
Clarence J. "Clancy" Brown III (born January 5, 1959 height 6' 3½" (1,92 m)) is an American film, television and voice actor. He is known for his live-action roles as Captain Byron Hadley in the award-winning The Shawshank Redemption; The Kurgan in the film Highlander; Brother Justin Crowe in HBO's critically acclaimed Carnivàle and Career Sergeant Zim in Starship Troopers. Brown is most famous for providing the voices of animated characters such as Mr. Eugene H. Krabs in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants; Lex Luthor throughout various DC projects; Captain Black and Ratso in Jackie Chan Adventures; Otto in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!; Dr. Neo Cortex in the original Crash Bandicoot video games and Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Early life Brown was born in Urbana, Ohio in 1959 and had an older sister Beth (1958–1965). Their mother Joyce (née Eldridge) was a conductor, composer, and concert pianist. Their father Clarence J. "Bud" Brown, Jr. 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 US Congressman, and later as chairman of the board of Brown Publishing. The family operated the business until 2010.Brown graduated from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., as his family lived there much of the time when his father served in Congress. He earned a scholarship to Northwestern University, where he became a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. Brown is often cast in roles of villains or authority figures. His career has tended to alternate among mainstream TV/cable; major-studio and independent-studio movies; and a large repertoire of voice work for animated and video game roles. Personal life Brown has been married to Jeanne Johnson since 1993; they have a son and daughter.
Movie | SpongeBob Squarepants 3 | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2020-07-30 |
Movie | The Goon | the Goon | 2019 |
Series | Battle Force: Andromeda | 2017 | |
Series | Biker Mice from Mars | Unknown | 2017 |
Movie | Tangled: Before Ever After | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-10 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Surtur (voice) | 2017-10-25 |
Movie | Stronger | Jeff Bauman Sr | 2017-09-22 |
Movie | Warcraft | Blackhand | 2016-05-25 |
Movie | Hail, Caesar! | Gracchus | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Mr.Krabs (voice) | 2015-02-05 |
Movie | Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special II - Villains in Paradise | Gorilla Grodd (voice) | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | Water & Power | Turnvil | 2014-05-02 |
Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Sheriff | 2014-03-08 |
Movie | SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants | Mr. Krabs | 2014-01-14 |
Movie | Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United | 2014-07-29 | |
Movie | 99 Homes | Mr. Freeman | 2014-10-09 |
Movie | Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2014-11-14 |
Movie | When the Game Stands Tall | Mickey Ryan | 2014-08-22 |
Series | The Flash | General Wade Eiling | 2014-10-07 |
Movie | Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2013-05-20 |
Movie | Sparks | Archer | 2013-03-01 |
Movie | Star Wars: Bounty Hunter - Beyond The Game | Montross | 2013-09-19 |
Series | Sleepy Hollow | Sheriff August Corbin | 2013-09-16 |
Movie | Nothing Left to Fear | Kingsman | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Brinkerhoff | 2013-11-28 |
Movie | Homefront | Sheriff Keith Rodrigue | 2013-11-27 |
Movie | Hellbenders | Angus | 2013-10-18 |
Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Himself | 2013-10-23 |
Movie | John Dies at the End | Dr. Albert Marconi | 2012-01-23 |
Movie | The Frontier | Jack Ramsay / Lamazee | 2012-01-01 |
Series | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man | Unknown | 2012-04-01 |
Movie | Star Wars The Clone Wars: Darth Maul Returns | Savage Opress (voice) | 2012-06-28 |
Movie | It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Mr. Crabs | 2012-11-23 |
Movie | At Any Price | Jim Johnson | 2012-08-30 |
Series | Gravity Falls | British Dog Man (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
Movie | Thor: Tales of Asgard | Frost Giant (voice) | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | Cowboys & Aliens | Meacham | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | Green Lantern | Parallax (voice) | 2011-06-16 |
Series | ThunderCats | Unknown | 2011-07-29 |
Series | The Deep End | Hart Sterling | 2010-01-21 |
Movie | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Alan Smith | 2010-04-30 |
Series | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Unknown | 2010-11-26 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge | Mr. Krabs | 2010-07-13 |
Series | Wolverine and the X-Men | Unknown | 2009-01-23 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus | Patrick Star (voice) | 2009-01-27 |
Movie | The Informant! | Aubrey Daniel | 2009-09-18 |
Movie | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2009-09-29 |
Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | George Stacy | 2008-03-08 |
Series | Ben & Izzy | Unknown | 2008-09-01 |
Movie | Blank Slate | Agent Miles Mcavoy | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | The Express | Roy Simmons | 2008-10-10 |
