Tim Curry has died

蒂姆·克里（Tim Curry）去世

Mr versatility … Tim Curry in 2008. Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80. A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough. 多面手……2008年的蒂姆·克里。《洛基恐怖秀》与斯蒂芬·金《小丑回魂》的明星蒂姆·克里去世，享年80岁。作为一名活跃于舞台、银幕和电视的多产演员，他曾出演《诡秘怪谈》、《妙探寻凶》和《小丑回魂》，但他最令人难忘的身份，永远是那部让他一举成名的华丽坎普风摇滚音乐剧。

Tim Curry, the versatile performer of screen and stage, who made his name as the flamboyant Dr Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, has died aged 80. Reports say Curry died at his home in Los Angeles. 曾凭借《洛基恐怖秀》中浮夸的弗兰克-N-福特博士（Dr Frank-N-Furter）一角成名的银幕与舞台多面手蒂姆·克里去世，享年80岁。据报道，克里是在洛杉矶的家中去世的。

The actor’s manager confirmed to Variety that he died peacefully. No cause of death is known as yet. 这位演员的经纪人向《综艺》（Variety）杂志证实，他走得很安详。目前尚未公布死因。

Ironically, Curry’s best-known roles all required a considerable physical transformation, to the extent that he was unrecognisable in all of them. Frank-N-Furter, Rocky Horror’s deranged scientist, saw him daubed in garish makeup and wearing stockings and suspenders, for the stage show (which debuted in 1973) and the film adaptation (released in 1975). In the Ridley Scott-directed fantasy Legend (1985), he was equipped with giant horns and scarlet skin as the Lord of Darkness. And in 1990, Curry was transformed with full-face clown pancake to play Pennywise in the TV miniseries It, based on the Stephen King novel. 讽刺的是，克里最著名的角色都需要进行巨大的外形改造，以至于他在这些角色中几乎让人认不出来。在1973年首演的舞台剧和1975年上映的电影版《洛基恐怖秀》中，他饰演疯狂科学家弗兰克-N-福特，涂着夸张的妆容，穿着丝袜和吊带袜。在雷德利·斯科特执导的奇幻电影《诡秘怪谈》（1985）中，他戴着巨大的犄角，皮肤通红，饰演黑暗之王。1990年，他通过全脸小丑妆容变身为斯蒂芬·金同名小说改编的电视迷你剧《小丑回魂》中的潘尼怀斯（Pennywise）。

Alongside these show-stopping incarnations, Curry enjoyed a successful parallel career in film, TV and theatre. Born in 1946, he earned a degree in drama and English from the University of Birmingham in 1968 and embarked on a stage career. His first significant role was in the original cast for the first West End production of the controversial musical Hair, in 1968 – where he met Richard O’Brien, who would go on to cast him in his own musical, The Rocky Horror Show. Curry went on to play Tristan Tzara in Tom Stoppard’s Travesties (taking over the role from John Hurt and Robert Powell), and Mozart in the Broadway transfer of Amadeus in 1980. Later highlights included King Arthur in the Broadway run of the Monty Python musical Spamalot. 除了这些令人惊叹的角色外，克里在电影、电视和戏剧领域也拥有成功的职业生涯。他出生于1946年，1968年从伯明翰大学获得戏剧和英语学位，随后开启了舞台生涯。他第一个重要的角色是1968年争议性音乐剧《毛发》（Hair）首个西区制作版的原始卡司——在那里他遇到了理查德·奥布莱恩，后者后来邀请他出演了自己的音乐剧《洛基恐怖秀》。此后，克里在汤姆·斯托帕德的《变装》（Travesties）中饰演特里斯坦·查拉（接替约翰·赫特和罗伯特·鲍威尔），并在1980年百老汇版的《莫扎特传》（Amadeus）中饰演莫扎特。他后期的亮点还包括在百老汇音乐剧《火腿骑士》（Spamalot，改编自巨蟒剧团作品）中饰演亚瑟王。

Curry worked regularly in film, in roles including that of Robert Graves in Jerzy Skolimowski’s sinister The Shout, and later as Jeremy in the Ian McEwan-scripted political drama The Ploughman’s Lunch. Later, Curry found himself working largely in comedies – including Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Muppet Treasure Island, Scary Movie 2, and McHale’s Navy – before providing voiceovers for numerous animated films, such as Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, A Turtle’s Tale: Sammy’s Adventures and Ribbit. 克里经常参与电影工作，角色包括杰兹·斯科利莫夫斯基执导的惊悚片《呐喊》（The Shout）中的罗伯特·格雷夫斯，以及后来在伊恩·麦克尤恩编剧的政治剧《农夫的午餐》（The Ploughman’s Lunch）中饰演杰里米。后来，克里主要投身于喜剧片——包括《小鬼当家2》、《布偶寻宝记》、《惊声尖笑2》和《麦克海尔的海军》——之后又为多部动画电影配音，如《加菲猫2》、《萨米大冒险》和《青蛙王国》。

