Born: 19 April 1946 in Cheshire, UK. Actor and composer. Studied Drama and English at Cambridge and Birmingham Universities. Perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He also had an earlier career as a rock musician. His list of roles is extremely extensive, in both TV and film, live-action and voice-acting for animated features, and it is notable that he almost always plays a villain of one kind or another. He and wife Patricia currently live in Los Angeles, USA, with their dog, Frank.
Has provided the voice of "Sir" who welcomed visitors to the Alien Encounter attraction in Tomorrowland at Walt Disney World. Alien Encounter was replaced after several years.
Has read several times for "The Great Writers Series" in Los Angeles, California.
(July 1990) Has performed in Roger Waters historic production of The Wall: Live in Berlin .
Has appeared as both subject and author in the photography book "Double Exposure, Take Four" by Roddy McDowall.
Was Tim Burton s second choice for the role of the Joker in Batman . He did go on to playing a crazed "clown" in Stephen King s miniseries "It" .
Close friends with Carly Simon and sang backing vocals on her 1979 album "Spy".
Turned down the role of Mitzi Del Bra in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert , which went to Hugo Weaving.
Studied Drama and English at the University of Cambridge and at Birmingham University, from which he graduated with Combined Honors.
Has earned three Tony Award nominations: the first in 1981 as Best Actor (Play) for portraying the title character Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in "Amadeus"; the second in 1993 as Best Actor for "My Favorite Year"; and the third in 2005 for Best Actor for his role of King Arthur in "Spamalot".
Personally paid for his cousin, Keighley Twocker frontman Michael Loftus, to have cosmetic surgery.
Already an accomplished singer, he performed a cover of the theme song to Walt Disney s "Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier".
In a Fresh Air interview in 2005, he reported meeting Princess Diana. It turned out she was such a huge fan of The Rocky Horror Picture Show , she told him, "Thank you for completing my education.".
Not only was he Tim Burton s second choice for the role of the Joker, he was the producers first choice for the role on the animated series. However, after recording four episodes, his take on the Joker was deemed as too scary for children, and thus the part was given to Mark Hamill.
He auditioned for the role of Judge Doom in Who Framed Roger Rabbit , but was rejected at audition for being too terrifying. The role instead went to Clue co-star, Christopher Lloyd.
He was presented with an honorary citizenship of New Orleans and key to the City of New Orleans by Angela Baham, Administrative Assistant to the Chief Administrator Officer Reynard J. Rochon to Mayor Ernest Morial on October 8, 1979 following a concert in New Orleans.
Was working on an album project with Lou Adler in 1976. However, only four songs were completed. The best is a cover of The Supremes "Baby Love". Also recorded three albums for A&M Records: "Ready My Lips" , "Fearless" and "Simplicity" . Though only one charting song, "I Do the Rock", both it at "Paradise Garage" [from "Fearless"] have become cult hits, having two music videos made for MTV which were often played before showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show . His best album is often praised "Fearless", and his best songs are "Birds of a Feather", "Alan", "Sloe Gin", "I Do the Rock", "S.O.S.", "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire", "Paradise Garage", "No Love on the Street", "Something Short of Paradise", "Working on My Tan", "Simplicity", "On a Roll", "Take Me Im Yours", "Out of Pawn" and "I Put a Spell on You".
Was on the 1980 album "Sandinista!" by the English punk rock group The Clash. On track 18, "The Sound of the Sinners", he spoke as a priest, mid-song.
Has voiced two royal cats: voicing "Prince" in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties and "The Cat King" in Neko no ongaeshi .
Suffered a major stroke in June 2012.
One of his favorite movies is the horror film Dont Look Now .
Had a dog named Frank.
His agent is Marcia Hurwitz.
He has two roles in common with Charlton Heston : (1) Heston played Cardinal Richelieu in The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers while Curry played him in The Three Musketeers and Heston played Long John Silver in Treasure Island while Curry played him in Muppet Treasure Island .
Has played characters who could remove their heads scientifically (Dr. Pretorious on the animated series "The Mask" ) and magically (as Caliph Kapok on the animated series "Aladdin" ).
Attended the prestigious Kingswood School in Bath, Somerset, England from the age of 12 to 18, the school initially being founded for the children of Methodist ministers.
Made a rare public appearance on the red carpet at the 19th annual Actors Fund Tony Awards Viewing Party in Los Angeles to receive the organizations lifetime achievement award.
Was considered for the role of Jafar in Aladdin.
Has English, Irish and Scottish ancestry.
Was considered for the role of Scar in The Lion King .
For many years, he did not publicly acknowledge his role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the 1990 made-for-TV movie "It" , based on the novel by Stephen King, until a 2015 interview with Moviefone in which he called the role "a wonderful part".
After securing Macaulay Culkin , Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern for Home Alone , Chris Columbus felt confident enough to cast actors who were his heroes growing up like Catherine OHara after seeing her work on "Second City TV" , as well as John Heard and then Curry and Rob Schneider on Home Alone 2: Lost in New York because they were all open to the films.
Is a fan of Australian drama series Prisoner: Cell Block H, with Joan Ferguson as his favorite character.
Was in 3 different movies that took place at a spooky old giant house. The Rocky Horror picture show, Clue and Scary movie 2. All 3 of those had a scene with people eating dinner at a big table. With something gross being served for dinner.
He was offered the chance to reprise his famous role as Pennywise in IT but turned it down. He later praised Bill Skarsgard as a great choice for the role.
Curry was a stage actor in Austin, Texas, also an Austin musician with Tim Curry and the Trio.
My specialty roles are Louche, Brio and Bravura.
["The Making of Gabriel Knight", on rapidly evolving computer,technology] Any new way to infiltrate myself into your minds.
["The Making of Gabriel Knight"] Gabriel Knight is VERY, very cool. And,impossibly handsome. So of course, they picked me.
[on The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) ] It is parody but I play,it and think of it as a kind of grisly reality. Frank-N-Furter, as a,variation on Frankenstein, is obsessed with image and the way that,things look, but I see him and play him as a grisly, real freak.
Musicals are famous for being in a constant state of flux.
