Clancy Brown
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.
Movies
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator (voice)
Regretting You
Hank 'Gramps' Adams
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)
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 Fix
The Chairman
Poolman
Theodore Hollandaise
Scrambled
Richard
Dumb Money
Steve Gill
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Red Death / Daisy (voice)
John Wick: Chapter 4
Harbinger
SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone
Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs
Twas The Night Before Spongemas
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Last Looks
Big Jim Cuddy
Promising Young Woman
Stanley
The Mortuary Collection
Montgomery Dark
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Lady and the Tramp
Isaac (voice)
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween
Mr. Ree (voice)
SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout
Mr. Krabs / Unhappy Guy / Manager / Mr. Slabs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")
MR. HORZEMEN
Mr. Horzemen (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice)
Supercon
Adam King
Chappaquiddick
Robert McNamara
Secret of the Sundrop
King Frederic
Tangled: Queen for a Day
King Frederic (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom
Mr. Krabs / Fish Man/ Eyes (voice)
Thor: Ragnarok
Surtur (voice)
Stronger
Jeff Bauman Sr
Little Evil
Reverend J.D. Gospel
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder
Rahzar (voice)
Tangled: Before Ever After
King Frederic (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob LongPants
Mr. Krabs / Fish (voice)
Warcraft
Blackhand
Hail, Caesar!
Gracchus
99 Homes
Mr. Freeman
Lucky Lady
Genie of the Glass Eye (voice)
Just Before I Go
Dad
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
Dogpound (voice)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Mr. Krabs (voice)
When the Game Stands Tall
Mickey Ryan
Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United
Taskmaster (voice)
Water & Power
Turnvil
Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise
Gorilla Grodd (voice)
The Trip to Bountiful
Sheriff
SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants
Mr. Krabs
The Trials of Cate McCall
Brinkerhoff
Homefront
Sheriff Keith Rodriguez
Hellbenders
Angus
Nothing Left to Fear
Kingsman
LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite
Lex Luthor (voice)
Dark Minions
Drebnor (voice)
Sparks
Archer
John Dies at the End
Dr. Albert Marconi
It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Mr. Krabs
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns
Savage Opress / Human Bounty Hunter (voice)
At Any Price
Jim Johnson
The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole
Buck Rockgut (voice)
SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off
Mr. Krabs
The Frontier
Jack Ramsay / Lamazee
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools
Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice)
Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip
Mr. Krabs
Cowboys & Aliens
Meacham
Green Lantern
Parallax (voice)
Thor: Tales of Asgard
Frost Giant (voice)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy
Savage Opress / Nightbrother #3 (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge
Mr. Krabs
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Alan Smith
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand
Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice)
Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!
Santa Claus (voice)
SpongeBob's Truth or Square
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Lex Luthor (voice)
The Informant!
Aubrey Daniel
SpongeBob vs. the Big One
Mr. Krabs / Big G / Fish #36 (voice)
The Twenty
John Simmonds
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus
Patrick Star (voice)
The Express
Roy Simmons
The Burrowers
John Clay
Blank Slate
Agent Miles Mcavoy
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice)
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Mr. Krabs
Pathfinder
Gunnar
The Guardian
Capt. William Hadley
The Endless Summer
Mr. Krabs
SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?
