
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.
Series | Biker Mice from Mars (2006) | Unknown | 2024 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 4 | The Harbinger | 2023-03-22 |
Movie | The Goon | the Goon | 2023 |
Movie | Last Looks | Big Jim Cuddy | 2022-01-27 |
Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022-02-19 |
Series | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Eugene H. Krabs (voice) | 2021-03-04 |
Series | Calls | General Wilson | 2021-03-19 |
Series | Invincible | Damien Darkblood | 2021-03-25 |
Series | Dexter: New Blood | Kurt Caldwell | 2021-11-07 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | 2020-10-06 |
Movie | Promising Young Woman | Stanley | 2020-12-13 |
Movie | The Mortuary Collection | Montgomery Dark | 2020-10-08 |
Movie | Deliver Us | Mr. Krabs | 2019-02-18 |
Movie | The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween | Mr. Ree (voice) | 2019-10-08 |
Series | Emergence | Ed Sawyer | 2019-09-24 |
Movie | Lady and the Tramp | Isaac (voice) | 2019-11-12 |
Movie | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") | 2018-11-09 |
Movie | Chappaquiddick | Robert McNamara | 2018-04-06 |
Series | Jackie Chan's Fantasia | Captain Augustus Black | 2018-08-01 |
Movie | Supercon | Adam King | 2018-04-27 |
Series | Dallas & Robo | The Stranger | 2018-05-30 |
Movie | Tangled: Before Ever After | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-10 |
Series | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-24 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2017-03-01 |
Movie | Stronger | Jeff Bauman Sr | 2017-09-22 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs, Fish Man, Eyes | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice) | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Surtur (voice) | 2017-10-24 |
Movie | Little Evil | Reverend Gospel | 2017-08-08 |
Movie | Hail, Caesar! | Gracchus | 2016-02-05 |
Movie | Warcraft | Blackhand | 2016-05-25 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2015-01-28 |
Movie | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage | Dogpound (voice) | 2015-02-09 |
Movie | Just Before I Go | Dad | 2015-04-24 |
Movie | 99 Homes | Mr. Freeman | 2015-09-25 |
Movie | SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants | Mr. Krabs | 2014-01-14 |
Movie | I Know That Voice | Himself | 2014-01-07 |
Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Sheriff | 2014-03-08 |
Movie | Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United | Taskmaster (voice) | 2014-07-29 |
Movie | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Gorilla Grodd (voice) | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | When the Game Stands Tall | Mickey Ryan | 2014-08-22 |
Series | The Flash | General Wade Eiling | 2014-10-07 |
Movie | Water & Power | Turnvil | 2014-05-02 |
Movie | Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2013-05-21 |
Movie | Sparks | Archer | 2013-03-01 |
Movie | John Dies at the End | Dr. Albert Marconi | 2013-01-25 |
Series | Sleepy Hollow | Sheriff August Corbin | 2013-09-16 |
Series | Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Red Hulk (voice) | 2013-08-11 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Brinkerhoff | 2013-11-28 |
Movie | Homefront | Sheriff Keith Rodrigue | 2013-11-12 |
Series | Rick and Morty | Risotto Groupon (voice) | 2013-12-02 |
Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Himself | 2013-10-23 |
Movie | Nothing Left to Fear | Kingsman | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | Hellbenders | Angus | 2013-10-18 |
Movie | The Frontier | Jack Ramsay / Lamazee | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | Spongebob Squarepants: Spongebob's Frozen Face-Off | Mr. Krabs | 2012-01-03 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns | Savage Opress (voice) (archive footage) | 2012-09-11 |
Movie | Voice Over | Elevator Operator | 2012-09-14 |
Series | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man | Unknown | 2012-04-01 |
Movie | At Any Price | Jim Johnson | 2012-08-30 |
Movie | It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Mr. Crabs | 2012-11-23 |
Movie | Thor: Tales of Asgard | Frost Giant (voice) | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip | Mr. Krabs | 2011-09-20 |
Movie | Green Lantern | Parallax (voice) | 2011-06-16 |
Series | ThunderCats | Unknown | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | Cowboys & Aliens | Meacham | 2011-07-29 |
Series | The Deep End | Hart Sterling | 2010-01-21 |
Movie | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Alan Smith | 2010-04-30 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge | Mr. Krabs | 2010-07-13 |
Series | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Unknown | 2010-11-26 |
Series | Wolverine and the X-Men | Unknown | 2009-01-23 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus | Patrick Star (voice) | 2009-01-27 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Truth or Square | Mr. Krabs | 2009-11-06 |
Movie | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2009-09-29 |
Movie | The Informant! | Aubrey Daniel | 2009-09-17 |
Movie | The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash | Mr. Krabs | 2009-07-17 |
Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | George Stacy | 2008-03-08 |
