Tim Curry
Born: 1946-04-19 in Grappenhall, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946) is an English actor and singer. He is known for working in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television, most often portraying villainous characters. Curry rose to prominence with his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London and the 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show. His other stage work includes various roles in the original West End production of Hair, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Broadway production of Amadeus, the Pirate King in the 1982 West End production of The Pirates of Penzance, Alan Swann in the Broadway production of My Favourite Year, and King Arthur in Broadway and West End productions of Spamalot from 2005 to 2007. Curry received further acclaim for his film and television roles, including as Rooster Hannigan in the film adaptation of Annie (1982), as Darkness in the fantasy film Legend (1985), as Wadsworth in the mystery comedy film Clue (1985), as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the horror miniseries It (1990), as the Concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), and Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996). Curry has also gained acclaim as a voice actor. His roles in animation include Captain Hook on the Fox series Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–1991), Hexxus in the fantasy film FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Sir Nigel Thornberry on the Nickelodeon series The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004) and Palpatine on Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2013–2014).
Filmography
2025
2024
- Stream as Lockwood
2023
- King on Screen as Self
2022
- Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ as Himself
- Rocky Horror 45: The Movie as Self
2016
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again as The Narrator/Criminologist
- The More I Know as (voice)
2015
- Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell as Self - Interviewed in 1974 (archive footage)
2014
- Over the Garden Wall as Auntie Whispers (voice)
- Ribbit as Terrence
2013
- Saving Santa as Neville Baddington (voice)
- Gingerclown as Gingerclown
- Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Papa Qi (voice)
2012
- Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja as The Sorcerer (voice)
- The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange as Professor Plum (voice)
- The Outback as Blacktooth (voice)
- Back to the Sea as Eric (voice)
- Strange Frame as Dorlan Mig (voice)
- What About Dick? as Reverend Whoopsie
2011
- The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle as Doctor Dolittle (voice)
2010
- Regular Show as Master Prank Caller #2 (voice)
- Young Justice as G. Gordon Godfrey (voice)
- A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures as Fluffy (voice)
- Burke & Hare as Dr. Monroe
- The North Star
2009
- Barbie and the Three Musketeers as Philippe (voice)
- The Secret of Moonacre as Coeur De Noir
- Alice as Dodo
- Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! as Piccadilly (voice)
2008
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Chancellor Palpatine (voice)
- Ben 10: Alien Force as Dr. Chadwick / Knight #2 (voice)
- Fly Me to the Moon as Yegor (voice)
- The Colour of Magic as Trymon
- Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as The Goblin King (voice)
- Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen as Self
2007
- Phineas and Ferb as Stubbings (voice)
- Cranford as Signor Brunoni
- Christmas in Wonderland as McLoosh
- The Chosen One as Lucifer
- Eloise Goes to School
2006
- Psych as Nigel St. Nigel
- Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Prince (voice)
- Me, Eloise as Mr. Salamone (voice)
- Queer Duck: The Movie as Peccary (voice)
- Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide as Professor Calamitous (voice)
- A Sesame Street Christmas Carol as Narrator (voice)
- Little Miss Christmas as Mr. Salamone (voice)
2005
- Criminal Minds as Billy Flynn
- Loonatics Unleashed as The Ringmaster (voice)
- Valiant as Von Talon (voice)
- Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains as Professor Calamitous(voice)
- Bailey's Billion$ as Caspar Pennington
- Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico as El Maléfico (voice)
2004
- Kinsey as Thurman Rice
2003
- Duck Dodgers as Magnificent Rogue (voice)
- Rugrats Go Wild as Nigel Thornberry (voice)
- Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion as Professor Calamitous (voice)
- The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 as Hazzaka(voice)
2002
- Monk as Dale 'The Whale' Biederbeck
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius as Professor Calamitous (voice)
- Ozzy & Drix as Nick O'Teen (voice)
- Pet Star as Self - Judge
- Teamo Supremo as Laser Pirate (voice)
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Nigel Thornberry / Col. Radcliff Thornberry (voice)
- Family Affair as Mr. French
- Ritual as Matthew Hope
- The Scoundrel's Wife as Father Antoine
- I Love Muppets as Self
- Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' as Himself
- I, Crocodile as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Samurai Jack as Worm 1 (voice)
- Scary Movie 2 as Prof. Oldman
- The Proud Family
- Barbie in the Nutcracker as Mouse King (voice)
- Attila as Theodosius
- Gary & Mike as Killer (voice)
- Wolf Girl as Harley Dune
- The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Nigel Thornberry (voice)
2000
- Charlie's Angels as Roger Corwin
- Bette
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie as Sumo Singer (voice)
- Lion of Oz as Captain Fitzgerald (voice)
- Four Dogs Playing Poker as Felix
