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Clancy Brown

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Biography

Clarence John "Clancy" Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles.

His film roles include Rawhide in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), the Kurgan in Highlander (1986), Sheriff Gus Gilbert in Pet Sematary Two (1992), Capt. Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Sgt. Charles Zim in Starship Troopers (1997), Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Stanley Thomas in Promising Young Woman (2020), and the Harbinger in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023). On television, he has played Brother Justin Crowe on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005), Waylon "Jock" Jeffcoat on the Showtime series Billions (2018–2019, 2023), Kurt Caldwell on the Showtime series Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022), and Sal Maroni in The Penguin (2024).

In animation, Brown has voiced Lex Luthor in the DC Animated Universe (1996–2006) and Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present). His other animated roles include Long Feng in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006) and Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011–2013). He has also voiced video game characters such as Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka in the Crash Bandicoot franchise (1997–2003) and Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human (2018).

Clarence J. Brown III was born on January 5, 1959, in Urbana, Ohio, and had an older sister, Beth, who died in 1964. Their mother, Joyce Helen (née Eldridge), was a conductor, composer and concert pianist. The siblings' father, Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr., was a newspaper publisher who helped manage the Brown Publishing Company, the family-owned newspaper business started by Clancy's grandfather, Congressman Clarence J. Brown. From 1965 to 1983, Bud Brown also served as a congressman, in the same seat as his own father, and later as Chairman of the Board of Brown Publishing. The family continued to operate the business until 2010.

Brown graduated from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and Northwestern University. At St. Albans, Brown performed the role of Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth in The Crucible.

Films Featuring Clancy Brown

The Shawshank Redemption

19948.7

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder

20172.0

Starship Troopers

19977.1

Pathfinder

20075.7

Pet Sematary II

19925.5

The Guardian

20067.1

Extreme Prejudice

19876.3

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

20097.1

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

19846.0

The Informant!

20096.2

Season of Fear

19892.5

A Nightmare on Elm Street

20105.5

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage

20152.0

Highlander

19866.9

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

20047.1

The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special

20237.1

Blue Steel

19905.8

Shoot to Kill

19886.6

Flubber

19975.7

Waiting for the Light

19906.7

Bad Boys

19837.0

The Bride

19855.4

Female Perversions

19965.1

The Express

20087.2

Green Lantern

20115.2

The Burrowers

20085.9

Thor: Tales of Asgard

20116.3

The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest

19977.4

SpongeBob vs. the Big One

20097.0

SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand

20107.0

Past Midnight

19925.1

Normal

20036.7

Cowboys & Aliens

20115.7

Yesterday's Children

20007.3

In the Company of Spies

19995.0

Cast a Deadly Spell

19916.1

Last Light

19936.0

The Patron Saint of Liars

19985.3

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

20256.8

John Dies at the End

20136.3

SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools

20112.0

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

20237.3

John Wick: Chapter 4

20237.7

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story

20177.1

At Any Price

20125.4

Hellbenders

20135.4

The Twenty

20091.0

Vendetta

19996.0

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

19985.7

The Making of Daniel Boone

20038.0

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!

2003

Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies

2003

Dumb Money

20236.7

Blank Slate

20086.9

Sparks

20134.8

Homefront

20137.0

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

20096.9

The Room Upstairs

19874.8

Nothing Left to Fear

20135.2

LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite

20136.5

Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade

20036.6

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

20136.8

The Trip to Bountiful

20146.2

The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole

20127.5

Water & Power

20146.5

Annabelle's Wish

19976.6

SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus

20096.7

Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United

20146.5

Moonwalker

19887.1

Ambition

19914.3

Atlantis: Milo's Return

20036.3

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!

20097.1

The Trials of Cate McCall

20136.4

Dark Minions

20135.7

Twas The Night Before Spongemas

20227.0

When the Game Stands Tall

20146.7

SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge

20107.2

Radiant City

19969.0

It's a SpongeBob Christmas!

20127.1

Warcraft

20166.4

Tangled: Queen for a Day

201710.0

The Hurricane

19997.4

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

20156.1

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

20246.1

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

200910.0

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

20006.4

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom

2017

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

19924.6

The Laramie Project

20026.3

Dead Man Walking

19957.3

The Frontier

The Frontier

2012

99 Homes

20156.8

Audrey's Children

20257.7

Johnny Ryan

1990

Poolman

20244.3

SpongeBob’s Runaway Roadtrip

20111.0

Scrambled

20245.5

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

20146.8

Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story

19935.2

Red Skies

20024.3

Snow White

20015.9

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

19967.1

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns

20127.8

Plankton: The Movie

20256.7

Stronger

20177.0

Little Evil

20175.6

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

19876.7

Boss of Bosses

20015.5

Thunder Alley

19854.4

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

20207.4

Supercon

20184.5

Tangled: Before Ever After

20176.8

Hail, Caesar!

20165.9

SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants

20147.1

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

20028.5

Thor: Ragnarok

20177.6

The Night of the Headless Horseman

19995.4

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

19935.0

I Know That Voice

20147.1

Chappaquiddick

20186.1

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

20018.4

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom

20195.3

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

20187.1

Donor Unknown

Donor Unknown

19957.5

Recess: School's Out

20016.6

The Mortuary Collection

20206.7

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

20196.6

Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off

19976.7

Promising Young Woman

20207.4

Lady and the Tramp

20197.2

Just Before I Go

20156.4

Claire Makes It Big

199910.0

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers

20048.0

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories

20028.0

SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies

20026.3

In Search of Tomorrow

20226.6

SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis

20076.3

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

19957.0

SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?

20057.9

MR. HORZEMEN

2018

In Search of Darkness: Part II

20207.7

Last Looks

20225.8

Chump Change

20004.0

The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard

20087.0

SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off

20126.6

SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp

20247.0

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

20247.9

Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast

20037.7

The Caseys

1999

The Fix

20245.2

Regretting You

20257.1

Secret of the Sundrop

20188.7

FEEL

2025

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy

20109.1

Slap

Slap

SpongeBob LongPants

20164.9

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire

2004

Lucky Lady

2015

SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout

2019

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

2003

The Addiction of Hope

2025

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign

20015.0

A Question Of Loyalty

A Question Of Loyalty

8.0

SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up

20256.0

Spongebob Squarepants: Christmas

20038.0

SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas

2024

Nightwatching

Nightwatching

SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween

20027.1

Highlander III: The Sorcerer

19944.8

Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution

1987

Spider-Man: Re-Animated

20093.0

SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants

20087.0

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly

200310.0

SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West

20087.0

Untitled third SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff film

Untitled third SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff film

SpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep

20038.5

Spongebob Squarepants: Lost at Sea

2003

SpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek

20037.0

SpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas

20037.7

SpongeBob SquarePants: Snow Yellow

2024

SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton

SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton

SpongeBob SquarePants: Legends of Bikini Bottom

20108.2

SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric

20046.4

The Spectacular Spider-Man