History Creator / TimCurry

** And, of course, Dr. Petrov in ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''. He first seems kind of weaselly and cowardly, and also quite chatty and goofy, but shows a strong concern for the well-being of the crew.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Compare the page image to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG80v473AI this video of him]] in the MadeForTVMovie of TheWorstWitch from the 80's. Yes, that's the same guy.

* EvilIsHammy: A ''lot'' of his villainous roles are quite hammy.

* IWasQuiteALooker: Compare the page image to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmG80v473AI this video of him]] in the MadeForTelevisionMovie of TheWorstWitch from the 80's. Yes, that's the same guy.

* ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2013, Starting with the end of Season Five) (Replacing Ian Abercrombie as Chancellor Palpatine/Darth Sidious)

** [[DragonAge Arl Howe]] is probably one of his most downplayed villainous characters; sure, Howe is a ''monster'' in every possible way while still being human, but the portrayal focuses much more on subtlety and less on overt hamminess.

* BondageIsBad: His role as [[BigBad Emperor Doviculus]] in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''.

* BondageIsBad: His role as Emperor Doviculus in BrutalLegend.

* ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'' (2013 Starting with the end of Season Five) (Replacing Ian Abercrombie as Chancellor Palpatine)

* AscendedFanboy: Reportedly he is a huge ''ScoobyDoo'' fan (He appeared in ''The Witch's Ghost'' and ''The Goblin King''). [[WhatCouldHaveBeen He was supposed to be Emile Montivarious in the live-action film, but turned down the role once he learned that]] [[spoiler:[[TheScrappy Scrappy Doo]] was involved]].
* BadassBaritone: When he's not playing a villain, he's this. Interestingly, he was apparently a boy soprano in his youth.

** And in an episode of ''RegularShow'', he voiced a talking [[strike:hot dog]] ''[[IncrediblyLamePun frank]]''[[IncrediblyLamePun furter]].

* HeadTiltinglyKinky: He plays the villain Doviculus in BrutalLegend, who is basically a kinky version of his role in ''Film/{{Legend}}''. TimSchafer sought him out specifically for this role.

** In ''Film/{{Congo}}'', he plays Herkimer Homolka, a "Romanian philanthropist" who is "[[VampireVords Travelink de vorld and doink goot!]]" The part that's against type? ''He's a [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain complete wuss]]''.

** Wadsworth in ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is a bit complex, in that he plays to type... in one of the [[MultipleEndings three endings]]. In the other two, he isn't really bad, or even that much of a jerk. [[spoiler: It all depends on whether he is an FBI agent or a murderer.]]

* TheButlerDidIt: ''Film/{{Clue}}''. Subverted in that [[spoiler: he's actually the ''real'' Mr. Boddy]].
** [[MultipleEndings Sometimes...]]

** His role as Simon Ferguson in ''OverTheTop''. While Simon is a jerk, he's not the villain and does have HiddenHeartOfGold moments.
** In ''{{Congo}}'', he plays Herkimer Homolka, a "Romanian philanthropist" who is "[[VampireVords Travelink de vorld and doink goot!]]" The part that's against type? ''He's a [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain complete wuss]]''.

** And, of course, Dr. Petrov in TheHuntForRedOctober. He first seems kind of weaselly and cowardly, and also quite chatty and goofy, but shows a strong concern for the well-being of the crew.

** He originated the role of [[WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]] in the original Broadway production (but not the earlier London production) of ''{{Amadeus}}''.

* SlasherSmile: He uses these when the CheshireCatGrin isn't evil enough. Most notably in the ''RockyHorrorPictureShow'', right before [[spoiler: Frank hacks Eddie to pieces with a pick axe.]]

Only recently, he returned to the forefront for his work in ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'' as Nigel Thornberry, due to the [[MemeticMutation various memes]] surrounding the character.

* MoneyDearBoy - Much like ChristopherLee, Curry is not particularly picky about the roles he plays, especially in cartoons, as he's been in ''hundreds'' of them. While he usually plays the roles (which is the villain approximately 97% of the time) quite well (in fact, he usually outshines the rest of the entire cast), a great many of these features are not well known for being very good.
* StalkerWithACrush - Not Tim himself, but rather his fans. In fact, it's the main reason why he was so reluctant to talk about being in Rocky Horror for so long.

* AxeCrazy: ''Many'' of the villains he's played can be considered completely and utterly insane. Played painfully (and literally) straight with Dr. Frank N. Furter.

* CheshireCatGrin - Often gives one of these to show when a character he plays is up to something devious. Interestingly enough, one of his nicknames is "Cheshire Cat".