- Sorted as Damian Kemp
1999
- Batman Beyond as Mutro Botha (voice)
- Where Are They Now? as Self
- Redwall as Slagar (voice)
- The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as Dr. Neugog (voice)
- The Brothers Flub as (voice)
- Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost as Ben Ravencroft (voice)
- Bartok the Magnificent as The Skull (voice)
- Xyber 9: New Dawn as King Renard (voice)
- Jackie's Back! as Edward Whatsett St. John
- Get Bruce! as Self
- Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Self
- Pirates of the Plain as Jezebel Jack
- The Titanic Chronicles as (voice)
1998
- Will & Grace as Marion Finster
- The Wild Thornberrys as Nigel Thornberry (voice)
- Martial Law as The One (voice)
- Voltron: The Third Dimension as Prince Lotor (voice)
- The Rugrats Movie as Rex Pester (voice)
- The Net as Sorcerer
- Addams Family Reunion as Gomez Addams
1997
- Lexx as Poet Man
- Teen Angel as Frog (voice)
- Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas as Forte (voice)
- Over the Top as Simon Ferguson
- A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
- McHale's Navy as Maj. Vladikov
- Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off as Lord Dragaunus (voice)
- Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie as Lazlo Gigahurtz (voice) (archive footage)
- Doom Runners as Dr. Kao
- Super Nova as Poet Man
1996
- Hey Arnold! as Mr. Leichliter (voice)
- Jumanji as Trader Slick (voice)
- Titanic as Simon Doonan
- Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series as Lord Dragaunus (voice)
- Adventures from the Book of Virtues as King Minos (voice)
- Bruno the Kid as Lazlo Gigahurtz (voice)
- Muppet Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- Lover's Knot as Cupid's Caseworker
- The Story of Santa Claus as Nostros, the eldest elf (voice)
1995
- The Mask: Animated Series
- The Naked Truth as Sir Rudolph Haley
- Freakazoid! as Dr. Mystico (voice)
- Congo as Herkermer Homolka
- The Pebble and the Penguin as Drake (voice)
- Daisy-Head Mayzie as Finagle (voice)
- The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Self
1994
- Gargoyles as Dr. Anton Sevarius (voice)
- Aladdin
- Duckman as King Chicken (voice)
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters as Zimbo (voice)
- Earth 2 as Gaal
- Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? as Maelstrom (voice)
- The Shadow as Farley Claymore
- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad as Kilokahn (voice)
- Turbocharged Thunderbirds as The Atrocimator
- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas as Kilokahn (voice)
1993
- Sonic the Hedgehog as King Acorn / Keeper of the Time Stones (voice)
- The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu
- National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as Jigsaw
- Meggamorphosis as The Snake
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Robot Clown (voice)
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Concierge
- Eek! The Cat as Narrator (voice)
- The Little Mermaid as The Evil Manta (voice)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Hexxus (voice)
- Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa
- Fish Police as Sharkster (voice)
- Capitol Critters
- Passed Away as Boyd Pinter
- Defenders of Dynatron City as Atom Ed, The Floating Head (voice)
1991
- Dinosaurs as Fox Jacket (voice)
- Darkwing Duck
- The Legend of Prince Valiant as Gawain (voice)
- The Pirates of Dark Water as Konk (voice)
- Oscar as Dr. Thornton Poole
- Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier as Jack
- Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns The Duck as Taurus Bulba (voice)
1990
- Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Sheriff of Rottingham (voice)
- TaleSpin as Thaddeos E. Klang (voice)
- It as Pennywise
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Mal (voice)
- Tiny Toon Adventures as Reginald / Prince Charles (voice)
- The Hunt for Red October as Dr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)
- Peter Pan & the Pirates as Captain Hook (voice)
- Gravedale High as Mr. Tutner (voice)
- Tales from the Darkside as Pirate (voice)
- The Easter Story as Judas Iscariot (voice)
- Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin as Self - Vocals
- The Marzipan Pig as Narrator (voice)
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Lord Boynton
- Tales from the Crypt as Pa Brackett / Ma Brackett / Winona Brackett (segment "Death of Some Salesmen")
- Paddington Bear as Mr. Curry
1988
- Pass the Ammo as Rev. Ray Porter
- The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible as The Serpent (Voice)
- Abel's Island as Abel (voice)
1987
1986
- The Worst Witch as The Grand Wizard
1985
- Legend as Lord of "Darkness"
- Clue as Wadsworth
- Blue Money as Larry Gormley
- Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain as Eden Rothwell Esq.
1983
- The Ploughman's Lunch as Jeremy Hancock
- Video Stars as Tommy Whazz
1982
- Annie as Rooster Hannigan
- Oliver Twist as Bill Sikes
- Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical as Self / Rooster
1980
- Times Square as Johnny LaGuardia
1979
- Okay as Self
1978
- Bio’s Bahnhof as Self
- Life of Shakespeare as William Shakespeare
- The Shout as Robert Graves
- Will Shakespeare as William Shakespeare
- City Sugar as Leonard Brazil
1977
- The Sunday Drama as Leonard Brazil
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
- Three Men in a Boat as Jerome K Jerome
1974
- Napoleon and Love as Eugène
- Schmoedipus as Glen
1973
- Vérité as Mik
1971
- Disco as Self
1970
- Play for Today as Glen
- Ace of Wands as Cashier
- The Policeman and the Cook as Crosscapel
1969
- ITV Saturday Night Theatre as Crosscapel
1956
- Armchair Theatre as Mik
1953
- The Oscars as Self