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.
Known For
Filmography
حرب النجوم: مول - سيد الظلال
as Savage Opress (voice)
سأعثر عليك
as Nicky Fisher
فيلم سبونج بوب: البحث عن سكوير بانتس
as Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator
Fallout
as U.S. President
البطريق
as Salvatore Maroni
قدرات استثنائية
as Nick Wagner, Sr.
أسوكا
as Governor Ryder Azadi
جون ويك: الفصل ٤
as Harbinger
The Patrick Star Show
as Moronicus / Mr. Krabs / Prospector / Various (voice)
المنيع
as Damien Darkblood (voice)
ماذا لو...؟
as Surtur (voice)
Solar Opposites
as Gavin (voice)
الماندالوري
as Burg
ثور: راغناروك
as Surtur (voice)
مارفل: المعاقب
as Major Schoonover
Billions
as Waylon 'Jock' Jeffcoat
The Crown
as Lyndon B. Johnson
صائد الغيلان: أساطير أركاديا
as Gunmar (voice)
مارفيل: ديرديفل
as Colonel Ray Schoonover
شيكاغو بي.دي.
as Eddie Little
فلاش
as General Wade Eiling
The Goldbergs
as Mr. Crosby
Wander Over Yonder
as Badlands Dan (voice)
ريك ومورتي
as Risotto Groupon (voice)
Gravity Falls
as British Dog Man (voice)
أفاتار: أسطورة كورا
as Yakone (voice)
سلاحف النينجا
as Rahzar (voice)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
as Odin (voice)
سكوبي دو واللغز المفقود
as Hebediah Grim (voice)
شباب العدالة
as King Faraday (voice)
الرجل العنكبوت المدهش
as Alex O'Hirn (voice)
باتمان الجرأة والشجاعة
as Per Degaton (voice)
بطاريق مدغشقر
as Buck Rockgut (voice)
بن 10: إليين فورس
as Dragon / Pilot (voice)
حرب النجوم: حروب المستنسخين
as Savage Opress / Nightbrother #3 (voice)
فارس وفادي
American Dad!
as Henry Fischer (voice)
آفاتار: مسخر الهواء الأخير
as Long Feng (voice)
التنين الأمريكي: جيك لونغ
دجاجة آلية
as The Babadook / IMF Director / V (voice)
The Venture Bros.
as Red Death (voice)
الضياع
as Kelvin Inman
باتمان
as Mr. Freeze (voice)
فرقة العدالة بلا حدود
as Lex Luthor (voice)
Carnivàle
as Brother Justin Crowe
تين تايتنز
as Trident (voice)
Breaking News
as Peter Kozyck
Justice League
as Lex Luthor (voice)
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Zobral
ساموراي جاك
as Dragon (voice)
مغامرات جاكي تشان
as Ratso / Captain Black (voice)
باتمان بيوند
as Big Time (voice)
سبونج بوب سكوير بانتس
as Mr. Krabs (voice)
الفتيات الخارقات
as Mascumax (voice)
Cow and Chicken
as Policeman / Wheelchair (voice)
ER
as Ellis West
الخلاص من شاوشانك
as Captain Byron T. Hadley
القانون والنظام
as John Burkhart