ACTOR

Tim Curry

1946 - Today

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Timothy James Curry (born 19 April 1946) is an English actor and singer. He rose to prominence as Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tim Curry has received more than 24,087,773 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Tim Curry is the 348th most popular actor (up from 484th in 2019), the 450th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 638th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Actor.

Tim Curry is most famous for his role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Memorability Metrics

  • 24M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tim Curry ranks 348 out of 13,578. Before him are David Niven, Chris Hemsworth, Michèle Mercier, Jamie Lee Curtis, Andy García, and John Rhys-Davies. After him are Lída Baarová, Carmen Amaya, Richard Kiel, Richard Chamberlain, Lino Ventura, and Gene Wilder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Tim Curry ranks 57. Before him are Jang Song-thaek, Bob Beamon, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, Marina Abramović, Charles Dance, and Thongloun Sisoulith. After him are Barry Gibb, Dragan Džajić, Dolly Parton, Naoto Kan, Sally Field, and Bolo Yeung.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tim Curry ranks 450 out of 8,785. Before him are Joan Clarke (1917), Robert Walpole (1676), David Niven (1910), J. M. Barrie (1860), John Rhys-Davies (1944), and Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1862). After him are Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Samuel Johnson (1709), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), John Knox (1514), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), and John Bonham (1948).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Tim Curry ranks 57. Before him are Sam Neill (1947), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Cary Grant (1904), Charles Dance (1946), David Niven (1910), and John Rhys-Davies (1944). After him are Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Kate Winslet (1975), Diana Rigg (1938), John Cleese (1939), Trevor Howard (1913), and Patrick Stewart (1940).

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Television and Movie Roles

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Pennywise
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
6.919 / 10
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rocky'.
Aug 14o 19757.458 / 10
Clue
Wadsworth
Clue finds six colorful dinner guests gathered at the mansion of their host, Mr. Boddy -- who turns up dead after his secret is exposed: He was blackmailing all of them. With the killer among them, the guests and Boddy's chatty butler must suss out the culprit before the body count rises.
Dec 13o 19857.227 / 10