With Utmost Respect For His Talent and Creations on Film

One of the most talented actors of our time.

Milestones

• 1958 Served in the Royal Artillery
• 1960 Stage debut in "The Quare Fellow" at the Library Theatre in Manchester, England
• 1964 London stage debut, "Julius Caesar", at the Royal Court Theater
• 1967 Film debut in Lindsay Anderson's short, "The White Bus"
• 1968 Feature film debut, "The Lion in Winter"
• 1968 TV debut, "A Heritage and Its History"
• 1969 Played Claudius to Nicol Williamson's "Hamlet"
• 1972 First of many collaborations with director Richard Attenborough in "Young Winston"
• 1974 Broadway debut, "Equus"
• 1974 Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "QB VII"
• 1975 Won an Emmy as Bruno Richard Hauptmann in the TV-movie "The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case"
• 1978 Delivered a strong performance as a ventriloquist in "Magic"
• 1979 Starred as Captain Christopher Jones in "Mayflower: The Pilgrim's Adventure"
• 1980 Co-starred in "The Elephant Man", directed by David Lynch
• 1981 Earned second Emmy for his portrayal of Hitler in "The Bunker"
• 1982 Made debut as a conductor with the New Symphony Orchestra at Royal Albert Hall on March 21
• 1982 Starred in the title role in the CBS adaptation of "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"
• 1984 Cast as Captain Bligh in "The Bounty"
• 1984 Portrayed mild-mannered British bookseller in David Jones' loving, literate and totally disarming film "84 Charing Cross Road"; starred opposite Anne Bancroft
• 1984 Returned to England after a decade in the USA
• 1985 Co-starred in the ABC miniseries "Hollywood Wives"
• 1985 Returned to the London stage as star of "Pravda"
• 1986 Delivered a strong performance in the title role of "The Good Father"
• 1989 Played Magwich in The Disney Channel miniseries "Great Expectations"
• 1991 Provided the voice of Marcus Crassus (subbing for the late Lord Olivier) in the restored version of "Spartacus"
• 1991 Won Oscar for his chilling portrait as killer Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter in "The Silence of the Lambs"
• 1992 First movie with director James Ivory, the sumptuous and stimulating adaptation of E M Forster's "Howards End"
• 1993 Fifth collaboration to date with Attenborough, "Shadowlands"
• 1993 Garnered second Academy Award nomination for his performance as a repressed English butler in "The Remains of the Day", directed by Ivory
• 1993 Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
• 1994 Cast as the patriarch to Brad Pitt, Henry Thomas and Aidan Quinn in "Legends of the Fall"
• 1994 Delivered an over-the-top performance as John W Kellogg, one of the few redeeming qualities, in Alan Parker's "The Road to Wellville", adapted from the novel by T Coraghessan Boyle
• 1995 Received third Best Actor Oscar nomination for title role in "Nixon", directed by Oliver Stone
• 1996 Feature directorial debut, "August", an adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya"; also starred and composed score
• 1996 Third collaboration with Merchant-Ivory, "Surviving Picasso"; played title role
• 1997 Portrayed John Quincy Adams in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad"; received Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor
• 1997 Stranded with Alec Baldwin, his rival for Elle MacPherson's affections, in Lee Tamahori's "The Edge"
• 1998 Reteamed with Brad Pitt for "Meet Joe Black", loosely based on "Death Takes a Holiday"
• 1998 Teamed with Antonio Banderas for the remake "The Mask of Zorro"
• 1999 Had title role in "Titus", Julie Taymor's film version of "Titus Andronicus"; during filming announced he was "retiring" from acting; rescinded decision later
• 1999 Played anthropologist Dr Ethan Powell in "Instinct"
• 2000 Narrated the live-action version of "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
• 2000 Starred opposite Tom Cruise in "M:I-2", the John Woo-directed sequel to "Mission: Impossible"
• 2001 Acted opposite Jennifer Love Hewitt and Alec Baldwin in Baldwin's feature directorial debut, the remake of "The Devil and Daniel Webster"
• 2001 Reprised Oscar-winning role in the film adaptation of "Hannibal", Thomas Harris' sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs"
• 2001 Starred as a man with psychic abilities in "Hearts in Atlantis"
• 2002 Once again essayed Hannibal Lecter in "Red Dragon"
• 2002 Teamed with Chris Rock in the action comedy "Bad Company"
• 2003 Cast to play a fair-skin African American who pretends to be white to avoid the 40's racism in "The Human Stain"
• 2004 Cast as Ptolemy in Oliver Stone's "Alexander"
• 2005 Co-starred in the film adaptation of David Auburn's play "Proof" directed by John Madden and starring with Gwyneth Paltrow and Jake Gyllenhaal
• 2006 Cast as the hotel doorman in Emilio Estevez's directorial debut, "Bobby," an ensemble centered around the night of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination
• 2006 Cast in Steven Zaillian's big-screen adaptation of "All the King's Men"
• Acted in repertory in Leicester, Liverpool and Hornchurch, England
• Invited to join The National Theater at the Old Vic where he played King Lear, Macbeth and Antony; first major role was when he understudied Laurence Olivier and eventually went on in "Dance of Death" (1966)
• Set to star in Robert Zemeckis' big-budget film version of "Beowulf" (lensed 2005)
• Will star as Ernest Hemingway in "Papa," to be directed by Roger Donaldson (lensed 2006)

With utmost respect and honor for

Tim Curry

for his contributions to the entertainment world. His films and characters are not only ingenious but beyond clever. His contributions to children's entertainment deserves his praise.

Tim's entertaining characterizations are what The Captain teaches his children every day. One can learn volumes from an individual like Tim Curry and the ability to transform one's self into multiple amusing characters simply for the entertainment of your children.

Tim, you have that gift and we salute you!