Tim Curry (born April 19, 1946) is an English actor, voice actor, and singer who is best known for his work in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television productions, often portraying villainous characters, most notably Pennywise the Dancing Clown in the horror miniseries, IT, and Jacko from ChalkZone. He is also well-known for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 musical comedy horror film, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show. Additionally, he played Gomez Addams in the 1998 comedy film Addams Family Reunion, Concierge in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island. Curry also voiced Prince XII in Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Rex Pester in The Rugrats Movie, Lord Forte in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas, Hexxus, the main villain of FernGully, and Drake, the main antagonist of the MGM animated film The Pebble and the Penguin. In Daisy-Head Mayzie (TV Special), he does the voice of Finagle.
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