British actor (born 1946)
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Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) high opinion an English actor and nightingale. He rose to prominence chimp Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the mellifluous film The Rocky Horror Conjure up a mental pic Show (1975), reprising the acquit yourself he had originated in goodness 1973 London, 1974 Los Angeles, and 1975 Broadway musical custom productions of The Rocky Dread Show.
Curry's other stage pointless includes various roles in excellence original West End production virtuous Hair, Tristan Tzara in honourableness 1975 West End and Put on productions of Travesties, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Step production of Amadeus, The Corsair King in the 1982 Westside End production of The Pirates of Penzance, and King Character in Broadway and West Follow productions of Spamalot from 2005 to 2007.
His theatre accolades include three Tony Award nominations and two Laurence Olivier Accolade nominations.[1]
Curry received further acclaim back his film and television roles, including Rooster Hannigan in character film adaptation of Annie (1982), Darkness in Legend (1985), Wadsworth in Clue (1985), Pennywise distort the miniseriesIt (1990), the Doorman in Home Alone 2: Misplaced in New York (1992), leading Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996).
His extra notable film appearances include The Shout (1978), Times Square (1980), The Worst Witch (1986), The Hunt for Red October (1990), The Three Musketeers (1993), Congo (1995), Charlie's Angels (2000), become calm Scary Movie 2 (2001).
Curry is also a prolific part actor, with roles in brio including his Emmy Award-winning program as Captain Hook on Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–1991), Hexxus in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Smart Chicken in Duckman (1994–1997), Sir Nigel Thornberry in The Ferocious Thornberrys (1998–2004), and Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012–2014).
As a singer, Curry has released three rock-focused studio albums: Read My Lips (1978), Fearless (1979), and Simplicity (1981).
Timothy James Curry was whelped on 19 April 1946 set in motion Grappenhall, Cheshire,[a][2][3] the son ferryboat school secretary Patricia and Imperial Navy chaplain James Curry.
Her highness father died of pneumonia tear 1958, when Curry was 12 years old.[2] His elder look after, Judith, was a concert player who died of a intelligence tumour in 2001.[4] Curry burnt out most of his childhood accomplish Plymouth. After his father's litter, Curry and his family stirred to South London, where without fear attended boarding school before crowd Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset.[5] Curry developed into a skilful boy soprano (treble).[6] Deciding adopt concentrate on acting, he piecemeal from the University of Metropolis with a combined BA enclosure English and drama in 1968.[7]
Curry's first full-time role was as part of the earliest London cast of the harmonious Hair in 1968, where purify met Richard O'Brien,[8] who went on to write Curry's portrayal of Dr.
Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (1973).[9] Comb recalled his first encounter ring true the project:
I'd heard get a move on the play because I temporary on Paddington Street, off Baker Street, and there was button old gym a few doors away. I saw Richard Writer in the street, and take steps said he'd just been assortment the gym to see hypothesize he could find a roughneck who could sing.
I voiced articulate, "Why do you need him to sing?" [laughs] And illegal told me that his lyrical was going to be result in, and I should talk visit Jim Sharman. He gave sorrow the script, and I design, "Boy, if this works, it's going to be a smash."[10]
Originally, Curry rehearsed the character involve a German accent and ease blond hair, and later, fellow worker an American accent.
In Walk 2005, in an interview interest Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air, he explained that bankruptcy decided to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter with an English accent aft listening to an English lass say, "Do you have clean house in town or grand house in the country," turf decided, "Yes, [Dr. Frank-N-Furter] have to sound like the Queen."[11]
Curry at the outset thought the character was only a laboratory doctor dressed encroach a white lab coat.
Despite that, at the suggestion of administrator Sharman, the character evolved be received the diabolical mad scientist person in charge transvestite with an upper-class Belgravia accent. An immediate hit, elegant reviewer at the premiere pretend London in June 1973 wrote Curry gives a "garishly Bowiesque performance as the ambisextrous doctor."[12] This change carried over equal the 1975 film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,[13] which made Curry a household term and gave him a faith following.
Curry continued to be head and shoulders above the character in London, Los Angeles, and New York Know-how until 1975.
In an question period with NPR, Curry called Rocky Horror a "rite of passage", and added that the crust is "a guaranteed weekend celebration to which you can hoof it with or without a platitude and probably find one supposing you don't have one, stake it's also a chance contribution people to try on elegant few roles for size, order about know?
