Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 05, 1959
Place of Birth
Urbana, Ohio, USA
Credits
314 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
I Will Find You
Nicky Fisher
Mating Season
Robert (voice)
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
Savage Opress (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator
The Addiction of Hope
Regretting You
Hank "Gramps" Adams Sr.
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up
Mr. Krabs (voice)
FEEL
Sitter 4
Audrey's Children
Dr. C. Everett Koop
Plankton: The Movie
Mr. Krabs / Pa Plankton (voice)
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Big Hank Hickman
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
Self
Invincible Fight Girl
Mega Beefpuncha (voice)
SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Snow Yellow
Krusty / Forest Creatures / Townsfolk / Alligators / Guards (voice)
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
Mr. Krabs / Anchovies (voice)
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Neighbor #1 / Bottomite #2 / Bottomite Crowd (voice)
The Penguin
Salvatore Maroni
High Potential
Nick Wagner, Sr.
The Fix
The Chairman
Poolman
Theodore Hollandaise
Fallout
U.S. President
Scrambled
Richard
Gen V
Prof. Rich Brinkerhoff
Dumb Money
Steve Gill
Ahsoka
Governor Ryder Azadi
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Red Death / Daisy (voice)
Digman!
Yedward (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 4
Harbinger
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special
Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs
Twas The Night Before Spongemas
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Inquisitor (voice)
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Last Looks
Big Jim Cuddy
El Deafo
Mr. Potts / P. Evil / Doctor (voice)
Dexter: New Blood
Kurt Caldwell
What If...?
Surtur (voice)
The Patrick Star Show
Moronicus / Mr. Krabs / Prospector / Various (voice)
INVINCIBLE
Damien Darkblood (voice)
Calls
General Wilson (voice)
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Eugene H. Krabs (voice)
Resident Alien
Mantid (voice)
Promising Young Woman
Stanley
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
The Mortuary Collection
Montgomery Dark
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Solar Opposites
Gavin (voice)
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
Self
The Mandalorian
Burg