Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Grappenhall, a district of the town Warrington, Cheshire, England) is an English actor, singer and composer perhaps best known for his role as mad scientist Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He also had an earlier career as a rock musician. He studied Drama and English at Birmingham and then at Cambridge. His list of roles is extensive, in both TV and movies, 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 currently resides in Los Angeles, though for the past year or so has been in Chicago, New York and most recently London, with the current Broadway hit Monty Python's Spamalot.

Early life

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Tim Curry's father, James, was a Methodist chaplain for the British Navy, though Curry himself says he was always a "cheerful agnostic," and remains so to this day. Upon his father's death in 1958, Curry relocated to South London, where he attended a boarding school founded by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. The school was "quite liberal," and though he didn't enjoy the religious aspect especially he did enjoy the vast number of hymns available. There, he developed into a talented boy soprano. When his voice broke, his music teacher encouraged him to develop a mature singing voice.

When he was 19, he began his studies at the University of Birmingham, where he also acted with the renowned Guild Theatre Group, completing a joint honours in English and Drama before moving on to study at the University of Cambridge.

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OK, Avatar was very beautiful, I always wondered what Ferngully would look like in 3D. Needed more Tim Curry, though.
likelike (dick dastardly) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:04:46 -0000
OK, Avatar was very beautiful, I always wondered what Ferngully would look like in 3D. Needed more Tim Curry, though.
@MitchBenn i still can't work out if its eddie izzard or tim curry
DeusXM (James Boley) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:22:17 -0000
@MitchBenn i still can't work out if its eddie izzard or tim curry
@MitchBenn I still can't work out if its eddie izzard or tim curry
DeusXM (James Boley) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:21:04 -0000
@MitchBenn I still can't work out if its eddie izzard or tim curry
Anybody else think Eddie Izzard looks like Tim Curry?
mephster (Rebecca Kennedy) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:20:38 -0000
Anybody else think Eddie Izzard looks like Tim Curry?
tim curry has been reduced to animated berbie movies
kstina5 (Kristina Dorsett) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:20:06 -0000
tim curry has been reduced to animated berbie movies
If I was to make a film... Tim Curry would be in it...
willbobbins (Will Robbins) Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:19:10 -0000
If I was to make a film... Tim Curry would be in it...

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