Acclaimed British actor Tim Curry may be most famous to regular folk for his roles in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and...Muppet Treasure Island, but he's most famous around here for his work in video games.

You see, Tim Curry - who Infinite Lives reminds us turns 65 today - is Kotaku After Dark's favourite actor of all time. And you're about to see why.

Possessed with that rarest of abilities to be able to act both seriously and take the piss (sometimes at the same time), Curry is a modern popular culture cult hero, having played everything from a cross-dressing musical star to a maniacal clown (in "It") to the Lord of Darkness himself in 1985's "Legend".

Yet for me, his most memorable performances are in video games. Like providing the voice for Kilrathi villain Melek nar Kiranka in 1993 sci-fi epic Wing Commander III. Or Emperor Doviculus in 2009's heavy metal adventure Brütal Legend. Or, in his finest role on the digital screen, the delightful Premier Anatoly Cherdenko in strategy game Red Alert 3, in which he not only gets to act (the game featured full-motion video cutscenes), but ham it up for what feels like hours worth of video.

You can scroll through the gallery above for some of Curry's stand-out video game roles. Happy 65th birthday, Tim!