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
Captain Byron T. Hadley
The Shawshank Redemption
Rahzar (voice)
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder
Career Sergeant Zim
Starship Troopers
Gunnar
Pathfinder
Sheriff Gus Gilbert
Pet Sematary II
Capt. William Hadley
The Guardian
Sgt. Larry McRose
Extreme Prejudice
Lex Luthor (voice)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Rawhide
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Aubrey Daniel
The Informant!
Ward St. Clair
Season of Fear
Alan Smith
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Dogpound (voice)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger
Highlander
Mr. Krabs (voice)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs
SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone
Detective Nick Mann
Blue Steel
Steve
Shoot to Kill
Smith
Flubber
Joe
Waiting for the Light
Viking Lofgren
Bad Boys
Viktor
The Bride
John
Female Perversions
Roy Simmons
The Express
Parallax (voice)
Green Lantern
John Clay
The Burrowers
Frost Giant (voice)
Thor: Tales of Asgard
Lex Luthor (voice)
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
Mr. Krabs / Big G / Fish #36 (voice)
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand
Steve Lundy
Past Midnight
Frank
Normal
Meacham
Cowboys & Aliens
Doug Cole
Yesterday's Children
Dale Beckham
In the Company of Spies
Harry Bordon
Cast a Deadly Spell
Lt. Lionel McMannis
Last Light
Son
The Patron Saint of Liars
Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Dr. Albert Marconi
John Dies at the End
Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools
Red Death / Daisy (voice)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Harbinger
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story
Jim Johnson
At Any Price
Angus
Hellbenders
John Simmonds
The Twenty
Chief Hennessy
Vendetta
Akela the Wolf (voice)
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Allan Kenton
The Making of Daniel Boone
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive footage)
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
Steve Gill
Dumb Money
the Goon
The Goon
Agent Miles Mcavoy
Blank Slate
Archer
Sparks
Sheriff Keith Rodriguez
Homefront
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Kevin
The Room Upstairs
Kingsman
Nothing Left to Fear
Lex Luthor (voice)
LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite
BoE Agent #1 (voice)
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
Self
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Sheriff
The Trip to Bountiful
Buck Rockgut (voice)
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
Turnvil
Water & Power
Lawyer / Sherriff (voice)
Annabelle's Wish
Patrick Star (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus
Taskmaster (voice)
Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United
Police Officer (segment "Speed Demon") (uncredited)
Moonwalker
Albert Merrick
Ambition
Volgud (voice)
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Santa Claus (voice)
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
Brinkerhoff
The Trials of Cate McCall
Drebnor (voice)
Dark Minions
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Twas The Night Before Spongemas
Mickey Ryan
When the Game Stands Tall
Mr. Krabs
SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge
Al Goodman
Radiant City
Mr. Krabs
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Blackhand
Warcraft
King Frederic (voice)
Tangled: Queen for a Day
Lt. Jimmy Williams
The Hurricane
Mr. Krabs (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Neighbor #1 / Bottomite #2 / Bottomite Crowd (voice)
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Undertow (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Mr. Krabs / Fish Man/ Eyes (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Rob Debree
The Laramie Project
State Trooper
Dead Man Walking
Jack Ramsay / Lamazee
The Frontier
Mr. Freeman
99 Homes
Dr. C. Everett Koop
Audrey's Children
Johnny Ryan
Johnny Ryan
Theodore Hollandaise
Poolman
Mr. Krabs
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
Richard
Scrambled
Gorilla Grodd (voice)
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Dave Chattelier
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
Edgar Sterling
Red Skies
The Granter of Wishes
Snow White
Lex Luthor (voice)
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Savage Opress / Human Bounty Hunter (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns
Mr. Krabs / Pa Plankton (voice)
Plankton: The Movie
Jeff Bauman Sr
Stronger
Reverend J.D. Gospel
Little Evil
Flagg
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Andris Kurins
Boss of Bosses
Weasel
Thunder Alley
Mr. Krabs (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Adam King
Supercon
King Frederic (voice)
Tangled: Before Ever After
Gracchus
Hail, Caesar!
Mr. Krabs
SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants
Self
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Surtur (voice)
Thor: Ragnarok
Hessian Trooper
The Night of the Headless Horseman
Ben Guardino
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Self
I Know That Voice
Robert McNamara
Chappaquiddick
Self
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Nash Creed
Donor Unknown
Bald Guy (voice)
Recess: School's Out
Montgomery Dark
The Mortuary Collection
Mr. Ree (voice)
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
Seige (voice)
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
Stanley
Promising Young Woman
Isaac (voice)
Lady and the Tramp
Dad
Just Before I Go
Frank
Claire Makes It Big
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
Eugene Krabs
SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
Self - Interviewee
In Search of Tomorrow
Mr. Krabs
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Hakon (voice)
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Eugene H. Krabs
SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?
Mr. Horzemen (voice)
MR. HORZEMEN
Self
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Big Jim Cuddy
Last Looks
The Man
Chump Change
Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice)
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Mr. Krabs
SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off
Mr. Krabs / Anchovies (voice)
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp
Self
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
Mr. Krabs
The Endless Summer
Pete Casey
The Caseys
The Chairman
The Fix
Hank 'Gramps' Adams
Regretting You
King Frederic
Secret of the Sundrop
Sitter 4
FEEL
Savage Opress / Nightbrother #3 (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy
Slap
Mr. Krabs / Fish (voice)
SpongeBob LongPants
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire
Genie of the Glass Eye (voice)
Lucky Lady
Mr. Krabs / Unhappy Guy / Manager / Mr. Slabs
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
The Addiction of Hope
Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
1st Gestapo Man
A Question Of Loyalty
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
The Big Good Wolf
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
167
Gender
Male
Birthday
1959-01-05
Place of Birth
Urbana, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Clarence J. Brown III