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TIM CURRY BIOGRAPHY:
Timothy James Curry (19 April 1946 – 25 August 2026) was an English actor and singer. He gained early notoriety portraying Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the stage musical The Rocky Horror Show, reprising the role for its 1975 film adaptation The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Tim Curry began his career in the West End production of the musical Hair (1968–1969). He went on to be nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical portraying the Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (1982) and King Arthur in Spamalot (2006–2007). His stage acting on Broadway garnered three Tony Award nominations, first for Best Actor in a Play as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Amadeus (1980–1981), followed by two nominations for Best Actor in a Musical for My Favorite Year (1992–1993) and Spamalot (2005). Curry received acclaim for his onscreen roles, Rooster Hannigan in Annie (1982), Darkness in Legend (1985), Wadsworth in Clue (1985), the Concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers (1993), and Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996). He also took roles in The Worst Witch (1986), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Congo (1995), Charlie’s Angels (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), and Kinsey (2004). On television, Curry portrayed Pennywise in the miniseries It (1990) and was also nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing a family of Hillbillies in Tales from the Crypt (1993). His numerous voice roles include his Daytime Emmy Award-winning performance as Captain Hook on Peter Pan & the Pirates (1990–1991), Hexxus in FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Sir Nigel Thornberry in The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004), and Chancellor Palpatine / Darth Sidious in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2012–2014). A reader for numerous audiobooks, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for his reading of A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (2002). As a singer, Curry released three rock-focused studio albums: Read My Lips (1978), Fearless (1979), and Simplicity (1981). He released his memoir Vagabond in 2025.
