Tim Curry an English actor, comedian and singer. He is best 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. He is the voice of Lemony Snicket in the video game Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events as well as in ten out of the thirteen audiobooks of the book series.
Biography[]
Timothy James Curry was born on April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, Cheshire, England. His mother, Maura Patricia (Langmead), was a school secretary, and his father, James Curry, was a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain. Curry studied Drama and English at Birmingham University, from which he graduated with Combined Honors. His first professional success was in the London production of "Hair", followed by more work in the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Glasgow Civic Repertory Company, and the Royal Court Theatre where he created the role of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show". He recreated the role in the Los Angeles and Broadway productions and starred in the screen version entitled The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). Curry continued his career on the New York and London stages with starring roles in "Travesties", "Amadeus", "The Pirates of Penzance", "The Rivals", "Love for Love", "Dalliance", "The Threepenny Opera", "The Art of Success" and "My Favorite Year". He also starred in the United States tour of "Me and My Girl". He has received two Tony Award nominations for best actor and won the Royal Variety Club Award as "Stage Actor of the Year".
A composer and a singer, Tim Curry toured the United States and Europe with his own band and released four albums on A&M Records. In addition to an active movie and television career, he is a sought-after actor for CD-ROM productions. His distinctive voice can be heard on more than a dozen audio books, and in countless animated television series and videos. He lives in Los Angeles, California.[1]
He has narrated ten out of the thirteen audiobooks in A Series of Unfortunate Events, save for The Wide Window, The Miserable Mill and The Austere Academy, which were narrated by the author.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show | Dr. Frank-N-Furter - A Scientist | |
| 1975 | Thee Men in a Boat | Jerome | |
| 1978 | The Shout | Robert Graves | |
| 1978 | Wings of Ash: A Dramatization of the Life of Antonin Artaud | Short | |
| 1980 | Times Square | Johnny LaGuardia | |
| 1982 | Oliver Twist | Bill Sikes | |
| 1982 | Annie | Rooster Hannigan | |
| 1983 | The Ploughman's Lunch | Jeremy Hancock | |
| 1983 | Video Stars | Teddy Whazz | |
| 1985 | Blue Money | Larry Gormley | |
| 1985 | Legend | Darkness | |
| 1985 | Clue | Wadsworth | |
| 1985 | Ligmalion: A Musical for the 80s | Eden Rothwell Esq. | |
| 1986 | The Worst Witch | The Grand Wizard | |
| 1988 | Pass the Ammo | Rev. Ray Porter | |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Dr. Petrov | |
| 1990 | The Marzipan Pig | Narrator | Voice |
| 1991 | Oscar | Dr. Poole | |
| 1991 | Big Deals | Christopher Nissell | |
| 1992 | Defenders of Dynatron City | Atom Ed, the Floating Head | Voice |
| 1992 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | Hexxus | Voice |
| 1992 | Passed Away | Boyd Pinter | |
| 1992 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Concierge | |
| 1992 | Steadfast Tin Soldier | Jack-in-the-Box | Voice |
| 1993 | Loaded Weapon 1 | Mr. Jigsaw | |
| 1993 | The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu | |
| 1994 | The Shadow | Farley Claymore | |
| 1994 | Extra Terrorestrial Alien Encounter | S.I.R. aka Simulated Intelligence Robotics | Voice
Short |
| 1994 | Animated Stories from the Bible: Music Video - Volume 1 | God | Voice |
| 1995 | Daisy-Head Mayzie | Finagle | Voice |
| 1995 | The Pebble and the Penguin | Drake | Voice |
| 1995 | Congo | Herkermer Homolka | |
| 1995 | Lover's Knot | Cupid's Caseworker | |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Long John Silver | |
| 1996 | Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Lord Dragaunus | Voice |
