster in the film adaption of Annie , Lord of Darkness in the film Legend (1985), Wadsworth in the movie Clue , and as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the horror film Stephen King's It . He also came to prominence as the father, Nigel, in the Nickelodeon childrens TV show, The Wild Thornberrys.
He most recently has performed the role of King Arthur in the Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot .
Early life
Curry's father, James, was a Methodist chaplain in the Royal Navy, and his mother, Patricia, was a school secretary. Curry was born and brought up in Warrington and attended Lymm High School until his father's death in 1958, when Curry moved to South London. He attended Kingswood School, Bath. As a child, he developed into a talented boy soprano (treble). Deciding to concentrate on acting, Curry graduated from Birmingham University with a combined degree in English and drama.
Acting career
Rocky Horror
Main article: The Rocky Horror Picture ShowCurry's first full-time role was as part of the original London cast of the musical Hair in 1968, where he first met Richard O'Brien who went on to write Curry's next full-time and perhaps still most famous role, that of Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show .
Originally, Curry rehearsed the character with a German accent and peroxide blond hair, but the character evolved into the sly, very upper-class English mad scientist and transvestite that carried over to the movie version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and made Curry both a star and a cult figure. He continued to play the character in London, Los Angeles and New York until 1975.
For many years, Curry was reluctant to talk about Rocky Horror , feeling that it was a trend that had gone too far and had distracted attention away from his later roles. A VH1 Pop-Up Video Halloween special even quoted Curry as saying he grew so unnerved by all the fan attention after this role that he became "chubby and plain" in order to escape it. However, in recent years he has been much more open about discussing the show and now recognizes it as a "rite of passage" for many young people.
Theatre
Shortly after the end of Rocky Horror Show on Broadway, Curry was back on Broadway with Tom Stoppard's Travesties , which ran in London and New York from 1975 to 1976. Travesties was a Broadway hit which won two Tony Awards (Best Performance by an Actor for John Wood and Best Comedy), as well as the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play), and Curry's performance as the famous dadaist Tristan Tzara received good reviews.
In 1981, Curry formed part of the original cast in the Broadway show Amadeus , playing the title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was nominated for his first Tony Award (Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play) for this role, but lost out to his co-star Ian McKellen, who played Antonio Salieri. In 1982, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papp's version of The Pirates of Penzance opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews.
In the mid 1980s, Curry performed in The Rivals (Bob Acres 1983) and in several plays with the Royal National Theatre of Great Britain, including the Threepenny Opera (MacHeath 1986), Dalliance (Theodore 1986), and Love For Love (Tattle 1985). In 1987/1988, Curry did the national tour of Me and My Girl as the lead role of 'Bill Snibson', a role originated on Broadway by Robert Lindsay and followed by Jim Dale. In 1989/90, Tim Curry returned once again to the New York stage in The Art of Success . In 1993, Curry played Alan Swann in the Broadway musical version of My Favorite Year , earning him his second Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical.
In 2001, Curry starred as Scrooge in the musical version of A Christmas Carol that played at Madison Square Garden. In 2004, Curry began his role of King Arthur in Spamalot in Chicago. The show successfully moved to Broadway in February 2005. It brought him a third Tony nomination, again for Best Actor in a Musical. Curry reprised this role in London's West End at the Palace Theatre, where Spamalot opened on 16 October 2006. His final performance came on 6 January 2007. He was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award as the Best Actor in a Musical for the role and also won the Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers' Choice Award (getting 39% of the votes cast by over 12,000 theatregoers) as Best Actor in a Musical.
Films and television
Curry's television and film credits are long and varied. A partial list of roles:
- "Madman" in a telefilm of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi (1972)
- Glen in Schmoedipus , a BBC Play for Today TV episode written by Dennis Potter and directed by Barry Davis (1974)
- Dr. Frank N. Furter The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Jerome K. Jerome in the BBC's TV movie Three Men in a Boat (1975)
- Has-been rock star Stevie Streeter in Rock Follies of '77 (1977)
- William Shakespeare in a 6-hour British TV series Will Shakespeare directed by Mark Cullingham, Robert Knights, Peter Wood (1977)
- Disc jockey Johnny LaGuardia in Times Square (1980)
- Guest host of Saturday Night Live (1981); In one sketch, Curry and Meat Loaf ran a "Rocky Horror" memorabilia store.
- Larry Gormley in LWT's TV comedy Blue Money (1982)
- Rooster Hannigan in the musical Annie (1982)
- Lord of Darkness in the film Legend (1985)
- Wadsworth (Boddy) in the film Clue (1985)
- The Grand Wizard in The Worst Witch (1986)
- Pentecostal televangelist in Pass the Ammo (1988)
- Rapacious record producer Winston Newquay in Wiseguy (1989)
- Prince Charles (voice) in episode 27 - "Europe in 30 Minutes" of Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)
- The Prosecutor in Roger Waters' 1990 Performance of The Wall Live in Berlin (1990)
- Pennywise in Stephen King's It (1990)
- Dr. Petrov in The Hunt for Red October (1990)
- MAL in Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990-1996)
- Dr. Thornton Poole the elocutionist in the film Oscar (1991)
- The Plaza Hotel concierge, Mr. Hector, in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
- Mr. Jigsaw in the film Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
- Roger in 2 episodes of Roseanne (1993)
- Cardinal Richelieu in Disney's The Three Musketeers (1993)
- Pa, Ma, and Winoma Breckrenger in Death of Some Salesman from Tales From the Crypt (1993)
- Corrupt scientist Farley Claymore in The Shadow (1994)
- Gaal in Earth 2 (1994)
- Herkermer Homolka, Romanian philanthropist in Congo (1995) - Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor
- Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
- Simon Doonan in the Titanic miniseries (1996)
- Major Vladikov in McHale's Navy (1997)
- "Poet Man" in Lexx (1997) in the episode "Supernova"
- Gomez Addams in Addams Family Reunion (1998)
- "The Sorcerer" (voice only) in The Net (1998-1999)
- "Jezebel Jack" in Pirates of the Plain (1999) from the creators of Ernest.
- "Edward Whatsett St. John" in Jackie's Back! (1999)
- Roger Corwin in Charlie's Angels (2000)
- Felix in Four Dogs Playing Poker (2000)
- Captain Fitzgerald in Lion of Oz (2000)
- Damien Kemp in Sorted (2000)
- Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II in Attila (2001)
- Professor Oldman in Scary Movie 2 (2001)
- Harley Dune in Wolf Girl (sometimes listed as Blood Moon (2001)
- Vet Matthew Hope in Ritual from the Tales from the Crypt (2001)
- Priest in The Scoundrel's Wife aka Home Front (2002)
- Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck in the Mr. Monk Goes to Jail episode of the Monk (TV series) (2004)
- Thurman Rice in Kinsey (2004)
- Marion Finster in Will & Grace (2004)
- Caspar Pennington in "Bailey's Billion" (2005)
- Nigel St. Nigel in Psych second season episode "American Duos" (2007)
- Coeur De Noir in The Secret of Moonacre (2008)
- Trymon in Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008)
- Lord Greville Boynton in Agatha Christie's Poirot: Appointment with Death (2008)
- Philippe in Barbie and the Three Musketeers (2009)
- Dodo in Alice (2009)
Voice acting
From the early 1990s onward, Curry has also become known as a highly-acclaimed voice artist. Notable roles include:
- God and Satan in "The Creation", an episode of The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
- Judas Iscariot in "The Easter Story", episode of The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible
- Captain James S. Hook in Fox's Peter Pan and the Pir
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