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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 [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] animated series ''[[Peter Pan and the Pirates]]'' based on the Peter Pan novel "Peter and Wendy". 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 (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', Skullmaster in ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]'', George Herbert Walker 'King' Chicken in ''[[Duckman]]'', Lord Dragaunus in ''[[The Mighty Ducks (animated series)|The Mighty Ducks]]'', Professor Finbar Calamitous in ''[[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius]]'', The Ringmaster in [[Loonatics Unleashed]], Slagar the Cruel in ''[[Redwall (TV series)|Redwall]]'', and [[Gordon Godfrey|G. Gordon Godfrey]] in ''[[Young Justice (TV series)|Young Justice]]''. He also became the voice of [[Palpatine]] in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'' upon the death of [[Ian Abercrombie]]. He was also the voice of Dr. Anton Sevarius in Disney's Gargoyles.
 
Curry was originally cast to portray the [[Joker (comics)|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.{{cn}}
 
Curry also appeared in a number of animated films such as ''[[FernGully: The Last Rainforest]]'', ''[[The Pebble and the Penguin]]'', all three ''Rugrats'' films as side characters (excluding ''[[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 (2005 film)|Valiant]]'', ''[[Fly Me to the Moon (film)|Fly Me to the Moon]]'', ''[[Garfield: Tail of Two Kitties]]'', ''[[¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico]]'' and many more.