Movie | The Burrowers | John Clay | 2008-09-09 |
Series | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Unknown | 2007-03-03 |
Movie | Pathfinder | Gunnar | 2007-01-11 |
Series | The Riches | Unknown | 2007-03-12 |
Series | Phineas and Ferb | Unknown | 2007-08-17 |
Movie | The Guardian | Capt. William Hadley | 2006-09-28 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Unknown | 2005-02-21 |
Series | American Dragon: Jake Long | Unknown | 2005-01-21 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2005-03-31 |
Series | A.T.O.M. | 2005-08-27 | |
Series | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
Series | Catscratch | Unknown | 2005-05-09 |
Series | Dave the Barbarian | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Series | Megas XLR | Unknown | 2004-05-01 |
Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Series | Lost | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Movie | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-11-14 |
Movie | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Volgud | 2003-02-25 |
Movie | Normal | Frank | 2003-01-21 |
Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Policeman / Raymond | 2003-07-11 |
Series | All Grown Up! | Unknown | 2003-04-12 |
Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
Series | Carnivàle | Brother Justin | 2003-09-14 |
Movie | The Laramie Project | 2002-01-10 | |
Series | Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | Red Skies | Edgar Sterling | 2002-08-07 |
Series | Lloyd in Space | 2001-02-03 | |
Series | The Zeta Project | Unknown | 2001-01-27 |
Series | Samurai Jack | Unknown | 2001-08-10 |
Series | Heavy Gear | 2001-09-22 | |
Movie | Snow White: The Fairest of Them All | The Granter of Wishes | 2001-10-28 |
Series | Justice League | Lex Luthor | 2001-11-17 |
Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | Unknown | 2001-09-26 |
Movie | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Undertow (voice) | 2000-01-23 |
Series | Jackie Chan Adventures | Unknown | 2000-09-09 |
Movie | Yesterday's Children | Doug Cole | 2000-10-15 |
Series | Batman Beyond | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
Series | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 1999-05-01 |
Movie | The Hurricane | Lt. Jimmy Williams | 1999-09-17 |
Movie | Vendetta | Chief Hennessy | 1999-09-12 |
Series | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Unknown | 1999-08-30 |
Movie | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Akela the Wolf (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | The Patron Saint of Liars | Son | 1998-04-05 |
Series | The Powerpuff Girls | Unknown | 1998-11-18 |
Series | Voltron: The Third Dimension | 1998-09-12 | |
Movie | The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1998-08-18 |
Series | Extreme Ghostbusters | Unknown | 1997-09-01 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | 1997-09-13 | |
Movie | Annabelle's Wish | Lawyer / Sherriff (voice) | 1997-10-21 |
Movie | Flubber | Smith | 1997-11-26 |
Series | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Movie | Starship Troopers | Career Sergeant Zim | 1997-11-06 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Movie | Female Perversions | John | 1996-01-22 |
Series | Mighty Ducks | 1996-09-06 | |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Superman - The Last Son of Krypton | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Series | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | 1996-09-21 | |
Series | Hey Arnold! | Unknown | 1996-10-07 |
Movie | Dead Man Walking | State Trooper | 1995-12-29 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Series | Street Sharks | Unknown | 1994-09-01 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Series | Earth 2 | John Danziger | 1994-11-06 |
Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
Movie | The Shawshank Redemption | Captain Byron T. Hadley | 1994-09-23 |
Movie | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Dave Chattelier | 1993-01-18 |
Movie | Last Light | Lt. Lionel McMannis | 1993-08-22 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation | Clarence - Gas Station Attendant | 1992-06-10 |
Movie | Pet Sematary II | Sheriff Gus Gilbert | 1992-08-28 |
Movie | Cast a Deadly Spell | Harry Bordon | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Past Midnight | Steve Lundy | 1991-01-01 |
Series | Love, Lies and Murder | David Brown | 1991-02-16 |
Movie | Love, Lies, and Murder | David Brown | 1991-02-16 |
Movie | Ambition | Albert Merrick | 1991-06-02 |
Movie | Blue Steel | Nick Mann | 1990-03-16 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | Johnny Ryan | Johnny Ryan | 1990-07-29 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
Movie | Shoot to Kill | Steve | 1988-02-12 |
Movie | Extreme Prejudice | MSgt. Larry McRose | 1987-04-24 |
Movie | The Room Upstairs | Kevin | 1987-01-31 |
Movie | Highlander | Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger | 1986-03-06 |
Movie | The Bride | Viktor | 1985-08-16 |
Movie | Thunder Alley | Weasel | 1985-08-01 |
Movie | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Rawhide | 1984-08-15 |
Movie | Bad Boys | Viking Lofgren | 1983-03-25 |
Series | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Unknown | 1951-12-24 |