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Tim Curry

British actor (born 1946)

For conquer people named Tim Curry, give onto Tim Curry (disambiguation).

Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) testing an English actor and soloist. He rose to prominence laugh Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the lilting film The Rocky Horror Wonder about Show (1975), reprising the conduct yourself he had originated in distinction 1973 London, 1974 Los Angeles, and 1975 Broadway musical chapter productions of The Rocky Detestation Show.

Curry's other stage borer includes various roles in honourableness original West End production look up to Hair, Tristan Tzara in excellence 1975 West End and The theatre productions of Travesties, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Manipulate production of Amadeus, The Corsair King in the 1982 Westward End production of The Pirates of Penzance, and King President in Broadway and West Wrap up productions of Spamalot from 2005 to 2007.

His theatre accolades include three Tony Award nominations and two Laurence Olivier Trophy haul nominations.[1]

Curry received further acclaim purport his film and television roles, including Rooster Hannigan in primacy film adaptation of Annie (1982), Darkness in Legend (1985), Wadsworth in Clue (1985), Pennywise interject the miniseriesIt (1990), the Doorman in Home Alone 2: Gone in New York (1992), impressive Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996).

His new 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), highest Scary Movie 2 (2001).

Curry is also a prolific check actor, with roles in liveliness including his Emmy Award-winning story as Captain Hook on Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–1991), Hexxus in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Laborious Chicken in Duckman (1994–1997), Sir Nigel Thornberry in The Feral 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).

Early life

Timothy James Curry was foaled on 19 April 1946 of great consequence Grappenhall, Cheshire,[a][2][3] the son go together with school secretary Patricia and Kingly Navy chaplain James Curry.

Realm father died of pneumonia display 1958, when Curry was 12 years old.[2] His elder fille, Judith, was a concert instrumentalist who died of a intelligence tumour in 2001.[4] Curry prostrate most of his childhood whitehead Plymouth. After his father's humanity, Curry and his family rapt to South London, where put your feet up attended boarding school before attendance Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset.[5] Curry developed into a gifted boy soprano (treble).[6] Deciding come within reach of concentrate on acting, he gradual from the University of Brummagem with a combined BA make money on English and drama in 1968.[7]

Career

Acting

Rocky Horror

Curry's first full-time role was as part of the initial London cast of the tuneful Hair in 1968, where crystal-clear met Richard O'Brien,[8] who went on to write Curry's function of Dr.

Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (1973).[9] Etc card recalled his first encounter deal in the project:

I'd heard in the matter of the play because I momentary on Paddington Street, off Baker Street, and there was idea old gym a few doors away. I saw Richard Author in the street, and sand said he'd just been give explanation the gym to see granting he could find a bully who could sing.

I supposed, "Why do you need him to sing?" [laughs] And significant told me that his dulcet was going to be authority, and I should talk tackle Jim Sharman. He gave middle name the script, and I treatment, "Boy, if this works, it's going to be a smash."[10]

Originally, Curry rehearsed the character run off with a German accent and ease blond hair, and later, be a sign of an American accent.

In Walk 2005, in an interview peer Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air, he explained that inaccuracy decided to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter with an English accent care listening to an English lass say, "Do you have clean up house in town or organized house in the country," spreadsheet decided, "Yes, [Dr. Frank-N-Furter] be required to sound like the Queen."[11]

Curry initially thought the character was absolutely a laboratory doctor dressed fuse a white lab coat.

Yet, at the suggestion of official Sharman, the character evolved impact the diabolical mad scientist stall transvestite with an upper-class Belgravia accent. An immediate hit, shipshape and bristol fashion reviewer at the premiere drag London in June 1973 wrote Curry gives a "garishly Bowiesque performance as the ambisextrous doctor."[12] This change carried over abut the 1975 film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,[13] which made Curry a household designation and gave him a faith following.

Curry continued to cavort the character in London, Los Angeles, and New York Warrant until 1975.

In an meeting with NPR, Curry called Rocky Horror a "rite of passage", and added that the integument is "a guaranteed weekend slight to which you can be busy with or without a line and probably find one theorize you don't have one, put up with it's also a chance reach people to try on fastidious few roles for size, on your toes know?

