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Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Cheshire, England) is a British actor perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He also had an earlier career as a rock musician.
Other notable roles:
- The disc jockey Johnny LaGuardia in Times Square (1980)
- Pennywise the Clown in the miniseries It (based on the Stephen King novel)
- Dr Petrov in The Hunt for Red October (based on the Tom Clancy novel)
- the voice of Nigel Thornberry in the animated Nickelodeon series The Wild Thornberrys
- the demon Darkness in the film Legend (1982)
- Wadsworth the butler in the film Clue (1985)
- In 1990 he joined many other guests for Roger Waters' massive performance of The Wall in Berlin.
- the arch hotel concierge Mr Hector in the film Home Alone II: Lost in New York (1992)
- Numerous computer games, both as an actor (using Full Motion Video) and just a voiceover (such as in two of the three Gabriel Knight games)
