Tim Curry

Tim Curry
Curry ved det 47. Emmy Awards guvenørens bal, september 1994
Personlig information
Fulde navnTimothy James Curry
Født19. april 1946 (78 år)
Grappenhall, Warrington, England
Aktive år1968–

Tim Curry (født 19. april 1946) er en engelsk skuespiller, der måske er bedst kendt for sin rolle i musicalfilmen Rocky Horror Picture Show fra 1975.

Skuespiller

Tim Curry har medvirket i en række teaterforestillinger, herunder teateropsætningerne af The Rocky Horror Picture Show, der fandt sted i 1975 omkring filmens udgivelse. Curry medvirkede endvidere som King Arthur ved teaterforestillingen Spamalot (skrevet af Eric Idle), der spillede i perioden 2005-2009.

Curry spillede som filmskuespiller med i Charlie's Angels fra 2000 i rollen som Roger Corwin.

Han har lagt stemme til flere tegnefilm.

Privatliv

Tim Curry blev ramt af apopleksi i 2013 og sidder i dag i kørestol.[1] Han er dog kommet sig så meget at han fortsætter som skuespiller.[2]

Sangkarriere

Tim Curry har medvirket som sanger på en række soundtracks, og har også udgivet tre album i eget navn, Read My Lips, Fearless og Simplicity samt et opsamlingsalbum The Best of Tim Curry. Curry medvirker endvidere på nummeret "Sound of Sinners" udgivet på The Clashs tredobbelte album Sandinista! fra 1980. I 1990 optrådte Curry ved Roger Waters' opførelse af The Wall i Berlin, hvor Curry lagde stemme til anklageren.

Filmografi

År Titel Rolle Instruktør Noter
1975 Rocky Horror Picture Show, TheThe Rocky Horror Picture Show Dr. Frank N. Furter Jim Sharman
1978 Shout, TheThe Shout Robert Graves Jerzy Skolimowski
1980 Times Square Johnny LaGuardia Allan Moyle
1982 Annie Rooster Hannigan John Huston
1983 Ploughman's Lunch, TheThe Ploughman's Lunch Jeremy Hancock Richard Eyre
1985 Legend Darkness Ridley Scott
Clue Wadsworth Jonathan Lynn
1988 Pass the Ammo Rev. Ray Porter David Beaird
1990 Hunt for Red October, TheThe Hunt for Red October Dr. Yevgeniy Petrov John McTiernan
1991 Oscar Dr. Thornton Poole John Landis
1992 The Player Himself Robert Altman Slettetcameo[3]
Passed Away Boyd Pinter Charlie Peters
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Concierge Chris Columbus
1993 Loaded Weapon 1 Mr. Jigsaw Gene Quintano
Three Musketeers, TheThe Three Musketeers Cardinal Richelieu Stephen Herek
1994 Shadow, TheThe Shadow Farley Claymore Russell Mulcahy
1995 Congo Herkermer Homolka Frank Marshall
1996 Muppet Treasure Island[4] Long John Silver Brian Henson
Lover's Knot Cupid's Caseworker Peter Shaner
1997 McHale's Navy Major Vladikov Bryan Spicer
1998 Addams Family Reunion Gomez Addams Dave Payne Direkte-til-DVD
1999 Pirates of the Plain Jezebel Jack John R. Cherry III
2000 Four Dogs Playing Poker Felix Paul Rachman
Sorted Damien Kemp Alexander Jovy
Charlie's Angels Roger Corwin McG
2001 Scary Movie 2 Professor Oldman Keenen Ivory Wayans
Wolf Girl Harley Dune Thom Fitzgerald Direkte-til-DVD
2002 Ritual Matthew Hope Avi Nesher
Scoundrel's Wife, TheThe Scoundrel's Wife Father Antoine Glen Pitre
2004 Kinsey Thurman Rice Bill Condon
2005 Bailey's Billion$ Caspar Pennington David Devine
2007 Christmas in Wonderland Gordon McLoosh James Orr
2008 Secret of Moonacre, TheThe Secret of Moonacre Coeur de Noir, Sir William de Noir Gábor Csupó
2010 Burke & Hare[5] Prof. Alexander Monro John Landis

Diskografi

Albums
  • Read My Lips (1978)
  • Fearless (1979)
  • Simplicity (1981)
  • The Best of Tim Curry (1985; opsamlingsalbum)
  • From the Vaults (indspillet 1976, udgivevt2010)
Soundtracks lign.
  • The Rocky Horror Show (Original London cast) (1973)
  • The Rocky Horror Show (Original Roxy cast) (1974)
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
  • Annie (1982)
  • Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
  • My Favorite Year (Original Broadway cast) (1993)
  • The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
  • Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
  • Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997)
  • Spamalot (Original Broadway cast) (2005)
  • The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again (2016)
Andet
  • Carly Simon – Spy (1979) – Backing vocals for "Vengeance" and "Pure Sin"
  • Roger Waters – The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990) – Live recording of "The Trial"
  • Little Tramp (1992) – Concept album for musical
  • Disney's Music From the Park (1996) – "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"

Hæder

Year Title Award Category Result
1975 The Rocky Horror Show Drama Desk Award Best Actor in a Musical Nomineret
1981 Amadeus Best Actor in a Play Nomineret
Tony Award Nomineret
1982 The Pirates of Penzance Royal Variety Club Award Stage Actor of the Year Vundet
Laurence Olivier Award Best Actor in a Musical Nomineret
1991 Peter Pan and the Pirates Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series Vundet
1993 My Favorite Year Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical Nomineret
Passed Away American Comedy Award Funniest Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture Nomineret
1994 Tales from the Crypt Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Nomineret
1995 CableACE Award Best Actor in a Dramatic Series Nomineret
Mighty Max Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program Nomineret
1996 Congo Razzie Award Worst Supporting Actor Nomineret
1998 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas Annie Award Voice Acting in a Feature Production Nomineret
2002 The Bad Beginning Grammy Award Best Spoken Word Album for Children Nomineret
2005 Spamalot Outer Critics Circle Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Nomineret
Tony Award Best Actor in a Musical Nomineret
2007 Laurence Olivier Award Nomineret
WhatsOnStage Award Vundet
2010 Brütal Legend NAVGTR Award Supporting Performance in a Comedy Nomineret
Dragon Age: Origins Supporting Performance in a Drama Nomineret
2015 N/A Actors Fund of America Artistic Achievement Award N/A Skabelon:Included


Referencer

  1. ^ Abramovitch, Seth (24. maj 2013). "Tim Curry Recovering From Stroke". The Hollywood Reporter. Hentet 8. oktober 2015.
  2. ^ Dawson, Steve (4. maj 2018). "What Happened to Tim Curry? – 2018 Update". gazettereview.com. Hentet 1. november 2019.
  3. ^ "Buy The Player (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]". Hentet 30. maj 2023.
  4. ^ Mark Brown (20. oktober 2006). "We were all going to join this street theater troupe. Tim got a job in Hair the next day. All he had to do was sing". The Guardian. Hentet 26. marts 2008.
  5. ^ "Landis Heads to the Streets of Edinburgh for 'Burke & Hare'". 23. februar 2010.