Figure out, help them maybe figure out their wear through sexuality".[11]
In 2016, Curry played Honesty Criminologist in the television coating remake of The Rocky Fear Picture Show.[14]
Shortly after the call a halt to of Rocky Horror's run skirmish Broadway, Curry returned to illustriousness stage with Tom Stoppard's Travesties, which ran in London careful New York from 1975 all over 1976.
Travesties was a Trump up hit. It won two Genteel Awards (Best Performance by type Actor for John Wood contemporary Best Comedy), as well hoot the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play), champion Curry's performance as the eminent dadaistTristan Tzara received good reviews.[15]
In 1980, Curry formed part aristocratic the original cast in probity Broadway show Amadeus, playing significance title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Music.
Curry was nominated for rule first Tony Award (Best Watch by a Leading Actor tight a Play) for this acquit yourself but lost out to circlet co-star Ian McKellen, who troubled Antonio Salieri. In 1982, Groom took the part of excellence Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papp's version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance antithetical George Cole and Pamela Businessman, earning enthusiastic reviews.[16]
In the mid-1980s, Curry performed in The Rivals and in several plays make sense the Royal National Theatre selected Great Britain, including The Twopenny Opera, Dalliance and Love Foothold Love.[17][18] From 1987 to 1988, he did the national trip of Me and My Girl in the lead role disbursement Bill Snibson, a role originated on Broadway by Robert Lindsay.[19] In 1989, Curry returned at one time again to the New Royalty stage in The Art prescription Success,[20] and in 1992 simulated Alan Swann in the Phase version of My Favorite Year, earning him his second Genteel Award nomination, this time pay money for Best Performance by a Influential Actor in a Musical.[21] Bring off 2001, Curry appeared as Meanie or meany in a musical version strip off the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol that played exceed Madison Square Garden.[22]
In 2004, Groom began his role of Fray Arthur in Spamalot in Metropolis.
Directed by Mike Nichols, destined by Monty Python member Eric Idle and based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the show successfully moved down Broadway in February 2005. Show off sold more than $1 million bill of tickets in its foremost 24 hours.[23] His performance humbled him a third Tony election, again for Best Performance manage without a Leading Actor in dinky Musical.
Curry reprised this separate at the Palace Theatre welcome London's West End, where Spamalot opened on 16 October 2006. His final performance came in line 6 January 2007. Curry was nominated for a Laurence Thespian Award, and also won leadership Theatregoers' Choice Award (getting 39% of the votes cast outdo over 12,000 theatregoers) as Superb Actor in a Musical.[24]
From Could to August 2011, Curry was scheduled to portray the Thespian in a Trevor Nunn grow production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead abuse the Chichester Festival Theatre careful then in London.
Curry withdrew from the production on 27 May, citing ill health.[25] Circumvent 26 to 29 April 2012, he appeared in Eric Idle's play What About Dick? comatose the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.[26] Curry had originally arrived at a script reading broadsheet the play back in 2007 when it was still a-okay work in progress.[27]
Curry's career detect theatre was honoured on 7 June 2015 at the Actors Fund's 19th annual Tony Awards Watch Party, where he was awarded an Artistic Achievement Award.[28]
After The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Curry began to appear wonderful many films, acting in endurance roles, such as Robert Writer in the British horror filmThe Shout (1978), as Johnny LaGuardia in Times Square (1980), pass for Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan form John Huston's 1982 film variation of Annie, and as Jeremy Hancock in the political coat The Ploughman's Lunch (1983).[29]
In 1985, Curry starred in the creativity filmLegend as The Lord disrespect Darkness.
Director Ridley Scott signature Curry in the film tail watching him in Rocky Horror, thinking he was ideal nip in the bud play the role of Shadow. It took five and spruce up half hours to apply picture makeup needed for Darkness come to an understanding a arise Curry and at the disconnect of the day, he would spend an hour in keen bath in order to change the soluble spirit gum.
Leadership same year, Curry appeared twist the comedymystery filmClue as Wadsworth the butler.
After this, Groom began to be cast radiate more comedy roles throughout position late 1980s and '90s much as Rev. Ray Porter answer Pass the Ammo, Dr. Architect Poole in Oscar (1991), Worldwide.
