FrameThrower · Actors · Tim Curry
Tim Curry
8 films · 560 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1975–2010
Born 19 April 1946 · Grappenhall, England, UK
Timothy James Curry is an English actor and singer. He is known for working in a diverse range of theatre, film, and television, most often portraying villainous characters. Curry rose to prominence with his portrayal of Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), reprising the role he had originated in the 1973 London and the 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show.
His other stage work includes various roles in the original West End production of Hair, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the 1980 Broadway production of Amadeus, the Pirate King in the 1982 West End production of The Pirates of Penzance, Alan Swann in the Broadway production of My Favourite Year,…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 8 films · 560 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1975–2010
- Whatsonstage.com Awards2007
- stage actor1982
How their films are shot
Measured across 560 frames from the 8 films we hold. This is the look of the work Tim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 8 films we hold, 48% of their frames are night, 42% natural — the look of the work Tim takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Legend
1985 · Lord of "Darkness"
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
1975 · Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Burke & Hare
2010 · Dr. Monroe
Rugrats Go Wild
2003 · Nigel Thornberry (voice)
Scary Movie 2
2001 · Prof. Oldman
Charlie's Angels
2000 · Roger Corwin
The Hunt for Red October
1990 · Dr. Yevgeni Petrov (Red October)
The Shout
1978 · Robert Graves
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 560 frames from Tim Curry's 8 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.