Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

CountryUnited States United States
GenderMale
BirthdayJan 5, 1959
BiographyClarence James 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), Frankenstein's monster in The Bride (1985), 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), 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).

Brown has voiced Lex Luthor in various DC Comics animated media since 1996 and Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants since 1999. His other voice roles include Long Feng in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006), Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011–2013), Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and General Kregg in Invincible (2021–2026). In video games, he voiced Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka in the Crash Bandicoot franchise (1997–2003) and performed the motion capture and voice of Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human (2018).

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