* DeadpanSnarker - Often plays this kind of character.
* EvilBrit - He's British, he mostly plays evil characters.
* EvilIsHammy - pretty much ''all'' of his villainous roles blow everyone else off the screen and devour great whacking chunks of scenery.
* EvilSoundsDeep - Being a baritone and playing villains, obviously.

* HeyItsThatVoice: His voice is rather distinctive in the animation roles he's performed. But not always. ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' fans might be surprised to learn that the Spanish accented Taurus Bullba is actually Curry. Likewise, his role as the Goose God in ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' doesn't sound much like him at first. Nor does his role as Zimbo (the one-legged fly who is often seen around the Snorch) on ''Ahhh! Real Monsters'', which he, according to an interview, based on an "Argentinian gigolo". He also voiced Princess Sally's father King Max Acorn in the Sonic the Hedgehog Saturday Morning series.

* {{Jerkass}} - Most of Curry's characters. Even many of the relatively few who aren't actually villains ''are'' complete and total ''asshats''.
* LargeHam - To the point that the catchphrase could be changed to ''"Did somebody order some TIM [[IncrediblyLamePun CURRY?]]"''
* MadScientist - Has played several over the years. The most well-known being Dr. Calamitous from ''TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron'' ([[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover and, by extension]], the ''NicktoonsUnite'' series) and, of course, [[RockyHorrorPictureShow Dr. Frank N Furter]].
* MonsterClown - His version of Pennywise The Dancing Clown in the movie ''It''.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping - Accents are not exactly his strong suit.

** There's his role as "Mr. French", the butler from the 2002 version of ''FamilyAffair'' who is essentially a DeadpanSnarker JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
** Dr. Thornton Poole from ''Oscar'', who's about as far from Frank as can be. His idea of being forward is complimenting Lisa (Marisa Tomei) on her diction (though when her father is SylvesterStallone...), and any innuendos are perfectly [[AccidentalInnuendo innocent]]. Well, to ''him'', at any rate...

** His role as Simon Ferguson in ''OverTheTop''. While Simon is a JerkAss, he's not the villain and does have HiddenHeartOfGold moments.
** In ''{{Congo}}'', he plays Herkimer Homolka, a "Romanian philanthropist" who is "[[VampireVords Travelink de vorld and doink goot!]]" The part that's against type? ''He's a [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain complete wuss]].''

** [[TheRenfield Renfield]] Farley Claymore in the 1994 film version of [[Film.TheShadow The Shadow]].

** He voices Dovilicus, the BigBad of ''BrutalLegend'', in both the campaign and multiplayer modes.

** Wadsworth in ''Film/{{Clue}}'' is a bit complex, in that he plays to type...in one of the [[MultipleEndings three endings]]. In the other two, he isn't really bad, or even that much of a jerk. [[spoiler: It all depends on whether he is an FBI agent or a murderer.]]

** Melek in ''VideoGame/WingCommander'' is the toady the villain has around to have someone to talk to for CharacterDevelopment... until the end of the third game (the first game where TimCurry voiced him), where he ends up in charge (through no fault of his own) [[OnlySaneMan and promptly surrenders]].
* SlasherSmile - He uses these when the CheshireCatGrin isn't evil enough. Most notably in the ''RockyHorrorPictureShow'', right before [[spoiler: Frank hacks Eddie to pieces with a pick axe.]]
* SmugSnake - If he's not one of the above, he's one of these. And he plays them ''well''.
* TheButlerDidIt - ''Film/{{Clue}}''. Subverted in that [[spoiler: he's actually the ''real'' Mr. Boddy]].

* VillainSong - He's performed several over the years:

* ''TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' (1975)

* ''TheHuntForRedOctober'' (1990)

* ''FernGully'' (1992)
* ''HomeAlone 2'' (1992)
* ''LoadedWeapon1'' (1993)

* ''{{Congo}}'' (1995)
* ''TheWildThornberrys'' (1998-2004)

* HeyItsThatVoice: His voice is rather distinctive in the animation roles he's performed. But not always. ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' fans might be surprised to learn that the Spanish accented Taurus Bullba is actually Curry. Likewise, his role as the Goose God in ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' doesn't sound much like him at first. Nor does his role as Zimbo (the one-legged fly who is often seen around the Snorch) on ''Ahhh! Real Monsters'', which he, according to an interview, based on an "Argentinian gigolo".

* HeyItsThatVoice: His voice is rather distinctive in the animation roles he's performed. But not always. ''DarkwingDuck'' fans might be surprised to learn that the Spanish accented Taurus Bullba is actually Curry. Likewise, his role as the Goose God in ''CourageTheCowardlyDog'' doesn't sound much like him at first. Nor does his role as Zimbo (the one-legged fly who is often seen around the Snorch) on ''Ahhh! Real Monsters'', which he, according to an interview, based on an "Argentinian gigolo".

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* ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' ((1982))