Tim Curry
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 19 April 1946 · Grappenhall, England, UK
- Died
- 25 August 2026
Timothy James Curry (April 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) was an English actor and singer. He was 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).
Known for
Acting 130
- 2026Barbie in the Nutcracker as Pai do Rei dos Ratos (voz)
- 2026Stream 2: Sudden Death as Lockwood
- 2026Untitled Tim Curry Documentary
- 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self
- 2024Stream as Lockwood
- 2023King on Screen as Self
- 2022Who Done It: The Clue Documentary as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Meat Loaf - A Celebration Of Life as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ as Himself
- 2021Rocky Horror 45: The Movie as Self
- 2019Wildchat
- 2016The More I Know as (voice)
- 2016The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again as The Narrator/Criminologist
- 2015Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell as Self - Interviewed in 1974 (archive footage)
- 2014Ribbit as Terrence
- 2013Saving Santa as Neville Baddington (voice)
- 2013Axel: The Biggest Little Hero as Papa Qi (voice)
- 2013Gingerclown as Gingerclown
- 2012What About Dick? as Reverend Whoopsie
- 2012Strange Frame as Dorlan Mig (voice)
- 2012Back to the Sea as Eric (voice)
- 2012The Outback as Blacktooth (voice)
- 2011The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle as Doctor Dolittle (voice)
- 2010Burke & Hare as Dr. Monroe
- 2010A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures as Fluffy (voice)
- 2010The Color of Magic 2in1 as Trymon
- 2010The North Star
- 2009Barbie and the Three Musketeers as Philippe (voice)
- 2009Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! as Piccadilly (voice)
- 2009Mythic Journeys as The King (voice)
- 2009The Secret of Moonacre as Coeur De Noir
- 2008Starz Inside: Ladies or Gentlemen as Self
- 2008Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King as The Goblin King (voice)
- 2008Fly Me to the Moon as Yegor (voice)
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 2 as Trymon
- 2008The Color of Magic - Die Reise des Zauberers Teil 1 as Trymon
- 2007Christmas in Wonderland as McLoosh
- 2007The Chosen One as Lucifer
- 2007Eloise Goes to School
- 2006Little Miss Christmas as Mr. Salamone (voice)
- 2006A Sesame Street Christmas Carol as Narrator (voice)
- 2006Queer Duck: The Movie as Peccary (voice)
- 2006Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Prince (voice)
- 2006Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide as Professor Calamitous (voice)
- 2005Bailey's Billion$ as Caspar Pennington
- 2005Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villains as Professor Calamitous(voice)
- 2005Valiant as Von Talon (voice)
- 2005Mucha Lucha: The Return of El Malefico as El Maléfico (voice)
- 2004Kinsey as Thurman Rice
- 2004Bench Pressley as Prawnda
- 2003Jimmy Neutron: Operation: Rescue Jet Fusion as Professor Calamitous (voice)
- 2003Rugrats Go Wild as Nigel Thornberry (voice)
- 2003The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 as Hazzaka(voice)
- 2002The Wild Thornberrys Movie as Nigel Thornberry / Col. Radcliff Thornberry (voice)
- 2002I, Crocodile as Narrator (voice)
- 2002Ritual as Matthew Hope
- 2002Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' as Himself
- 2002I Love Muppets as Self
- 2002The Scoundrel's Wife as Father Antoine
- 2001Barbie in the Nutcracker as Mouse King (voice)
- 2001Wolf Girl as Harley Dune
- 2001The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie as Nigel Thornberry (voice)
- 2001Scary Movie 2 as Professor
- 2001Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up as Self
- 2000Rugrats in Paris: The Movie as Sumo Singer (voice)
- 2000Charlie's Angels as Roger Corwin
- 2000Sorted as Damian Kemp
- 2000Lion of Oz as Captain Fitzgerald (voice)
- 2000Four Dogs Playing Poker as Felix
- 1999Pirates of the Plain as Jezebel Jack
- 1999Behind the Music: The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Self
- 1999Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost as Ben Ravencroft (voice)
- 1999Bartok the Magnificent as The Skull (voice)
- 1999Jackie's Back! as Edward Whatsett St. John
- 1999The Titanic Chronicles as (voice)
- 1999Get Bruce! as Self
- 1998Addams Family Reunion as Gomez Addams
- 1998The Rugrats Movie as Rex Pester (voice)
- 1997Doom Runners as Dr. Kao
- 1997Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas as Forte (voice)
- 1997A Christmas Carol as Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
- 1997The Lexx: Super Nova as Poet Man
- 1997Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie as Lazlo Gigahurtz (voice) (archive footage)
- 1997McHale's Navy as Maj. Vladikov
- 1997Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off as Lord Dragaunus (voice)
- 1996The Story of Santa Claus as Nostros, the eldest elf (voice)
- 1996Lover's Knot as Cupid's Caseworker
- 1996Muppet Treasure Island as Long John Silver
- 1995The Rocky Horror Double Feature Video Show as Self
- 1995Congo as Herkermer Homolka
- 1995The Pebble and the Penguin as Drake (voice)
- 1995Daisy-Head Mayzie as Finagle (voice)
- 1994Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad: The Glitch That Stole Christmas as Kilokahn (voice)
- 1994The Shadow as Farley Claymore
- 1993The Three Musketeers as Cardinal Richelieu
- 1993National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 as Jigsaw
- 1993Meggamorphosis as The Snake
- 1992Home Alone 2: Lost in New York as Concierge
- 1992Passed Away as Boyd Pinter
- 1992FernGully: The Last Rainforest as Hexxus (voice)
- 1992Defenders of Dynatron City as Atom Ed, The Floating Head (voice)
- 1991Timeless Tales: The Steadfast Tin Soldier as Jack
- 1991Darkwing Duck: Darkly Dawns The Duck as Taurus Bulba (voice)
- 1991Oscar as Dr. Thornton Poole
- 1990Tales from the Darkside as Pirate (voice)
- 1990The Marzipan Pig as Narrator (voice)
- 1990Roger Waters: The Wall - Live in Berlin as Self - Vocals
- 1990The Hunt for Red October as Dr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)
- 1990The Easter Story as Judas Iscariot (voice)
- 1988The Creation - Greatest Adventure Stories from the Bible as The Serpent (Voice)
- 1988Abel's Island as Abel (voice)
- 1988Pass the Ammo as Rev. Ray Porter
- 1986The Worst Witch as The Grand Wizard
- 1985Clue as Wadsworth
- 1985Legend as Lord of "Darkness"
- 1985Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain as Eden Rothwell Esq.
- 1985Blue Money as Larry Gormley
- 1983Video Stars as Tommy Whazz
- 1983The Ploughman's Lunch as Jeremy Hancock
- 1982Annie as Rooster Hannigan
- 1982Oliver Twist as Bill Sikes
- 1982Lights! Camera! Annie! The Making of a Major Hollywood Musical as Self / Rooster
- 1980Times Square as Johnny LaGuardia
- 1978City Sugar as Leonard Brazil
- 1978The Shout as Robert Graves
- 1975Three Men in a Boat as Jerome K Jerome
- 1975The Rocky Horror Picture Show as Dr. Frank-N-Furter
- 1974Schmoedipus as Glen
- 1973Vérité as Mik
- 1970The Policeman and the Cook as Crosscapel