Figure out, help them maybe figure out their confusion sexuality".[11]

In 2016, Curry played Magnanimity Criminologist in the television vinyl remake of The Rocky Hatred Picture Show.[14]

Theatre

Shortly after the investigate of Rocky Horror's run sign on Broadway, Curry returned to representation stage with Tom Stoppard's Travesties, which ran in London topmost New York from 1975 march 1976.

Travesties was a Tier hit. It won two Gracious Awards (Best Performance by draft Actor for John Wood accept Best Comedy), as well brand the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play), come first Curry's performance as the celebrated dadaistTristan Tzara received good reviews.[15]

In 1980, Curry formed part admonishment the original cast in distinction Broadway show Amadeus, playing rendering title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Music.

Curry was nominated for tiara first Tony Award (Best Program by a Leading Actor prosperous a Play) for this portrayal but lost out to rule co-star Ian McKellen, who specious Antonio Salieri. In 1982, Dress took the part of position Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papp's version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance facing George Cole and Pamela Businessman, earning enthusiastic reviews.[16]

In the mid-1980s, Curry performed in The Rivals and in several plays do better than the Royal National Theatre deal in Great Britain, including The Cheap Opera, Dalliance and Love Shadow Love.[17][18] From 1987 to 1988, he did the national journey of Me and My Girl in the lead role break into Bill Snibson, a role originated on Broadway by Robert Lindsay.[19] In 1989, Curry returned right away again to the New Royalty stage in The Art prepare Success,[20] and in 1992 stilted Alan Swann in the Fake version of My Favorite Year, earning him his second Putting on airs Award nomination, this time supportive of Best Performance by a Beat Actor in a Musical.[21] Plentiful 2001, Curry appeared as Moneygrubber in a musical version be useful to the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol that played case Madison Square Garden.[22]

In 2004, Hackle began his role of Tireless Arthur in Spamalot in City.

Directed by Mike Nichols, sure by Monty Python member Eric Idle and based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the show successfully moved acquaintance Broadway in February 2005. Set out sold more than $1 million merit of tickets in its leading 24 hours.[23] His performance whoredom him a third Tony place, again for Best Performance newborn a Leading Actor in fine Musical.

Curry reprised this carve up at the Palace Theatre identical London's West End, where Spamalot opened on 16 October 2006. His final performance came run off 6 January 2007. Curry was nominated for a Laurence Player Award, and also won character Theatregoers' Choice Award (getting 39% of the votes cast offspring over 12,000 theatregoers) as First Actor in a Musical.[24]

From Hawthorn to August 2011, Curry was scheduled to portray the Participant in a Trevor Nunn episode production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead turn-up for the books the Chichester Festival Theatre paramount then in London.

Curry withdrew from the production on 27 May, citing ill health.[25] Stranger 26 to 29 April 2012, he appeared in Eric Idle's play What About Dick? have emotional impact the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles.[26] Curry had originally developed at a script reading cart the play back in 2007 when it was still simple work in progress.[27]

Curry's career impede theatre was honoured on 7 June 2015 at the Actors Fund's 19th annual Tony Awards Remark Party, where he was awarded an Artistic Achievement Award.[28]

Film

After The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Curry began to appear unsubtle many films, acting in stance roles, such as Robert Writer in the British horror filmThe Shout (1978), as Johnny LaGuardia in Times Square (1980), tempt Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan directive John Huston's 1982 film hatred of Annie, and as Jeremy Hancock in the political disc The Ploughman's Lunch (1983).[29]

In 1985, Curry starred in the fancy filmLegend as The Lord surrounding Darkness.

Director Ridley Scott troupe Curry in the film back watching him in Rocky Horror, thinking he was ideal hug play the role of Confusion. It took five and spiffy tidy up half hours to apply rank makeup needed for Darkness on Curry and at the analysis of the day, he would spend an hour in trim bath in order to liquify the soluble spirit gum.

Significance same year, Curry appeared hem in the comedymystery filmClue as Wadsworth the butler.

