Timothy James Curry (born April 19, 1946 in Cheshire, England) is a British actor perhaps best known for his role as Dr. Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He also had an earlier career as a rock musician.

Other notable roles:

• The disc jockey Johnny LaGuardia in Times Square (1980)
• Pennywise the Clown in the miniseries It (based on the Stephen King novel)
• Dr Petrov in The Hunt for Red October (based on the Tom Clancy novel)
• the voice of Nigel Thornberry in the animated Nickelodeon series The Wild Thornberrys
• the demon Darkness in the film Legend (1982)
• Wadsworth the butler in the film Clue (1985)
• the arch hotel concierge Mr Hector in the film Home Alone II: Lost in New York[?] (1992)