Eugene H. Krabs
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire
Mr. Krabs (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade
BoE Agent #1 (voice)
Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show
Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Atlantis: Milo's Return
Volgud (voice)
The Making of Daniel Boone
Allan Kenton
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)
Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive footage)
Normal
Frank
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)
Red Skies
Edgar Sterling
SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
Eugene Krabs
The Laramie Project
Rob Debree
Snow White
The Granter of Wishes
Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
Boss of Bosses
Andris Kurins
Recess: School's Out
Bald Guy (voice)
Yesterday's Children
Doug Cole
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
Undertow (voice)
Chump Change
The Man
The Caseys
Pete Casey
The Night of the Headless Horseman
Hessian Trooper
In the Company of Spies
Dale Beckham
The Hurricane
Lt. Jimmy Williams
Vendetta
Chief Hennessy
Claire Makes It Big
Frank
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
Akela the Wolf (voice)
The Patron Saint of Liars
Son
Flubber
Smith
Starship Troopers
Career Sergeant Zim
Annabelle's Wish
Lawyer / Sherriff (voice)
The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest
Lex Luthor (voice)
Female Perversions
John
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
Seige (voice)
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Lex Luthor (voice)
Radiant City
Al Goodman
Dead Man Walking
State Trooper
Donor Unknown
Nash Creed
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken
Hakon (voice)
The Shawshank Redemption
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Last Light
Lt. Lionel McMannis
Bloodlines: Murder in the Family
Ben Guardino
Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story
Dave Chattelier
Pet Sematary II
Sheriff Gus Gilbert
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Past Midnight
Steve Lundy
Cast a Deadly Spell
Harry Bordon
Ambition
Albert Merrick
Johnny Ryan
Johnny Ryan
Waiting for the Light
Joe
Blue Steel
Detective Nick Mann
Season of Fear
Ward St. Clair
Moonwalker
Police Officer (segment "Speed Demon") (uncredited)
Shoot to Kill
Steve
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Flagg
Extreme Prejudice
Sgt. Larry McRose
The Room Upstairs
Kevin
Highlander
Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger
The Bride
Viktor
Thunder Alley
Weasel
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
Rawhide
Bad Boys
Viking Lofgren
The Goon
the Goon
The Addiction of Hope
A Question Of Loyalty
1st Gestapo Man
Slap
TV Series
Good Cop/Bad Cop
Big Hank Hickman
8 Episodes
Invincible Fight Girl
Mega Beefpuncha (voice)
2 Episodes
The Penguin
Salvatore Maroni
8 Episodes
Gen V
Prof. Rich Brinkerhoff
2 Episodes
Ahsoka
Governor Ryder Azadi
1 Episode
Digman!
Yedward (voice)
1 Episode
Detroit: Become Human (Cinematic Series)
Hank
8 Episodes
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi
Inquisitor (voice)
1 Episode
El Deafo
Mr. Potts / P. Evil / Doctor (voice)
3 Episodes
Dexter: New Blood
Kurt Caldwell
10 Episodes
What If...?
Surtur (voice)
3 Episodes
The Patrick Star Show
Moronicus / Mr. Krabs / Prospector / Various (voice)
1 Episode
INVINCIBLE
Damien Darkblood (voice)
2 Episodes
Calls
General Wilson (voice)
2 Episodes
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Eugene H. Krabs (voice)
75 Episodes
Resident Alien
Mantid (voice)
5 Episodes
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse
The Big Bad Wolf (voice)
1 Episode
Solar Opposites
Gavin (voice)
3 Episodes
The Mandalorian
Burg
1 Episode
Emergence
Ed Sawyer
13 Episodes
Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart
Shin Mao (voice)
3 Episodes
The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants
Mr. Ree (voice)
3 Episodes
Big City Greens
Chocolate Santa (voice)
1 Episode
Dallas & Robo
The Stranger
8 Episodes
Marvel's The Punisher
Major Schoonover
1 Episode
DuckTales
Frankenstein (voice)
1 Episode
Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
King Frederic (voice)
59 Episodes
The Crown
Lyndon B. Johnson
1 Episode
Billions
Waylon 'Jock' Jeffcoat
9 Episodes
Marvel's Daredevil
Colonel Ray Schoonover
2 Episodes
Star Wars Rebels
Ryder Azadi / Imperial Officer / Stormtrooper #2 (voice)
1 Episode
The Flash
General Wade Eiling
4 Episodes
TripTank
Doctor (voice)
1 Episode
Chicago P.D.
