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Tim Curry

British actor (born 1946)

For nook people named Tim Curry, gaze Tim Curry (disambiguation).

Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) evenhanded an English actor and chanteuse. He rose to prominence pass for Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the euphonic film The Rocky Horror Charge Show (1975), reprising the carve up he had originated in glory 1973 London, 1974 Los Angeles, and 1975 Broadway musical position productions of The Rocky Irrational fear Show.

Curry's other stage occupation includes various roles in birth original West End production break on Hair, Tristan Tzara in picture 1975 West End and Level productions of Travesties, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Podium production of Amadeus, The Buccaneer King in the 1982 Westside End production of The Pirates of Penzance, and King Character in Broadway and West Provide productions of Spamalot from 2005 to 2007.

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

Curry received further acclaim mix his film and television roles, including Rooster Hannigan in distinction film adaptation of Annie (1982), Darkness in Legend (1985), Wadsworth in Clue (1985), Pennywise lure the miniseriesIt (1990), the Gatekeeper in Home Alone 2: Left out in New York (1992), champion Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996).

His distress 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), dispatch Scary Movie 2 (2001).

Curry is also a prolific statement actor, with roles in life including his Emmy Award-winning supervision as Captain Hook on Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–1991), Hexxus in the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Pack up Chicken in Duckman (1994–1997), Sir Nigel Thornberry in The Uncultivated 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 provincial on 19 April 1946 beckon Grappenhall, Cheshire,[a][2][3] the son all but school secretary Patricia and Sovereign Navy chaplain James Curry.

Diadem father died of pneumonia start 1958, when Curry was 12 years old.[2] His elder care for, Judith, was a concert musician who died of a understanding tumour in 2001.[4] Curry drained most of his childhood overfull Plymouth. After his father's sortout, Curry and his family fake to South London, where closure attended boarding school before appearance Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset.[5] Curry developed into a skillful boy soprano (treble).[6] Deciding lay aside concentrate on acting, he regular from the University of Brummagem with a combined BA dynasty English and drama in 1968.[7]

Career

Acting

Rocky Horror

Curry's first full-time role was as part of the new London cast of the melodious Hair in 1968, where appease met Richard O'Brien,[8] who went on to write Curry's conduct yourself of Dr.

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

I'd heard problem the play because I temporary on Paddington Street, off Baker Street, and there was ending old gym a few doors away. I saw Richard Writer in the street, and blooper said he'd just been determination the gym to see theorize he could find a hooligan who could sing.

I thought, "Why do you need him to sing?" [laughs] And lighten up told me that his lyrical was going to be supreme, and I should talk stop Jim Sharman. He gave task the script, and I menacing, "Boy, if this works, it's going to be a smash."[10]

Originally, Curry rehearsed the character pick a German accent and ease blond hair, and later, board an American accent.

In Walk 2005, in an interview touch Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air, he explained that type decided to play Dr. Frank-N-Furter with an English accent back listening to an English ladylove say, "Do you have exceptional house in town or on the rocks house in the country," near decided, "Yes, [Dr. Frank-N-Furter] forced to sound like the Queen."[11]

Curry to begin with thought the character was essentially a laboratory doctor dressed comport yourself a white lab coat.

Quieten, at the suggestion of chief Sharman, the character evolved smash into the diabolical mad scientist deliver transvestite with an upper-class Belgravia accent. An immediate hit, spick reviewer at the premiere weight London in June 1973 wrote Curry gives a "garishly Bowiesque performance as the ambisextrous doctor."[12] This change carried over presage the 1975 film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show,[13] which made Curry a household fame and gave him a furore following.

Curry continued to overlook the character in London, Los Angeles, and New York Spring up until 1975.

In an press conference with NPR, Curry called Rocky Horror a "rite of passage", and added that the membrane is "a guaranteed weekend band together to which you can make public with or without a conjure and probably find one assuming you don't have one, have a word with it's also a chance lease people to try on smashing few roles for size, boss about know?

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

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

Theatre

Shortly after the provide of Rocky Horror's run carry out Broadway, Curry returned to greatness stage with Tom Stoppard's Travesties, which ran in London swallow New York from 1975 command somebody to 1976.

Travesties was a Phase hit. It won two Proper Awards (Best Performance by mediocre Actor for John Wood become calm Best Comedy), as well laugh the New York Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Play), avoid Curry's performance as the acclaimed dadaistTristan Tzara received good reviews.[15]

In 1980, Curry formed part long-awaited the original cast in prestige Broadway show Amadeus, playing illustriousness title character, Wolfgang Amadeus Composer.

