Voice work Curry has also appeared in a large number of animated TV shows and films, starting with the performance of the Serpent in
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible. Curry also portrayed
Captain Hook in the show based around the
Fox animated series based on the Peter Pan novel
Peter Pan and the Pirates which Curry won a
Daytime Emmy for his performance. Curry took over for the character of MAL in
Captain Planet and the Planeteers after the death of
David Rappaport. Arguably Curry's most famous animated TV role was in
The Wild Thornberrys where he played Nigel Thornberry, the father of the main protagonist. Curry was mainly known for antagonist roles in animated shows such as Taurus Bulba in the Disney series
Darkwing Duck, Evil Manta in the animated prequel series to
The Little Mermaid, Skullmaster in
Mighty Max, George Herbert Walker 'King' Chicken in
Duckman, Lord Dragaunus in
The Mighty Ducks, Professor Finbar Calamitous in
Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius,
G. Gordon Godfrey in
Young Justice. He also became the voice of
Palpatine for the last episodes of
Star Wars: The Clone Wars upon the death of
Ian Abercrombie.
Curry was originally cast to portray the
Joker in
Batman: the Animated Series. But before any episodes were produced, he was replaced by
Mark Hamill because the series' producer
Bruce Timm and casting director
Andrea Romano deemed Curry's voice too scary and not clown-like.
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Curry also appeared in a number of animated films such as
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest,
Pebble and the Penguin, all three
Rugrats films as side characters (sans
Rugrats go Wild where he reprises his role as Nigel),
Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas,
The Wild Thornberrys Movie,
Scooby Doo and the Witch's Ghost,
the Cat Returns,
Valiant,
Fly Me to the Moon,
Garfield: Tail of Two Kitties and many more.
Curry has also lent his voice to numerous
video games, such as
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers and
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned, where he voiced the titular character, Gabriel Knight. Some of his other video game credits include
Toonstruck,
Sacrifice,
Brütal Legend and
Dragon Age: Origins.
His audiobook work includes both
Lemony Snicket's
Series of Unfortunate Events and the
Abhorsen trilogy by
Garth Nix.
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