Timothy James "Tim" Curry is a British actor, voice actor, and singer, who is best known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television productions, often playing villainous characters. He is most famous for his roles as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 musical comedy-horror film The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the ABC thriller miniseries It. He is also well-known for portraying Mr. Hector (credited as "Concierge") in the 1992 20th Century Fox film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and for voicing Nigel Thornberry in the Nickelodeon animated series The Wild Thornberrys, Hexxus, the main villain of the 1992 Fox animated film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, Drake, the main antagonist of Don Bluth's 1995 MGM animated film The Pebble and the Penguin, and Prince XII in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties.
His Disney roles are all listed below.
Filmography
Films
| Year(s) | Production | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Oscar | Dr. Thornton Poole |
| 1992 | Passed Away | Boyd Pinter |
| 1993 | Disney's The Three Musketeers | Cardinal Richelieu |
| 1996 | Muppet Treasure Island | Long John Silver |
| 1997 | Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas | Forte |
| 2002 | The Cat Returns | Cat King (Disney dub) |
| 2005 | Valiant | Von Talon |
Television
| Year(s) | Production | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| 1990–1991 | TaleSpin | Thaddeus E. Klang |
| 1991–1992 | Darkwing Duck | Taurus Bulba |
| 1992–1994 | The Little Mermaid | Evil Manta |
| 1992–1994 | Dinosaurs | Chief Elder Winston The Devil Jean-Claude Additional voices |
| 1994–1997 | Gargoyles | Anton Sevarius |
| 1994–1995 | Aladdin | Caliph Kapok Kileem Amuk Moonrah |
| 1996–1997 | Mighty Ducks | Lord Dragaunus |
| 1996 | Quack Pack | Moltoc Additional voices |
| 1997–2001 | Recess | Dr. Slicer |
| 2000–2002 | Teacher's Pet | Spooky the cat |
| 2002–2004 | Teamo Supremo | Laser Pirate The Phony Dentist |
| 2001–2005 | The Proud Family | Percival |
| 2008 | Phineas and Ferb | Stubbings Dr. Lloyd Wexler Worthington Dubois |
| 2012–2014 | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (season 1) | The Sorcerer |
| 2013–2014 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Palpatine |
Video games
| Year(s) | Production | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey | The Sailor |
Attractions
| Year(s) | Production | Characters |
|---|---|---|
| 1995–2003 | ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter (Magic Kingdom) | S.I.R. |
Roles
Winston
(Dinosaurs)
(Dinosaurs)
The Devil
(Dinosaurs)
(Dinosaurs)
Fox Jacket
(Dinosaurs)
(Dinosaurs)
Kileem
(Aladdin TV series)
(Aladdin TV series)
Amuk Moonrah
(Aladdin TV series)
(Aladdin TV series)
Dr. Slicer
(Recess)
(Recess)
The Phony Dentist
(Teamo Supremo)
(Teamo Supremo)
Percival
(The Proud Family)
(The Proud Family)
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Gallery
Tim Curry behind the scenes of Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
Tim Curry behind the scenes of Valiant.
Tim Curry attending the 10th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards in February 2008.
Tim Curry at the premiere of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in October 2016.
Trivia
- Curry auditioned for the part of Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but was rejected because the producers found his performance too frightening.[citation needed]
- He was considered to voice Beast in Beauty and the Beast before Robby Benson was chosen.
- He was originally considered for the voice role of Jafar in Aladdin, along with Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, and Christopher Lloyd, before Jonathan Freeman was chosen.[citation needed]
- He was also considered to voice Scar in The Lion King, along with James Caan, Ray Liotta, Robert Duvall, and Malcolm McDowell. It was later planned to have Curry voice a rock python character who was to serve as Scar's minion.[1] However, in the end, Jeremy Irons was cast and the python character was deleted, with the hyenas serving as Scar's minions instead.
- He was also considered for the role of Dr. Claw in Inspector Gadget, but Rupert Everett was cast instead.[citation needed]
- He was also originally going to voice King Nedakh in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, before the role was ultimately given to Leonard Nimoy.[citation needed]
- In 2012, Curry suffered a major stroke. As a result, he is now in a wheelchair and has limited speech. However, in recent years, he has done several voice-over works and is currently speaking to fans on Fanmio.
- Due to his stroke causing a hindrance in his speaking abilities at the time, Curry was unable to reprise his role as The Sorcerer for the 2nd season of Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, Instead, the part was played by the late Ben Cross, who notably impersonated Curry.
- Similar to the Sorcerer, Curry was unable to reprise a couple other voice roles because of his stroke. For G. Gordon Godfrey in Young Justice, he was replaced by James Arnold Taylor for the show’s third season; and for Doctor Thaddeus Morocco in Transformers: Rescue Bots, he was replaced by Greg Ellis from the second season onwards.
- Tim Curry took over as the voiced of Palpatine following Ian Abercrombie's death in January 2012 but only voiced him in The Wrong Jedi and the Sixth Season.