| 1996 | Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie | Lazlo Gigahurtz | Voice |
| 1997 | McHale's Navy | Maj. Vladakov | |
| 1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Forte | Voice |
| 1997 | Doom Runners | Dr. Kao | |
| 1997 | A Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge | Voice |
| 1998 | The Easter Story Keepers | Nero | Voice |
| 1998 | Addams Family Reunion | Gomez Addams | |
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | Rex Pester | Voice |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! | Edward Whatsett St. John | |
| 1999 | Bartok the Magnificent | The Skull | Voice |
| 1999 | Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost | Ben Ravencroft | Voice |
| 1999 | Pirates of the Plain | Jezebel Jack | |
| 1999 | The Unbelievables | Vaudevillain | |
| 1999 | Robots of Mars | Voice | |
| 2000 | Four Dogs Playing Poker | Felix | |
| 2000 | Sorted | Damian Kemp | |
| 2000 | Lion of Oz | Captain Fitzgerald | Voice |
| 2000 | Charlie's Angels | Roger Corwin | |
| 2000 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | Sumo Singer | Voice |
| 2001 | Scary Movie 2 | Professor | |
| 2001 | The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie | Nigel Thornberry | Voice |
| 2001 | Wolf Girl | Harley Dune | |
| 2001 | Barbie in the Nutcracker | Mouse King | Voice |
| 2002 | The Scoundrel's Wife | Father Antoine | |
| 2002 | The Cat Returns | The Cat King | English Version Voice |
| 2002 | The Wild Thornberrys Movie | Nigel Thornberry / Col. Radcliff Thornberry | Voice |
| 2002 | Ritual | Matthew Hope | |
| 2002 | I, Crocodile | Narrator | Voice Short |
| 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild | Nigel Thornberry | Voice |
| 2003 | Kids' Ten Commandments: The Not So Golden Calf | Hazzaka | Voice Short |
| 2004 | Kinsey | Thurman Rice | |
| 2005 | !Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico | El Maléfico | Voice |
| 2005 | Valiant | Von Talon | Voice |
| 2005 | Cecil | Narrator | Short |
| 2005 | Bailey's Billion$ | Caspar Pennington | |
| 2006 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide | Dr. Calamitous | Voice |
| 2006 | Queer Duck: The Movie | Peccary | Voice |
| 2006 | Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties | Prince | Voice |
| 2006 | A Sesame Street Christmas Carol | Narrator | Voice |
| 2007 | Once Upon a Christmas Village | Sir Evil | Short |
| 2007 | The Chosen One | Lucifer | Voice |
| 2007 | Christmas in Wonderland | Gordon McLoosh | |
| 2008 | Fly Me to the Moon 3D | Yegor | Voice |
| 2008 | The Secret of Moonacre | Coeur De Noir | |
| 2008 | Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King | The Goblin King | Voice |
| 2009 | Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! | Piccadilly | Voice |
| 2009 | Barbie and the Three Musketeers | Philippe | Voice |
| 2010 | Burke and Hare | Doctor Monro | |
| 2010 | Wolf Sheep | ||
| 2010 | The North Star | Voice
Short | |
| 2011 | The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle | Doctor Dolittle | Voice |
| 2012 | Outback | Blacktooth | Voice |
| 2012 | Back to the Sea | Eric | Voice |
| 2012 | Strange Frame: Love & Sax | Dorlan Mig | Voice |
| 2012 | What About Dick? | Reverend Whoopsie | |
| 2013 | Gingerclown | Gingerclown | Voice |
| 2013 | Axel: The Biggest Little Hero | Papa Qi | Voice |
| 2013 | Saving Santa | Neville Baddington | Voice |
| 2014 | Ribbit | Terrence | English Version
Voice |
| 2016 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again | The Criminologist - An Expert | |
| 2017 | Long Drive Home | Monsster Head AD | Voice
Short |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Television Theatre From... | Waiter | One Episode |
| 1970 | Ace of Wands | Cashier | One Episode |
| 1970 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Crosscapel | One Episode |
| 1972 | Stage 2 | 2nd Madman | One Episode |
| 1973 | Armchair Theatre | Mik | One Episode |
| 1974 | Napoleon and Love | Eugene | |
| 1974 | Play for Today | Glen | One Episode |
| 1977 | Rock Follies of '77 | Stevie Streeter | One Episode |
