Clancy Brown
Acting
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.
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator
Regretting You
Hank "Gramps" Adams Sr.
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)
In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994
Self
Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas
Mr. Krabs
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)
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Last Looks
Big Jim Cuddy
Promising Young Woman
Stanley
The Big Good Wolf
Big Bad Wolf (voice)
In Search of Darkness: Part II
Self
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
I Know That Voice
Self
The Trials of Cate McCall
Brinkerhoff
Homefront
Sheriff Keith Rodriguez
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Self
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
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Self
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 Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard
Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice)
Blank Slate
Agent Miles Mcavoy
The Burrowers
John Clay
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
Mr. Krabs
Pathfinder
Gunnar
The Guardian
Capt. William Hadley
The Endless Summer
Mr. Krabs (voice)
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)
Spongebob Squarepants: Christmas
Mr. Krabs / Singer #4
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: Deep Sea Sillies
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive footage)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!
Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)
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
Buckaroo Banzai Declassified
Self
Snow White
The Granter of Wishes
Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature
Self
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)
Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off
Seige (voice)
Female Perversions
John
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