Curry was born in 1946, in 19th of April. He is from Grappenhall, Warrington, United Kingdom. And also his parents moved between Hong Kong and England too while he was a newborn.
According to him, since he was a small boy, he knew that he was going to be an actor. At the age of six, he was able to reach high soprano notes, and also he acted in a Shakespeare play.
He went to Kingswood School as his high school, and continued on Birmingham University, as he went to study drama in.
Patrick Barlow, his housemate from that era, had stated, “I remember being amazed by his extraordinary singing voice – it was just completely perfect, just something he was born with – it came ready-made.”
After graduating, Curry was rejected from Birmingham Repertory Theatre. But he had admit himself on his journey of being an actor, and he did later on in London.
He had his acting debut with the musical, Hair. And as he had impressed producers with his skills, he had created a path for himself on acting.
Royal Shakespeare Company and the Glasgow Civic Repertory Company accepted him later on.
And in 1974, with Dr. Frank-N-Furter in “The Rocky Horror Show”, he had his breakthrough, and the rest is history that we all know.
Besides acting, he is also a successful voice actor too. He had voiced the characters, Sir Nigel Thornberry in “The Wild Thornberrys,” Hexxus in “FernGully: The Last Rainforest,” Captain Hook in “Peter Pan & the Pirates,” and Palpatine in “Star Wars” The Clone Wars.”
As he was a succesfull man in the industry, he never gave a glance from his personal life. He is believing that his personal life is his concern, and nobody should peek in it.
Back in 2012, he had a stroke, that changed his life, but didn’t stopped him.
With the stroke, he was imprisoned to a wheelchair, and his face changed, since he had paralyzed due to the stroke.
For a short period of time, Curry was able to hide his condition, but with the efforts of DailyMail, his condition revealed after a while.
“It’s not tough to maintain. It is just part of my DNA.” Curry had stated.
“I do try to look on the bright side of life because I think it’s dull and annoying to look on the dark side of life, and you’re no fun to be with. And I think that’s a personal responsibility of everyone,”
“There’s an extraordinary house that’s come on the market with what could be an amazing garden.” Was told to him about the house he bought back in 1992.
The house is in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. And it is a house from 1922, with an amazing garden in it, it is a beautiful villa.
“I wanted a lifetime garden that I could work on till I fell off a twig,” he had stated.
“The idea is organizing nature not just into pleasing shapes but also as a kind of spiritual resource.” He had explained his passion for gardening.
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