Curry was also a regular presence on TV for more than four decades, playing William Shakespeare in John Mortimer’s six-part biography of the playwright in 1978, Bill Sikes in the 1982 US TV adaptation of Oliver Twist, and the wizard Trymon in the adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic in 2008. He voiced a stream of animated series (Duckman, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Mask and Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and was cast in many guest roles in established series, including Psych, Poirot and Criminal Minds. 四十多年来，克里也是电视荧屏上的常客。他曾在1978年约翰·莫蒂默的六集剧作家传记片中饰演威廉·莎士比亚，在1982年美国电视版《雾都孤儿》中饰演比尔·赛克斯，并在2008年改编自特里·普拉切特作品的《魔法的颜色》中饰演巫师特莱蒙。他为多部动画系列片（如《鸭子人》、《刺猬索尼克》、《变相怪杰》和《星球大战：克隆人战争》）配音，并在《灵异妙探》、《波洛探案记》和《犯罪心理》等知名剧集中客串出演。

“I’ve had the opportunities,” he said to the Guardian in 2025, “and I’m still showing up. You know? I think that’s what you have to do. You have to keep showing up.” “我曾拥有过机会，”他在2025年接受《卫报》采访时说，“而且我依然在坚持露面。你知道吗？我认为这就是你必须做的事。你必须不断地出现。”

In 2012, Curry had a stroke while receiving a massage and received brain surgery. He was left with mobility issues and his short-term memory was also affected. “It was an odd thing, because my father had a stroke and died very soon afterwards,” he said. “I knew I had to force myself to relax and just take the opportunity to float a little.” 2012年，克里在接受按摩时中风并接受了脑部手术。此后他留下了行动不便的后遗症，短期记忆也受到了影响。“这很奇怪，因为我父亲也中风过，而且很快就去世了，”他说，“我知道我必须强迫自己放松，利用这个机会让自己稍微漂浮一下。”

In 2025, he released his memoir Vagabond. “I’m very aware that I’m lucky,” Curry said last year. “I’m astonished actually at how ambitious I’ve been. I didn’t think of myself as ambitious at all.” 2025年，他出版了回忆录《流浪者》（Vagabond）。“我很清楚自己很幸运，”克里去年说，“事实上，我对自己的雄心壮志感到惊讶。我以前根本没觉得自己有野心。”

Luke Evans, who played the role of Dr Frank-N-Furter in the recent Broadway production of The Rocky Horror Show, paid tribute on Instagram. The actor called him “a force, a bright fierce flame” and “an inspiration”. He added: “There will only be one Tim Curry.” 曾在近期百老汇版《洛基恐怖秀》中饰演弗兰克-N-福特博士的卢克·伊万斯在Instagram上表达了敬意。这位演员称他为“一股力量，一团明亮而炽热的火焰”和“灵感来源”。他补充道：“世上只有一个蒂姆·克里。”

Rocky Horror Picture Show co-star Susan Sarandon called him a “funny sexy original” in an online post. “Even wheelchair bound he continued to be so sweet and generous with his fans,” she wrote. “Thank you Tim for meaning so much to so many people.” 《洛基恐怖秀》的联合主演苏珊·萨兰登在网上发文称他为“风趣、性感且独一无二的人”。她写道：“即使坐在轮椅上，他对粉丝依然那么亲切慷慨。谢谢你，蒂姆，你对那么多人意义重大。”

Carol Burnett, who starred with Curry in Annie, also paid tribute online. “Nobody could play lovable villains better than he could,” she wrote. “He was a dear friend. I was blessed to know him.” 曾与克里共同出演《安妮》的卡罗尔·伯内特也在网上表达了哀悼。“没有人能比他演得更好的可爱反派了，”她写道，“他是一位挚友。能认识他是我的一大幸事。”

Curry’s Clue co-star Michael McKean shared on X: “My last conversation with Tim Curry was about life and love and laughter. The grim physical state he found himself in has now ended, a blessing. Our blessing was that we had Tim Curry in our lives. RIP, my friend.” 克里在《妙探寻凶》中的搭档迈克尔·麦基恩在X上分享道：“我与蒂姆·克里的最后一次谈话是关于生活、爱和欢笑。他所处的严峻身体状况现在已经结束了，这是一种解脱。我们的福气是生命中曾拥有过蒂姆·克里。安息吧，我的朋友。”