| 1978 | Will Shakespeare | William Shakespeare | |
| 1978 | The Sunday Drama | Leonard Brazil | One Episode |
| 1985-1986 | The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible | Judas Iscariot / The Serpent | Voice |
| 1989 | Long Ago and Far Away | Abell | Voice
One Episode |
| 1989 | The Tracey Ullman Show | Ian Miles | One Episode |
| 1989 | Wiseguy | Winston Newquay | |
| 1988-1989 | Fantastic Max | Dermot D. McDermott | Voice |
| 1989-1990 | Paddington Bear | Mr. Curry | Voice |
| 1990 | Wake, Battle & Roll | Ronald Chump | Voice |
| 1990 | Gravedale High | Mr. Tutner | Voice |
| 1990 | Tiny Toon Adventures | Prince Charles / Reginald | Voice |
| 1990 | It | Pennywise | |
| 1990 | TaleSpin | Thaddeos E. Klang | Voice |
| 1990-1991 | Peter Pan and the Pirates | Captain James T. Hook / Additional Voices | Voice |
| 1991 | Timeless Tales from Hallmark | Jack | Voice |
| 1990-1991 | The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda | Sultan / Additional Voices | Voice |
| 1992 | Capitol Critters | Senator | Voice
One Episode |
| 1992 | Fish Police | Sharkster | Voice |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Leon's Henchman / Robot Clown | Voice |
| 1991-1992 | Darkwing Duck | Taurus Bulba | |
| 1993 | The Wild West | Oscar Wilde | Voice |
| 1993 | Roseanne | Roger | |
| 1991-1993 | The Pirates of Dark Water | Konk | Voice |
| 1991-1993 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Sir Gawain | Voice |
| 1993 | Talles from the Crypt | Pa Brackett / Ma Brackett / Winona Brackett | One Episode |
| 1992-1993 | Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa | Jacque Le Beefe | |
| 1992-1994 | Dinosaurs | Jean-Claue / The Devil / Winston / Various | Voice |
| 1994 | Aladdin | Kaleem / Caliph Kapok / Amok Mon-Ra | Voice |
| 1993-1994 | Mighty Max | Skullmaster / Jules Verne | Voice |
| 1992-1994 | The Little Mermaid | The Evil Manta | Voice |
| 1994 | Earth 2 | Gaal | |
| 1994 | Sonic the Hedgehog | King Acorn / Keeper of the Time Stones | Voice |
| 1994-1995 | Turbocharged Thunderbirds | The Atrocimator | |
| 1994-1995 | Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad | Kilokahn | Voice |
| 1995-1996 | The Naked Truth | Sir Rudolph Haley | |
| 1991-1996 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | MAL / Blight-5's Computer | Voice |
| 1995-1996 | Gargoyles | Dr. Anton Sevarius | Voice |
| 1996 | Adventures from the Book of Virtues | King Minos / Gessler | Voice |
| 1996 | Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles | Dr. Anton Sevarious | Voice
One Episode |
| 1996 | Titanic | Simon Doonan | |
| 1996 | Quack Pack | Moltoc | Voice |
| 1996-1997 | Mighty Ducks | Lord Dragaunus | Voice |
| 1997 | Freakazoid! | Dr. Mystico | Voice One Episode |
| 1997 | Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories | Poet Man | One Episode |
| 1996-1997 | Bruno the Kid | Lazlo Gigahertz | Voice |
| 1994-1997 | Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | George Herbert Walker "King" Chicken / Simon Desmond / Regine Poulet | Voice |
| 1997 | The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper | Pianist | Voice One Episode |
| 1994-1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Zimbo / Various | Voice |
| 1997 | Teen Angel | Frog | Voice One Episode |
| 1995-1997 | The Mask | Pretorius | Voice |
| 1997 | The Blues Brothers Animated Series | Don Kennedy / Principal Interest | Voice |
| 1997 | Over the Top | Simon Ferguson | |
| 1998 | Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? | Maelstrom | Voice |
| 1998 | The Net | Sorcerer | Voice |
| 1998 | Stories from My Childhood | The Beast | Voice One Episode |
| 1996-1999 | Jumanji | Trader Slick | Voice |
| 1999 | Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain | Monkman | Voice One Episode |
| 1999 | Recess | Dr. Slicer | Voice One Episode |
| 1999 | Johnny Bravo | Big Brother | Voice One Episode |
| 2000 | Batman Beyond | Mutro Botha | Voice One Episode |
| 1998-2000 | Voltron: The Third Dimension | Prince Lotor / King Alfor | Voice |
| 2000 | Martial Law | The One | Voice |