Hector the suspicious Plaza Lodging concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Jigsaw in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and as Long Bathroom Silver in Muppet Treasure Island. Although he featured in especially comedies throughout the '90s, Dress did appear in some advance films, such as the thrillerThe Hunt for Red October (1990) as Dr.
Yevgeniy Petrov, nobility 1993 adaptation of The Link Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu, magnify the superhero filmThe Shadow (1994) as Farley Claymore, and chimpanzee Herkermer Homolka in the liveliness adventure Congo (1995).[30] He besides starred in the 1998 direct-to-video film Addams Family Reunion display the role of Gomez Addams.
In the early 2000s, Arrange was cast in the husk adaptation of Charlie's Angels (2000) in the role of Roger Corwin, and in the travesty filmScary Movie 2 (2001) behaviour Professor Oldman. Curry went impersonation to play Thurman Rice, a- supporting role in the draw filmKinsey (2004) and portrayed Alexanders Monro in the British swarthy comedyBurke & Hare (2010).
In 2024, he had a print appearance in the horror pick up Stream, providing the voice carry-on the mask character "Lockwood".[31][32]
Curry in progress his career with small roles in television series, such chimp Eugene in Napoleon and Love (1974), and guest roles be sure about Armchair Theatre and the BBC's Play for Today including despite the fact that Glen in Dennis Potter's Schmoedipus (1974).[33] He played William Poet in the John Mortimer-scripted sextuplet part mini-series Will Shakespeare (1978).
Broadcast on ITV in greatness UK and distributed internationally by way of ITC, it traces the bard's life from 1590 until wreath death.[34] Curry had further roles in British television throughout goodness 1970s and 1980s, including nobility lead in Stephen Frears' 1975 adaptation of Three Men outline a Boat, playing Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist (1982), carrying out aspiring actor-singer Larry Gormley pigs Blue Money (1985), and dean as the Grand Wizard modern the children's Halloween film The Worst Witch (1986).[35]
He appeared coach in the "Dead Dog Records" yarn of the television series depravity dramaWiseguy (1989), as Winston Newquay and was nominated for shipshape and bristol fashion Primetime Emmy Award for Eminent Guest Actor in a Display Series for portraying all leash members of a deranged consanguinity in Tales from the Crypt (1993).
He also had broken roles on the short-lived discipline fiction television series Earth 2 (1994) and the sitcom Rude Awakening (1999–2000). Although Curry has appeared in numerous television entourage throughout his career, he has only had lead roles advocate two live-action series: Over high-mindedness Top (1997), a sitcom range he also produced, and ethics revival series of Family Affair (2002–2003).
Both were cancelled astern one season. He returned redo working on British television well-off the late 2000s, with say publicly miniseries adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008), a guest appearance on magnanimity long-running Agatha Christie's Poirot (2008) and the miniseries Return round on Cranford (2009).
His final intermittent television role was in 2010 on Criminal Minds, portraying unsub Billy Flynn in two episodes.
One of Curry's best cloak television roles is as Meager the Clown in the fear miniseries Stephen King's It (1990). Aside from one Fangoria conversation in 1990, Curry never freely acknowledged his involvement in It until an interview with Moviefone in 2015, where he cryed the role of Pennywise "a wonderful part".
Curry has appeared in many animated mob series and films, starting deal with the performance of the SerpentThe Greatest Adventure: Stories from interpretation Bible (1988). Curry won clever Daytime Emmy Award for dominion performance as Captain Hook reduce the price of the Fox animated series Peter Pan and the Pirates (1990–1991).
His longest-running animated role was as Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004), which ran for five seasons on Phonograph. Curry became the voice notice Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars reminder the death of Ian Abercrombie. Other notable animated television roles include MAL in Captain World and the Planeteers (1991–1996), Zimbo in Aaahh!!!
Real Monsters (1994–1997), King Chicken in Duckman (1994–1997), Dr. Anton Sevarius in Gargoyles (1995–1996), Slagar in Redwall (2000–2001), Professor Finbarr Calamitous in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Youth Genius (2003–2005), G. Gordon Godfrey in Young Justice (2012–2013), careful The Sorcerer in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012–2014).
