Clancy Brown
Acting
- Born:
- 1959-01-05
- Place of birth:
- Urbana, Ohio, USA
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
SpongeBob SquarePants: Merry Christmas, Mr. Plankton
The Musical
I Will Find You
Mating Season
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
The Addiction of Hope
Regretting You
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up
FEEL
Audrey's Children
Plankton: The Movie
Good Cop/Bad Cop
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
Invincible Fight Girl
SpongeBob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
The Penguin
High Potential
The Fix
Poolman
Fallout
Scrambled
Gen V
Dumb Money
Ahsoka
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Digman!
John Wick: Chapter 4
The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special
Twas The Night Before Spongemas
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
In Search of Tomorrow
Last Looks
El Deafo
Dexter: New Blood
Superman: Timeless Icon
What If...?
The Patrick Star Show
INVINCIBLE
Calls
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Resident Alien
Promising Young Woman
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
In Search of Darkness: Part II
The Mortuary Collection
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Solar Opposites
Disney Gallery / Star Wars: The Mandalorian
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash
Lady and the Tramp
The Mandalorian
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
Emergence
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
MR. HORZEMEN
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Big City Greens
Dallas & Robo
Supercon
Chappaquiddick
Tangled: Queen for a Day
Marvel's The Punisher
Thor: Ragnarok
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
Stronger
DuckTales
Little Evil
Spongebob Squarepants: Factory Fresh
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder
Tangled: Before Ever After
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
The Crown
SpongeBob LongPants
Warcraft
SpongeBob SquarePants: Glove World Forever
Hail, Caesar!
Billions
99 Homes
Lucky Lady
Just Before I Go
Marvel's Daredevil
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square Shorts
Spongebob Squarepants: It Came from Goo Lagoon
Star Wars Rebels
The Flash
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bizarro Bikini Bottom
When the Game Stands Tall
Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United
Spongebob Squarepants: Deep-Sea Games
Water & Power
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob, You're Fired!
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
TripTank
The Trip to Bountiful
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Buddies
SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants
Chicago P.D.
I Know That Voice
Rick and Morty
The Trials of Cate McCall
SpongeBob SquarePants: Extreme Kah-Rah-Tay
Homefront
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Hellbenders
Nothing Left to Fear
The Goldbergs
Sleepy Hollow
Wander Over Yonder
Doom Patrol
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob on Tour
Mickey Mouse
Marvel's Avengers
LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sweet & Sour Squidward
Dark Minions
Sparks
Spongebob Squarepants: Disorder In The Deep
John Dies at the End
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns
At Any Price
Gravity Falls
The Legend of Korra
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off
The Frontier
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools
SpongeBob’s Runaway Roadtrip
Cowboys & Aliens
ThunderCats
Green Lantern
SpongeBob SquarePants: Heroes of Bikini Bottom
Thor: Tales of Asgard
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy
G.I. Joe: Renegades
Young Justice
Transformers: Prime
SpongeBob SquarePants: Legends of Bikini Bottom
The Great Patty Caper
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Pound Puppies
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge
A Nightmare on Elm Street
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand
The Deep End
SpongeBob SquarePants: Viking-sized Adventures
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
The Informant!
Archer
SpongeBob SquarePants: To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
The Twenty
Spongebob Squarepants: 10 Happiest Moments
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus
Wolverine and the X-Men
The Penguins of Madagascar
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
SpongeBob's WhoBob WhatPants
The Express
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
The Burrowers
Blank Slate
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Ben & Izzy
Ben 10: Alien Force
SpongeBob SquarePants: Pest of the West
The Spectacular Spider-Man
SpongeBob SquarePants: To Love a Patty
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Phineas and Ferb
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Adventures
SpongeBob SquarePants: Friend or Foe?
The Riches
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
Pathfinder
SpongeBob SquarePants: Whale of a Birthday
The Guardian
SpongeBob SquarePants - Karate Island
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lost in Time
Ben 10
SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?
SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites
Action Man: A.T.O.M.
Catscratch
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Robot Chicken
American Dad!
American Dragon: Jake Long
SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple
Medium
Barbarians
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire
Lost
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
The Batman
The Venture Bros.
Justice League Unlimited
Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at The Shawshank Redemption
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty
Megas XLR
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric
Dave the Barbarian
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
SpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Carnivàle
Duck Dodgers
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
SpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge-a-Rama
SpongeBob SquarePants: Laugh Your Pants Off
Teen Titans
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride
All Grown Up!
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
Spongebob Squarepants: Lost at Sea
SpongeBob SquarePants: Anchors Away
Cartoon Monsoon
Atlantis: Milo's Return
The Making of Daniel Boone
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!
SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
SpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep
Normal
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly
SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween
Red Skies
Breaking News
Kim Possible
SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
The Laramie Project
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Justice League
Snow White
Star Trek: Enterprise
Heavy Gear
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Samurai Jack
Boss of Bosses
Recess: School's Out
The Zeta Project
Yesterday's Children
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Jackie Chan Adventures
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Chump Change
The Caseys
The Night of the Headless Horseman
In the Company of Spies
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
The Hurricane
Vendetta
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
SpongeBob SquarePants
Claire Makes It Big
Batman Beyond
The Powerpuff Girls
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Voltron: The Third Dimension
Hercules
SpongeBob SquarePants
The Patron Saint of Liars
Flubber
Starship Troopers
Annabelle's Wish
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
Cow and Chicken
The Legend of Calamity Jane
101 Dalmatians: The Series
Extreme Ghostbusters
The Angry Beavers
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
The Practice
Female Perversions
Hey Arnold!
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Radiant City
Dead Man Walking
Donor Unknown
The Outer Limits
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
Earth 2
Gargoyles
The Shawshank Redemption
ER
Last Light
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
Pet Sematary II
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Past Midnight
Cast a Deadly Spell
Ambition
Love, Lies and Murder
Law & Order
Johnny Ryan
Waiting for the Light
Blue Steel
Tales from the Crypt
Season of Fear
Moonwalker
China Beach
Shoot to Kill
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution
Extreme Prejudice
The Room Upstairs
Highlander
The Bride
Thunder Alley
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Bad Boys
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Slap
A Question Of Loyalty
Nightwatching