Born in Cheshire, England on April 19, 1946, the son of a Methodist Royal Navy chaplain, James, and his wife Patricia, a school secretary, TIM CURRY was a boy soprano in the church at the age of six, and began his performing career doing Shakespeare at the age of ten. He studied drama and English at Cambridge and at Birmingham University, from which he graduated with Combined Honors. His first professional success was in the London production of Hair, where he appeared for fifteen months from 1968 to early 1970, followed by more study and work in the Royal Court and Glasgow Civic Repertory Companies. In the course of his experience, Tim has sung opera at Sadler Wells (Puck in Benjamin Brittan's A Midsummer Night's Dream for the Scottish Opera Company), co-starred in an evening of Brecht-Weil songs with Georgia Brown at the Royal Court, and played in a variety of British theatrical productions, including Galileo, Danton's Death, The Sport of My Mad Mother, The White Devil, Cinderella, Give the Gaffers Time to Love You, The Maids, England's Ireland, Once Upon a Time, Lay Down I Think I Love You, Man is Man, The Baby Elephant, and the Royal Shakespeare Company's After Haggerty and Titus Andronicus.

In June, 1973, Tim Curry landed the plum role of Dr. Frank N. Furter in the original London production of The Rocky Horror Show, for which he auditioned with a rousing rendition of Little Richard's "Tutti Fruitti". He recreated the role of the transvestite scientist in the Los Angeles and Broadway productions and starred in the screen version entitled THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, which marked his motion picture debut.

Mr. Curry continued his career on the New York, Los Angeles and London stages (including the National Theatre of Great Britain) with starring roles in Travesties, Amadeus (for which he received a Tony Award nomination for best actor), The Pirates of Penzance (for which he won the Royal Variety Club Award as "Stage Actor of the Year"), The Rivals, Love for Love, Dalliance, The Threepenny Opera, Love Letters, The Art of Success, and My Favorite Year (for which he received a Tony Award nomination for best actor in a musical), and he starred in the U.S. tour of Me and My Girl. His films include The Shout, Times Square, Annie, The Ploughman's Lunch, Clue, Legend, Pass the Ammo, The Hunt for Red October, Oscar, FernGully...the Last Rainforest, Passed Away, The Player (video/laserdisc outtakes section), Home Alone 2, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1, Disney's The Three Musketeers, The Shadow, The Pebble and the Penguin, Congo, Muppet Treasure Island, Lover's Knot and McHale's Navy. He performed in Roger Waters' historic production of The Wall in Berlin in July, 1990. He has been seen on American and British television in Three Men in a Boat, Verite, Rock Follies of '77, The Worst Witch, Blue Money, Oliver Twist, Schmoedipus, Napoleon and Love, City Sugar, Will Shakespeare, Video Stars, The Wil Shriner Show, Ligmalion, The Tracey Ullman Show, The Wild West, Big Deals, Later in LA, Earth 2, The Naked Truth, Roseanne, Titanic, and Lexx: The Dark Zone (aka Tales from a Parallel Universe); he hosted Saturday Night Live and The 51st Golden Globe Awards, played the title role in Stephen King's It, and had a recurring role in the series Wiseguy. He played three roles in the HBO "Tales from the Crypt" episode Death of Some Salesmen for which he received Emmy and CableACE nominations. This fall he appears in his own television series Over the Top on ABC, and can be seen in Doom Runners, a children's sci-fi film, on Nickelodeon and Showtime. He is both author and subject in Roddy McDowall's photography book Double Exposure, Take Four and is one of the actors interviewed in Making it in Hollywood. His voice is featured on many animated series and videos, including Dr. Seuss' Daisy-Head Mayzie, The Marzipan Pig, Abel's Island, Paddington Bear, The Legend of Prince Valiant, The Pirates of Dark Water, Fish Police, Darkwing Duck, Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Don Coyote, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Greatest Adventure - Stories from the Bible: The Creation and The Easter Story, Tiny Toon Adventures, The Little Mermaid, Tom and Jerry Kids, Dinosaurs, TailSpin, The Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, Eeek the Cat, Rick Moranis in Gravedale High, Aladdin, Mighty Max, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Batman, Animaniacs, Sonic the Hedgehog, Superhuman Samurai Syber-squad, The New Thunderbirds, Duckman, The Mask, The Mighty Ducks, Bruno the Kid, Jumanji, Adventures from The Book of Virtues, The Story of Santa Claus, Freakazoid, Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (release date Nov. 1997) and Peter Pan and the Pirates for which he won an Emmy Award. Mr. Curry has recorded several novels on tape: Cry to Heaven and Taltos by Anne Rice, Jewels by Danielle Steel, The Old Contemptibles, The Man with a Load of Mischief, The Old Silent, The Anodyne Necklace, The Dirty Duck, The Old Fox Deceiv'd, The Horse You Came In On, and Rainbow's End by Martha Grimes, Home Alone 2 by Todd Strasser, The Jolly Postman (recorded with Andrea Martin) by Janet and Allen Ahlberg, Night Over Water and A Dangerous Fortune by Ken Follett, "Crouch End" and "The Doctor's Case" from Stephen King's Nightmares & Dreamscapes volumes I and II, "Little Boy Blue" by Eugene Field in The Silver Lining, Loaded Weapon by Gene Quintano, Foucault's Pendulum and The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco and Anything Considered by Peter Mayle. A much in-demand artist for CD-ROM productions, he provides the lead voice in Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. He also gives voice to Kilrathi Melek in Wing Commander III and reprises his King Chicken role in the new Duckman game. He can be seen in Frankenstein: Through the Eyes of the Monster and Muppet Treasure Island and heard in Toonstruck. As the voice of "Sir" he introduces visitors to "Alien Encounter" at Tomorrowland in Walt Disney World. Mr. Curry is also a composer and singer who recorded background vocals on Lewis Furey's eponymous album and Carly Simon's Spy, can be heard on the studio album Little Tramp and on Disney's Music From the Park, toured with his own band, and released Baby Love/Just 14 for Ode and the albums Read My Lips, Fearless, Simplicity, and The Best of Tim Curry on A&M Records. He can soon be heard on the album Sondheim III, the 1996 S.T.A.G.E. Benefit. Fans fortunate enough to be in Los Angeles have seen him giving readings for "The Act of the Poet" sponsored by the Poetry Society of America, and for the "Great Writers Series."

Tim is not married, and presently resides in Los Angeles with his dog, Frank.



Compiled by B. Thomas, 06/19/97

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