Clancy Brown
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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-01-05
Place of birth
Urbana, Ohio, USA
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Cast
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
8.70
Starship Troopers
1997
7.10
Pathfinder
2007
5.68
Pet Sematary II
1992
5.43
The Guardian
2006
7.10
Extreme Prejudice
1987
6.22
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
2009
7.05
The Informant!
2009
6.10
Season of Fear
1989
1.50
A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010
5.52
Highlander
1986
6.88
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004
7.03
Blue Steel
1990
5.80
Shoot to Kill
1988
6.60
Flubber
1997
5.65
Waiting for the Light
1990
6.60
Bad Boys
1983
7.00
The Bride
1985
5.33
Female Perversions
1997
5.10
The Express
2008
7.10
Green Lantern
2011
5.17
The Burrowers
2008
5.87
Thor: Tales of Asgard
2011
6.29
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
2009
7.20
Past Midnight
1992
5.20
Normal
2003
6.80
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
5.62
Yesterday's Children
2000
7.30
In the Company of Spies
1999
2.00
Cast a Deadly Spell
1991
6.05
Last Light
1993
6.20
The Patron Saint of Liars
1998
4.70
John Dies at the End
2013
6.31
John Wick: Chapter 4
2023
7.72
At Any Price
2012
5.40
Hellbenders
2013
5.50
The Twenty
2009
0.00
Vendetta
1999
6.30
Voice Over
2012
0.00
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
1998
5.80
The Making of Daniel Boone
2003
0.00
Dumb Money
2023
6.70
The Goon
0.00
Blank Slate
2008
6.90
Sparks
2013
4.90
Homefront
2013
6.94
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
2009
7.10
The Room Upstairs
1987
4.00
Nothing Left to Fear
2013
5.10
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
2003
6.50
The Trip to Bountiful
2014
5.90
Water & Power
2014
6.50
Annabelle's Wish
1997
6.51
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus
2009
6.80
Moonwalker
1988
6.95
Ambition
1991
4.20
Atlantis: Milo's Return
2003
6.34
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
6.30
Dark Minions
2013
5.70
Twas The Night Before Spongemas
2022
7.00
When the Game Stands Tall
2014
6.70
Radiant City
1996
0.00
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
2012
7.02
Warcraft
2016
6.38
Tangled: Queen for a Day
2017
10.00
The Hurricane
1999
7.44
The Laramie Project
2002
6.50
Dead Man Walking
1995
7.32
The Frontier
2012
0.00
99 Homes
2015
6.80
Audrey's Children
2025
0.00
Johnny Ryan
1990
0.00
Poolman
2024
4.28
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
2011
0.00
Scrambled
2024
5.57
Red Skies
2002
3.90
Snow White
2001
5.90
Plankton: The Movie
2025
7.00
Stronger
2017
6.98
Little Evil
2017
5.60
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
6.60
Boss of Bosses
2001
5.60
Thunder Alley
1985
5.10
Supercon
2018
4.70
Tangled: Before Ever After
2017
6.80
Hail, Caesar!
2016
5.92
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
2002
8.40
Thor: Ragnarok
2017
7.58
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
1993
2.00
I Know That Voice
2014
7.09
Chappaquiddick
2018
6.11
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
2001
8.34
The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
2017
5.50
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
2018
7.14
Donor Unknown
1995
8.00
Recess: School's Out
2001
6.60
The Mortuary Collection
2020
6.72
Promising Young Woman
2020
7.42
Lady and the Tramp
2019
7.20
Just Before I Go
2015
6.44
Claire Makes It Big
1999
0.00
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
6.52
Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken
1996
6.90
MR. HORZEMEN
2018
0.00
In Search of Darkness: Part II
2020
7.71
Last Looks
2022
5.80
Chump Change
2000
3.90
SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off
2011
6.80
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
2024
8.00
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
2003
0.00
The Endless Summer
2005
0.00
Savage Opress
2010
7.00
The Caseys
1999
0.00
The Fix
2024
5.61
Regretting You
2025
0.00
Detroit: Become Human
2018
0.00