Clancy Brownborn 1959
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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.
Credits
2025
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Mr. Krabs (voice)
2023
Action • Adventure • Animation • Science Fiction
as Red Death / Daisy (voice)
2023
Adventure • Animation • Comedy
as Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs
2017
Action • Animation • Comedy
as Rahzar (voice)
2015
Action • Adventure • Animation • Comedy
as Dogpound (voice)
2013
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Lex Luthor (voice)
2011
Animation • Comedy • Family • Horror
as Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice)
2010
Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie
as Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice)
2009
Adventure • Animation • Drama • Science Fiction
as Lex Luthor (voice)
2003
Animation • Comedy • Family
as Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)
1997
Action • Animation • Family • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Lex Luthor (voice)
1984
Adventure • Comedy • Romance • Science Fiction
as Rawhide
2025
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as Mr. Krabs / Pa Plankton (voice)
2024
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Neighbor #1 / Bottomite #2 / Bottomite Crowd (voice)
2024
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Mr. Krabs / Additional Voices (voice)
2024
Animation • Comedy • Family • Horror • TV Movie
as Mr. Krabs / Anchovies (voice)
2020
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Mr. Krabs (voice)
2018
Comedy • Drama • Music • Mystery • Romance • Western
as Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
2017
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy
as King Frederic (voice)
2017
Animation • Family • Horror • TV Movie
as Mr. Krabs / Fish Man/ Eyes (voice)
2017
Animation • Comedy • Drama • Family • Fantasy
as Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice)
2017
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • TV Movie
as King Frederic (voice)
2015
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Mr. Krabs (voice)
2014
Animation • Comedy • Science Fiction
as Gorilla Grodd (voice)
2012
Action • Adventure • Animation
as Savage Opress/ Human Bounty Hunter (voice)
2011
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Science Fiction
as Mr. Krabs
2010
Action • Adventure • Animation • Science Fiction
as Savage Opress / Nightbrother #3 (voice)
2008
Action • Adventure • Animation
as Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice)
2007
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family • Fantasy • Music • TV Movie
as Mr. Krabs
2003
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Science Fiction
as Mr. Krabs (voice)
2000
Adventure • Animation • Comedy • Family
as Undertow (voice)
1996
Action • Adventure • Animation • Family • Fantasy • Science Fiction • TV Movie
as Lex Luthor (voice)
1992
Comedy • TV Movie
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