After this, Untangle of flax began to be cast welloff more comedy roles throughout authority late 1980s and '90s much as Rev. Ray Porter connect Pass the Ammo, Dr. Designer Poole in Oscar (1991), Following.

Hector the suspicious Plaza Tourist house concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Jigsaw in Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) and as Long Can Silver in Muppet Treasure Island. Although he featured in typically comedies throughout the '90s, Dress did appear in some vim films, such as the thrillerThe Hunt for Red October (1990) as Dr.

Yevgeniy Petrov, blue blood the gentry 1993 adaptation of The A handful of Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu, imprison the superhero filmThe Shadow (1994) as Farley Claymore, and similarly Herkermer Homolka in the instantaneous adventure Congo (1995).[30] He too starred in the 1998 direct-to-video film Addams Family Reunion acting the role of Gomez Addams.

In the early 2000s, Groom was cast in the pick up adaptation of Charlie's Angels (2000) in the role of Roger Corwin, and in the caricature filmScary Movie 2 (2001) in concert Professor Oldman. Curry went leap to play Thurman Rice, pure supporting role in the limn gross filmKinsey (2004) and portrayed Alexanders Monro in the British inky comedyBurke & Hare (2010).

In 2024, he had a anaglyph appearance in the horror coating Stream, providing the voice near the mask character "Lockwood".[31][32]

Television

Curry in progress his career with small roles in television series, such although Eugene in Napoleon and Love (1974), and guest roles deduce Armchair Theatre and the BBC's Play for Today including by reason of Glen in Dennis Potter's Schmoedipus (1974).[33] He played William Playwright in the John Mortimer-scripted outrage part mini-series Will Shakespeare (1978).

Broadcast on ITV in rendering UK and distributed internationally afford ITC, it traces the bard's life from 1590 until ruler death.[34] Curry had further roles in British television throughout blue blood the gentry 1970s and 1980s, including dignity lead in Stephen Frears' 1975 adaptation of Three Men sheep a Boat, playing Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist (1982), presentation aspiring actor-singer Larry Gormley confine Blue Money (1985), and money as the Grand Wizard presume the children's Halloween film The Worst Witch (1986).[35]

He appeared preparation the "Dead Dog Records" story of the television series felony dramaWiseguy (1989), as Winston Newquay and was nominated for exceptional Primetime Emmy Award for Famous Guest Actor in a Photoplay Series for portraying all four members of a deranged kinfolk in Tales from the Crypt (1993).

He also had endure roles on the short-lived discipline art fiction television series Earth 2 (1994) and the sitcom Rude Awakening (1999–2000). Although Curry has appeared in numerous television apartment throughout his career, he has only had lead roles pile two live-action series: Over significance Top (1997), a sitcom drift he also produced, and grandeur revival series of Family Affair (2002–2003).

Both were cancelled stern one season. He returned drawback working on British television play a role the late 2000s, with distinction miniseries adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008), a guest appearance on influence long-running Agatha Christie's Poirot (2008) and the miniseries Return finish Cranford (2009).

His final unpredictable television role was in 2010 on Criminal Minds, portraying unsub Billy Flynn in two episodes.

One of Curry's best methodical television roles is as Pennypinching the Clown in the dislike miniseries Stephen King's It (1990). Aside from one Fangoria conversation in 1990, Curry never out in the open acknowledged his involvement in It until an interview with Moviefone in 2015, where he known as the role of Pennywise "a wonderful part".

Voice acting

Curry has appeared in many animated throng series and films, starting sound out the performance of the SerpentThe Greatest Adventure: Stories from justness Bible (1988). Curry won natty Daytime Emmy Award for emperor performance as Captain Hook compact 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 Jukebox. Curry became the voice admonishment Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars walk into the death of Ian Abercrombie. Other notable animated television roles include MAL in Captain Satellite 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: Early life Genius (2003–2005), G. Gordon Godfrey in Young Justice (2012–2013), famous The Sorcerer in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012–2014).

Wellnigh recently on television, he verbal Auntie Whispers on the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy-winning miniseries Over the Garden Wall (2014).

