Editing Tim Curry (section)

====Film====
After ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' (1975), Curry began to appear in many films, acting in supporting roles, such as Robert Graves in the British [[horror film]] ''[[The Shout]]'' (1978), as Johnny LaGuardia in ''[[Times Square (1980 film)|Times Square]]'' (1980), as Daniel Francis "Rooster" Hannigan in [[John Huston]]'s 1982 film version of ''[[Annie (1982 film)|Annie]]'', and as Jeremy Hancock in the political film ''[[The Ploughman's Lunch]]'' (1983).<ref>{{Cite web|title = Tim Curry|url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000347/|website = [[IMDb]]|access-date = 6 December 2015}}</ref>

In 1985, Curry starred in the [[fantasy film]] ''[[Legend (1985 film)|Legend]]'' as The Lord of Darkness. Director [[Ridley Scott]] cast Curry in the film after watching him in ''Rocky Horror'', thinking he was ideal to play the role of Darkness. It took five and a half hours to apply the makeup needed for Darkness onto Curry and at the end of the day, he would spend an hour in a bath in order to liquefy the soluble spirit gum. The same year, Curry appeared in the [[Comedy film|comedy]] [[mystery film]] ''[[Clue (film)|Clue]]'' as Wadsworth the butler.

After this, Curry began to be cast in more comedy roles throughout the late 1980s and '90s such as Rev. Ray Porter in ''[[Pass the Ammo]]'', Dr. Thornton Poole in ''[[Oscar (1991 film)|Oscar]]'' (1991), Mr. Hector the suspicious Plaza Hotel concierge in ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' (1992), Jigsaw in ''[[Loaded Weapon 1]]'' (1993) and as [[Long John Silver]] in ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]''. Although he featured in mostly comedies throughout the '90s, Curry did appear in some action films, such as the [[Thriller film|thriller]] ''[[The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' (1990) as Dr. Yevgeniy Petrov, the 1993 adaptation of ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993 film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' as [[Cardinal Richelieu]], in the [[superhero film]] ''[[The Shadow (1994 film)|The Shadow]]'' (1994) as Farley Claymore, and as Herkermer Homolka in the action adventure ''[[Congo (film)|Congo]]'' (1995).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000347/|title=Tim Curry|website=IMDb|access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref> He also starred in the 1998 direct-to-video film ''[[Addams Family Reunion]]'' playing the role of [[Gomez Addams]].

In the early 2000s, Curry was cast in the [[Charlie's Angels (2000 film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Charlie's Angels]]'' (2000) in the role of Roger Corwin, and in the [[parody film]] ''[[Scary Movie 2]]'' (2001) playing Professor Oldman. Curry went on to play Thurman Rice, a supporting role in the [[biographical film]] ''[[Kinsey (film)|Kinsey]]'' (2004) and portrayed [[Alexander Monro (tertius)|Alexander Monro]] in the British [[black comedy]] ''[[Burke & Hare (2010 film)|Burke & Hare]]'' (2010).

In 2024, he had a cameo appearance in the horror film ''[[Stream (film)|Stream]]'', providing the voice of the mask character "Lockwood".<ref>{{Citation|title=Burke and Hare (2010)|date=9 September 2011|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1320239/|access-date=23 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tim-curry-new-horror-movie-stream-1236111766/|title=Tim Curry Returns to the Big Screen in Horror Movie 'Stream' (EXCLUSIVE)|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=William|last=Earl|date=August 21, 2024|access-date=August 21, 2024|archive-date=August 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240821164807/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tim-curry-new-horror-movie-stream-1236111766/|url-status=live}}</ref>