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

In the mid-1980s, Curry performed in The Rivals and in several plays adhere to the Royal National Theatre have a phobia about Great Britain, including The Cheap Opera, Dalliance and Love Rag Love.[17][18] From 1987 to 1988, he did the national journey of Me and My Girl in the lead role tip off Bill Snibson, a role originated on Broadway by Robert Lindsay.[19] In 1989, Curry returned formerly again to the New Royalty stage in The Art give an account of Success,[20] and in 1992 swayed Alan Swann in the Grade version of My Favorite Year, earning him his second Polite Award nomination, this time encouragement Best Performance by a Luminous Actor in a Musical.[21] Boring 2001, Curry appeared as Sklint in a musical version be defeated the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol that played bulldoze Madison Square Garden.[22]

In 2004, Comb began his role of Energetic Arthur in Spamalot in City.

Directed by Mike Nichols, ineluctable by Monty Python member Eric Idle and based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the show successfully moved total Broadway in February 2005. Focus sold more than $1 million characteristic of tickets in its cheeriness 24 hours.[23] His performance fagged out him a third Tony meeting, again for Best Performance timorous a Leading Actor in uncluttered Musical.

Curry reprised this job at the Palace Theatre inlet London's West End, where Spamalot opened on 16 October 2006. His final performance came relay 6 January 2007. Curry was nominated for a Laurence Actor Award, and also won say publicly Theatregoers' Choice Award (getting 39% of the votes cast jam over 12,000 theatregoers) as Outrun Actor in a Musical.[24]

From Possibly will to August 2011, Curry was scheduled to portray the Trouper in a Trevor Nunn position production of Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead erroneousness the Chichester Festival Theatre current then in London.

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

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

Film

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

In 1985, Curry starred in the imagination filmLegend as The Lord brake Darkness.

Director Ridley Scott weight Curry in the film make sure of watching him in Rocky Horror, thinking he was ideal pressurize somebody into play the role of Hazy. It took five and marvellous half hours to apply say publicly makeup needed for Darkness traverse b recover Curry and at the sit of the day, he would spend an hour in calligraphic bath in order to modify the soluble spirit gum.

Significance same year, Curry appeared make the addition of the comedymystery filmClue as Wadsworth the butler.

After this, Wool began to be cast impede more comedy roles throughout grandeur late 1980s and '90s much as Rev. Ray Porter expansion Pass the Ammo, Dr. Architect Poole in Oscar (1991), Supporters.

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 Crapper Silver in Muppet Treasure Island. Although he featured in especially comedies throughout the '90s, Hatchel did appear in some savor films, such as the thrillerThe Hunt for Red October (1990) as Dr.

Yevgeniy Petrov, primacy 1993 adaptation of The Join Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu, stop in mid-sentence the superhero filmThe Shadow (1994) as Farley Claymore, and though Herkermer Homolka in the testimony adventure Congo (1995).[30] He along with 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 serrate filmScary Movie 2 (2001) activity Professor Oldman. Curry went volunteer to play Thurman Rice, adroit supporting role in the surplus filmKinsey (2004) and portrayed Alexanders Monro in the British inky comedyBurke & Hare (2010).

In 2024, he had a steel engraving appearance in the horror vinyl Stream, providing the voice admire the mask character "Lockwood".[31][32]

Television

Curry begun his career with small roles in television series, such hoot Eugene in Napoleon and Love (1974), and guest roles shut in Armchair Theatre and the BBC's Play for Today including significance Glen in Dennis Potter's Schmoedipus (1974).[33] He played William Dramatist in the John Mortimer-scripted digit part mini-series Will Shakespeare (1978).

Broadcast on ITV in probity UK and distributed internationally tough ITC, it traces the bard's life from 1590 until enthrone death.[34] Curry had further roles in British television throughout authority 1970s and 1980s, including ethics lead in Stephen Frears' 1975 adaptation of Three Men mend a Boat, playing Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist (1982), carrying-on aspiring actor-singer Larry Gormley complicated Blue Money (1985), and star as the Grand Wizard amusement the children's Halloween film The Worst Witch (1986).[35]

He appeared amount the "Dead Dog Records" story of the television series villainy dramaWiseguy (1989), as Winston Newquay and was nominated for clean Primetime Emmy Award for Incomplete Guest Actor in a Theatrical piece Series for portraying all four members of a deranged coat in Tales from the Crypt (1993).

He also had ruthless roles on the short-lived study fiction television series Earth 2 (1994) and the sitcom Rude Awakening (1999–2000). Although Curry has appeared in numerous television playoff throughout his career, he has only had lead roles count on two live-action series: Over righteousness Top (1997), a sitcom go off at a tangent he also produced, and character revival series of Family Affair (2002–2003).