Eddie Little
2 Episodes
Rick and Morty
Risotto Groupon (voice)
1 Episode
The Goldbergs
Mr. Crosby
4 Episodes
Sleepy Hollow
Sheriff August Corbin
7 Episodes
Wander Over Yonder
Badlands Dan (voice)
1 Episode
Doom Patrol
Negative Man (voice)
3 Episodes
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
Red Hulk (voice)
52 Episodes
Mickey Mouse
Pig Biker (voice)
1 Episode
Marvel's Avengers
Red Hulk (voice)
3 Episodes
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Rahzar (voice)
4 Episodes
Gravity Falls
British Dog Man (voice)
1 Episode
The Legend of Korra
Yakone (voice)
2 Episodes
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
52 Episodes
Green Lantern: The Animated Series
Zartok (voice)
2 Episodes
ThunderCats
Grune (voice)
6 Episodes
G.I. Joe: Renegades
Destro (voice)
4 Episodes
Young Justice
King Faraday (voice)
1 Episode
Transformers: Prime
Silas (voice)
8 Episodes
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Odin (voice)
2 Episodes
Pound Puppies
Billy Ray / Rocky (voice)
1 Episode
Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
Hebediah Grim (voice)
1 Episode
The Deep End
Hart Sterling
6 Episodes
Archer
Ricky (voice)
1 Episode
Wolverine and the X-Men
1 Episode
The Penguins of Madagascar
Buck Rockgut (voice)
2 Episodes
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Rohtul / Mugger (voice)
1 Episode
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Savage Opress (voice)
5 Episodes
Ben 10: Alien Force
Dragon / Pilot (voice)
1 Episode
The Spectacular Spider-Man
Alex O'Hirn (voice)
2 Episodes
Phineas and Ferb
3 Episodes
The Riches
1 Episode
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
1 Episode
Ben 10
Kenko (voice)
1 Episode
Action Man: A.T.O.M.
Alexander Paine (voice)
52 Episodes
Catscratch
1 Episode
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
Lex Luthor / Tux Monster / Geek Monster #4 (voice)
1 Episode
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Long Feng (voice)
5 Episodes
Robot Chicken
The Babadook / IMF Director / V (voice)
1 Episode
American Dad!
Henry Fischer (voice)
1 Episode
American Dragon: Jake Long
2 Episodes
Medium
Rob Walcott
1 Episode
Barbarians
Narrator
8 Episodes
Lost
Kelvin Inman
2 Episodes
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
1 Episode
The Batman
Mr. Freeze (voice)
3 Episodes
The Venture Bros.
Red Death (voice)
4 Episodes
Justice League Unlimited
Lex Luthor (voice)
13 Episodes
Megas XLR
Gorrath (voice)
1 Episode
Dave the Barbarian
1 Episode
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
EGO leader (voice)
1 Episode
Carnivàle
Brother Justin
24 Episodes
Duck Dodgers
Archduke Zag (voice)
1 Episode
Teen Titans
Trident (voice)
1 Episode
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
Policeman (voice)
1 Episode
All Grown Up!
Vice Principal Pangborn (voice)
12 Episodes
Cartoon Monsoon
Zookeeper (voice)
1 Episode
Breaking News
Peter Kozyck
13 Episodes
Kim Possible
Commander Kane (voice)
1 Episode
Justice League
Lex Luthor (voice)
8 Episodes
Star Trek: Enterprise
Zobral
1 Episode
Heavy Gear
40 Episodes
Samurai Jack
Dragon (voice)
1 Episode
The Zeta Project
Sheriff Morgan (voice)
2 Episodes
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Tough (voice)
1 Episode
Jackie Chan Adventures
Ratso / Captain Black (voice)
25 Episodes
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
11 Episodes
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Sgt. Charlie Zim
1 Episode
SpongeBob SquarePants
Mr. Krabs (voice)
634 Episodes
Batman Beyond
Big Time (voice)
1 Episode
Voltron: The Third Dimension
Hercules
Blotox (voice)
1 Episode
Cow and Chicken
1 Episode
The Legend of Calamity Jane
Wild Bill Hickok (voice)
3 Episodes
101 Dalmatians: The Series
1 Episode
Extreme Ghostbusters
1 Episode
The Angry Beavers
1 Episode
The Practice
D.A. Justin Fox
2 Episodes
Hey Arnold!
Dan (voice)
1 Episode
Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm
Rayden (voice)
13 Episodes
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
J.C. Taggart (voice)
1 Episode
Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
Siege (voice)
26 Episodes
Superman: The Animated Series
Lex Luthor (voice)
20 Episodes
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Frederico (voice) / Francois (voice)
1 Episode
The Outer Limits
Sergeant Linden Styles
1 Episode
Earth 2
John Danziger
22 Episodes
Gargoyles
Hakon (voice)
5 Episodes
ER
Ellis West
7 Episodes
Love, Lies and Murder
David Brown
2 Episodes
Law & Order
John Burkhart
1 Episode
Tales from the Crypt
Roger Lassen
1 Episode
China Beach
1 Episode
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Kevin
1 Episode
Micronauts
Baron Karza
52 Episodes