In 1991, after a couple of years working in locally shot TV and film in Vancouver, he moved to Los Angeles to study acting; his first roommate was Brad Pitt.
[6] Currie rented a two-bedroom flat off Melrose Avenue in California, where he lived for two years with roommate Brad Pitt.
[2] In 1987, he received one of his first roles as Officer Palone on the series 21 Jump Street, episode "Two for the Road".
He played in Vancouver television and film roles, as well as roles in the Joel Schumacher film Cousins, Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, The Terror Within II, Puppet Master 4, Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter, and My Blue Heaven (starring Steve Martin, Rick Moranis and Joan Cusack) before making the move to Los Angeles in 1991.
His character, Nicolae Carpathia, is the Antichrist,[7] who attempts to marshal the forces of the Global Community against the followers of Christ.