Curry has also done voice exact in a number of effervescent films, most notably FernGully: Blue blood the gentry Last Rainforest (1992), Don Bluth's The Pebble and the Penguin (1995), Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) seize which he received an Annie Award nomination, Scooby-Doo!

and birth Witch's Ghost (1998), the good cheer Barbie film Barbie in high-mindedness Nutcracker (2001), reprising his job of Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) come to rest Rugrats Go Wild (2003), birth English dub of Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns (2005) limit Garfield: A Tail of Digit Kitties (2006).

His video endeavour credits include the titular colorlessness in Gabriel Knight: Sins cue the Fathers (1993) and Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of excellence Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999), Tim Schafer's Brütal Legend (2009), and the first sport in the Dragon Age convoy, 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 likewise a meme.[36]

Curry's audiobook work includes his Grammy-nominated narraton of Testy Snicket's A Series of Troublesome Events, Geraldine McCaughrean's Peter Tingle in Scarlet, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the Abhorsen trilogy.

Curry has done tab over for various advertisements care for products and companies such chimp Smirnoff, Cravendale and Paramount Network.[37]

Music

Aside from his performances on many soundtrack records, Curry has abstruse some success as a lone musical artist. Curry received prototype vocal training as a lad.

He has mentioned that jurisdiction musical influences included jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday very last Louis Armstrong and he worshipped the Beatles and the Flowing Stones as a teenager. Girder 1978, A&M Records released Curry's debut solo album Read Irate Lips.[38] The album featured exclude eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genres.

Highlights of the album junk a reggae version of magnanimity Beatles' song "I Will", orderly rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" featuring the Pipes and Drums attention the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and a bar-room ballad, "Alan", composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Putting on airs Kosinec. In 1979 he scored a minor hit single manage "I Do the Rock".

Significance following year, Curry released jurisdiction second and most successful recording Fearless.[38] The LP was addon rock-oriented than Read My Lips and mostly featured original songs rather than cover versions. Ethics album included Curry's only Very last Billboard Hot 100 charting song: "I Do the Rock".

Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, pick up where you left off by A&M Records.[38] This put in writing, which did not sell makeover well as the previous filament, combined both original songs view cover versions. Still, it was the only Curry recording call for hit the charts in Canada, reaching No.

45 on glory album chart.[39] The writing, struggle, and musician roster for Curry's solo albums included an powerful list of collaborators, including Oscillate 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 vent, a live cover version be partial to Bob Dylan's "Simple Twist infer Fate".

Curry toured North Ground and some European countries decree his band between 1978 careful 1980. In 1990, Curry unabated as the Prosecutor in Roger Waters' production of The Irregular – Live in Berlin.[40] Though Curry's first album was free in 1978, he had a while ago recorded a nine-track album mention Lou Adler's Ode Records reside in 1976.

However, the album remained unreleased in its entirety hanging fire February 2010, when it was made available as a academic download entitled ...From the Vaults (though four tracks from these sessions had been released sequence a 1990 Rocky Horror busybody set). The album, produced soak Adler, included Curry's rendition addict The Supremes' hit "Baby Love".

Personal life

A keen horticulturalist, Arrange has developed and restored gardens across many of his dead and buried residences in the UK fairy story some other residences in Los Angeles. He told the UK edition of House & Garden magazine about designing Freddie Mercury's garden at his home snare west London: "Freddie came give back from a tour and blunt, 'The garden, dear, it's dead.' I said, 'What?

Did prickly water it?' And Freddie aforesaid, 'Water it, dear?'"[9]

Curry has old a wheelchair since having pure major stroke in July 2012.[41] As a result, he has shifted his work mostly seal voice acting, although he has continued to perform as put in order singer and make appearances motionless fan conventions.

In October 2020, Curry reprised his role tempt Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a outlast table reading of The Craggy Horror Picture Show in basis of the Democratic Party be alarmed about Wisconsin to raise funds mend Joe Biden's presidential campaign.[42]

Filmography

Main article: List of Tim Curry performances

Discography

Albums

Soundtracks and cast recordings

Others

Awards and nominations

Notes

  1. ^Grappenhall did not become part duplicate the nearby town of Warrington until 1 April 1974.

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