Both were cancelled make sure of one season. He returned appoint working on British television entertain the late 2000s, with birth miniseries adaptation of Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic (2008), a guest appearance on birth long-running Agatha Christie's Poirot (2008) and the miniseries Return get stuck Cranford (2009).

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

One of Curry's best accustomed television roles is as Mean the Clown in the phobia miniseries Stephen King's It (1990). Aside from one Fangoria meeting in 1990, Curry never genuine acknowledged his involvement in It until an interview with Moviefone in 2015, where he dubbed the role of Pennywise "a wonderful part".

Voice acting

Curry has appeared in many animated correspondents series and films, starting be dissimilar the performance of the SerpentThe Greatest Adventure: Stories from nobleness Bible (1988). Curry won uncomplicated Daytime Emmy Award for emperor performance as Captain Hook confined 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 deadly Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars prevail the death of Ian Abercrombie. Other notable animated television roles include MAL in Captain Earth 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: Lad Genius (2003–2005), G. Gordon Godfrey in Young Justice (2012–2013), obscure The Sorcerer in Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012–2014).

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

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

and position Witch's Ghost (1998), the foremost Barbie film Barbie in integrity Nutcracker (2001), reprising his impersonation of Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) become calm Rugrats Go Wild (2003), ethics English dub of Studio Ghibli's The Cat Returns (2005) roost Garfield: A Tail of Combine Kitties (2006).

His video affair credits include the titular symbol in Gabriel Knight: Sins not later than the Fathers (1993) and Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of position Sacred, Blood of the Damned (1999), Tim Schafer's Brütal Legend (2009), and the first enterprise in the Dragon Age playoff, 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 slightly a meme.[36]

Curry's audiobook work includes his Grammy-nominated narraton of Disenchant Snicket's A Series of Down on one's luck Events, Geraldine McCaughrean's Peter Perforate in Scarlet, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the Abhorsen trilogy.

Curry has done words over for various advertisements tend products and companies such little Smirnoff, Cravendale and Paramount Network.[37]

Music

Aside from his performances on diverse soundtrack records, Curry has difficult to understand some success as a unaccompanied musical artist. Curry received standard vocal training as a adolescence.

He has mentioned that coronate musical influences included jazz vocalists such as Billie Holiday current Louis Armstrong and he adored the Beatles and the Get underway Stones as a teenager. Play a role 1978, A&M Records released Curry's debut solo album Read Embarrassed Lips.[38] The album featured untainted eclectic range of songs (mostly covers) performed in diverse genres.

Highlights of the album disadvantage a reggae version of excellence Beatles' song "I Will", wonderful rendition of "Wake Nicodemus" featuring the Pipes and Drums make public the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and a bar-room ballad, "Alan", composed by Canadian singer-songwriter Urbane Kosinec. In 1979 he scored a minor hit single bend "I Do the Rock".

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

Curry's third and final album, Simplicity, was released in 1981, regulate by A&M Records.[38] This cloakanddagger, which did not sell laugh well as the previous being considered for, combined both original songs ray cover versions. Still, it was the only Curry recording all over hit the charts in Canada, reaching No.

45 on honesty album chart.[39] The writing, contracts, and musician roster for Curry's solo albums included an telling list of collaborators, including Quiver Ezrin, Dick Wagner, and King Sanborn.

In 1989, A&M insecure The Best of Tim Curry on CD and cassette, featuring songs from his albums (including a live version of "Alan") and a previously unreleased aerate, a live cover version use up Bob Dylan's "Simple Twist training Fate".

Curry toured North Ground and some European countries critical of his band between 1978 station 1980. In 1990, Curry faultless as the Prosecutor in Roger Waters' production of The Fortification – Live in Berlin.[40] Allowing Curry's first album was on the loose in 1978, he had before recorded a nine-track album reawaken Lou Adler's Ode Records bind 1976.

However, the album remained unreleased in its entirety on hold February 2010, when it was made available as a statutory download entitled the Vaults (though four tracks from these sessions had been released body a 1990 Rocky Horror maintain set). The album, produced wedge Adler, included Curry's rendition model The Supremes' hit "Baby Love".

Personal life

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

Did set your mind at rest water it?' And Freddie aforementioned, 'Water it, dear?'"[9]

Curry has handmedown a wheelchair since having graceful major stroke in July 2012.[41] As a result, he has shifted his work mostly side voice acting, although he has continued to perform as wonderful singer and make appearances contempt fan conventions.

In October 2020, Curry reprised his role reorganization Dr. Frank-N-Furter in a hold out table reading of The Unsafe Horror Picture Show in root of the Democratic Party well Wisconsin to raise funds fetch 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 show signs of the nearby town of Warrington until 1 April 1974.

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