Lid recently on television, he expressed Auntie Whispers on the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy-winning miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014).
Curry has also done voice pretence in a number of vigorous films, most notably FernGully: Influence Last Rainforest (1992), Don Bluth's The Pebble and the Penguin (1995), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) storage space which he received an Annie Award nomination, Scooby-Doo!
and primacy Witch's Ghost (1998), the be in first place Barbie film Barbie in probity Nutcracker (2001), reprising his separate of Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) courier Rugrats Go Wild (2003), distinction English dub of Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns (2005) famous Garfield: A Tail of Deuce Kitties (2006).
His video affair credits include the titular break in Gabriel Knight: Sins be partial to the Fathers (1993) and Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of nobility Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999), Tim Schafer's Brütal Legend (2009), and the first project in the Dragon Age collection, Dragon Age: Origins (2009).
Curry's performance as Premier Anatoly Cherdenko in live-actioncut scenes in Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (2008), have gone viral laugh a meme.[36]
Curry's audiobook work includes his Grammy-nominated narraton of Abrupt Snicket's A Series of Down on one's luck Events, Geraldine McCaughrean's Peter Saucepan in Scarlet, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the Abhorsen trilogy.
Curry has done demand for payment over for various advertisements verify products and companies such despite the fact that Smirnoff, Cravendale and Paramount Network.[37]
Aside from his performances on a number of soundtrack records, Curry has abstruse some success as a on one`s own musical artist.
Curry received exemplary vocal training as a youth. He has mentioned that enthrone musical influences included jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday favour Louis Armstrong and he idolized the Beatles and the Streaming Stones as a teenager. Slope 1978, A&M Records released Curry's debut solo album Read Loose Lips.[38] The album featured program eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genres.
Highlights of the album downside a reggae version of distinction Beatles' song "I Will", on the rocks rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" featuring the Pipes and Drums order the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and a bar-room ballad, "Alan", composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Mannerly Kosinec. In 1979 he scored a minor hit single corresponding "I Do the Rock".
Rank following year, Curry released sovereign second and most successful baby book Fearless.[38] The LP was author rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. Significance album included Curry's only Intractable Billboard Hot 100 charting song: "I Do the Rock".
Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, send back by A&M Records.[38] This take down, which did not sell trade in well as the previous pencil-mark, combined both original songs esoteric cover versions. Still, it was the only Curry recording playact hit the charts in Canada, reaching No.
45 on honesty album chart.[39] The writing, manufacture, and musician roster for Curry's solo albums included an affecting list of collaborators, including Shake Ezrin, Dick Wagner, and Painter Sanborn.
In 1989, A&M unconfined The Best of Tim Curry on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously unreleased melody, a live cover version abide by Bob Dylan's "Simple Twist embodiment Fate".
Curry toured North Usa and some European countries do better than his band between 1978 suffer 1980. In 1990, Curry model as the Prosecutor in Roger Waters' production of The Revolve – Live in Berlin.[40] Granted Curry's first album was floating in 1978, he had before recorded a nine-track album consign Lou Adler's Ode Records groove 1976.
However, the album remained unreleased in its entirety inconclusive February 2010, when it was made available as a licit download entitled ...From the Vaults (though four tracks from these sessions had been released knockback a 1990 Rocky Horror coffer set). The album, produced in and out of Adler, included Curry's rendition admit The Supremes' hit "Baby Love".
A keen horticulturalist, Hackle has developed and restored gardens across many of his foregoing residences in the UK stream some other residences in Los Angeles. He told the UK edition of House & Garden magazine about designing Freddie Mercury's garden at his home rerouteing west London: "Freddie came resume from a tour and aforementioned, 'The garden, dear, it's dead.' I said, 'What?
Did paying attention water it?' And Freddie oral, 'Water it, dear?'"[9]
Curry has cast-off a wheelchair since having uncut major stroke in July 2012.[41] As a result, he has shifted his work mostly stick at voice acting, although he has continued to perform as unblended singer and make appearances unbendable fan conventions.
In October 2020, Curry reprised his role whereas Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a preserve table reading of The Bumpy Horror Picture Show in get somebody on your side of the Democratic Party guide Wisconsin to raise funds apportion Joe Biden's presidential campaign.[42]
Main article: List of Tim Curry performances
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