| 1999-2000 | Rude Awakening | Martin Crisp | |
| 2000 | 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd | The Rottwiler | Voice One Episode |
| 2000 | Bette | Tim Curry | One Episode |
| 2001 | Attila | Theodosius | |
| 1999-2001 | Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Dr. Neugog | Voice |
| 2001 | Gary & Mike | Killer | Voice |
| 2001 | Teacher's Pet | Spooky | Voice One Episode |
| 2001 | Redwall | Slagar the Cruel | Voice |
| 2002 | Samurai Jack | Worm 1 | Voice One Episode |
| 2002 | Ozzy & Drix | Nick O'Teen / Scarlet Fever | Voice |
| 2002-2003 | Family Affair | Mr. Giles French | |
| 2002-2003 | Teamo Supremo | Lazer Pirate / Dastardly Dentist | Voice |
| 2003 | The Proud Family | Percival | Voice
One Episode |
| 2004 | Monk | Dale "The Whale" Biedebeck | One Episode |
| 2004 | Will & Grace | Marion Finster | |
| 1998-2004 | Hey Arnold! | Lichliter | Voice |
| 1998-2004 | The Wild Thornberrys | Nigel Thornberry / Radcliffe / Additional Voices | Voice |
| 2005 | Duck Dodgers | Magnificent Rogue | Voice
One Episode |
| 2004-2005 | Higglytown Heroes | Librarian Hero | Voice |
| 2003-2005 | ChalkZone | Jacko | Voice |
| 2005 | Loonatics Unleashed | Ringmaster | Voice |
| 2003-2006 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Prof. Finbarr Calamitous | Voice |
| 2006-2007 | Me, Eloise | Mr. Salamone | Voice |
| 1999-2007 | Xyberr 9: New Dawn | King Renard | Voice |
| 2007 | Psych | Nigel St. Nigel | One Episode |
| 2008 | The Color of Magic | Trymon | |
| 2008 | Poirot | Lord Boynton | One Episode |
| 2008 | Battlecast Primetime | Red Alert 3 Cast - Guest | One Episode |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Dr. Joseph Chadwick / Forever Knight #2 | One Episode |
| 2009 | Alice | Dodo | |
| 2009 | Cranford | Signor Brunoni | One Episode |
| 2010 | Criminal Minds | Billy Flynn | |
| 2010 | Regular Show | Master Prank Caller #2 / Hot Dog Leader | Voice |
| 2008-2012 | Phineas and Ferb | Worthington Dubois / Stubbings | Voice |
| 2012 | The High Fructose Adventurers of Annoying Orange | Plum / Arugula | Voice |
| 2012 | Transformers: Rescue Bots | Doctor Morocco | |
| 2012-2013 | Young Justice | G. Gordon Godfrey | Voice |
| 2013 | Wonder Pets! | Tin Man | Voice
One Episode |
| 2013 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Forever King Joseph Chadwick / Stage Manager | Voice
One Episode |
| 2012-2014 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | The Sorcerer | Voice |
| 2012-2014 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Darth Sidious / Chancellor Palpatine | Voice |
| 2014 | Over the Garden Wall | Auntie Whispers | Voice
One Episode |
Video Games[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers | Gabriel Knight / Gedde Butler | Voice |
| 1994 | Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger | Melek / Kilrathi in-flight voices | Voice |
| 1996 | Toonstruck | Count Nefarious | Voice |
| 1996 | Muppets Treasure Island | Long John Silver | |
| 1996 | Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster | Dr. Frankenstein | |
| 1997 | Duckman | George Herbert Walker "King" Chicken | Voice |
| 1999 | Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned | Gabriel Knight | Voice |
| 2000 | The Wild Thornberrys: Animal Adventures | Nigel Thornberry | Voice |
| 2000 | Sacrifice | Stratos | Voice |
| 2000 | The Wild Thornberrys: Rambler | Nigel Thornberry | Voice |
| 2002 | Scooby-Doo: Night of 100 Frights | Mastermind | Voice |
| 2003 | Rugrats Go Wild! | Nigel Thornberry | Voice |
| 2003 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Jet Fusion | Calamitous | Voice |
| 2004 | A Series of Unfortunate Events | Lemony Snicket | Voice |
| 2004 | Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Satan | Voice |
| 2005 | Spongebob SquarePants and Friends Unite! | Prof. Calamitous | Voice |
| 2007 | Spongebob and Friends: Attack of the Toybots | Professor Calamitous | Voice |
| 2008 | Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 | Premier Anatoly Cherdenko | |
| 2009 | Brütal Legend | Doviculus | Voice |
| 2009 | Dragon Age: Origins | Arl Rendon Howe | Voice |