Series | Ben & Izzy | Unknown | 2008-09-01 |
Movie | The Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard | Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice) | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | The Express | Roy Simmons | 2008-10-10 |
Movie | The Burrowers | John Clay | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | Blank Slate | Agent Miles Mcavoy | 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 | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Mr. Krabs | 2007-11-12 |
Movie | The Guardian | Capt. William Hadley | 2006-09-28 |
Series | American Dragon: Jake Long | Unknown | 2005-01-21 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Unknown | 2005-02-21 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? | Eugene H. Krabs | 2005-11-11 |
Series | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
Series | A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines | Alexander Paine (voice) | 2005-08-27 |
Series | Catscratch | Unknown | 2005-05-09 |
Series | Dave the Barbarian | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - The Seascape Capers | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-01-06 |
Series | Megas XLR | Unknown | 2004-05-01 |
Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
Movie | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-11-14 |
Series | Lost | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Series | Justice League Unlimited | Lex Luthor / Guardians of the Universe | 2004-07-31 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Movie | Normal | Frank | 2003-01-21 |
Movie | Spongebob Squarepants Tales from the Deep | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
Movie | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Volgud (voice) | 2003-02-25 |
Series | Carnivàle | Brother Justin | 2003-09-14 |
Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Policeman / Raymond | 2003-07-11 |
Series | All Grown Up! | Unknown | 2003-04-12 |
Movie | Buckaroo Banzai Declassified | Himself | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | The Laramie Project | Rob Debree | 2002-01-10 |
Movie | Red Skies | Edgar Sterling | 2002-08-07 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - Sea Stories | Eugene Krabs | 2002-11-05 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies | Eugene Krabs | 2002-03-12 |
Series | Breaking News | Peter Kozyck | 2002-07-17 |
Series | Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | Recess: School's Out | Bald Guy (voice) | 2001-01-27 |
Movie | Boss of Bosses | Andris Kurins | 2001-06-03 |
Series | The Zeta Project | Unknown | 2001-01-27 |
Series | Lloyd in Space | Officer Frank Horton (voice) | 2001-02-03 |
Movie | Snow White: The Fairest of Them All | The Granter of Wishes | 2001-10-28 |
Series | Justice League | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2001-11-17 |
Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | Unknown | 2001-09-26 |
Series | Heavy Gear | 2001-09-22 | |
Series | Samurai Jack | Unknown | 2001-08-10 |
Movie | Chump Change | The Man | 2000-01-01 |
Series | Jackie Chan Adventures | Unknown | 2000-09-09 |
Movie | Christmas Who? | Mr. Krabs | 2000-12-06 |
Movie | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Undertow (voice) | 2000-01-23 |
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 | Vendetta | Chief Hennessy | 1999-07-03 |
Movie | The Hurricane | Lt. Jimmy Williams | 1999-09-17 |
Movie | The Night of the Headless Horseman | Hessian Trooper | 1999-10-28 |
Series | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Unknown | 1999-08-30 |
Movie | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Akela the Wolf (voice) | 1998-01-01 |
Series | The Powerpuff Girls | Unknown | 1998-11-18 |
Series | Voltron: The Third Dimension | 1998-09-12 | |
Movie | The Patron Saint of Liars | Son | 1998-04-05 |
Series | Extreme Ghostbusters | Unknown | 1997-09-01 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok (voice) | 1997-09-14 |
Series | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Movie | Starship Troopers | Career Sergeant Zim | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | Flubber | Smith | 1997-11-26 |
Movie | The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1997-10-04 |
Movie | Annabelle's Wish | Lawyer / Sherriff (voice) | 1997-10-21 |
Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hakon | 1996-05-02 |
Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Series | Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | 1996-09-07 | |
Movie | Female Perversions | John | 1996-11-21 |
Series | Hey Arnold! | Unknown | 1996-10-07 |
Series | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Rayden (voice) | 1996-09-21 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Lex Luthor | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Seige (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Dead Man Walking | State Trooper | 1995-12-29 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Series | Earth 2 | John Danziger | 1994-11-06 |
Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
Movie | Pom Poko | Gonta (English version/voice) | 1994-07-16 |
Series | Street Sharks | Unknown | 1994-09-07 |
Movie | The Shawshank Redemption | Captain Byron T. Hadley | 1994-09-23 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Ben Guardino | 1993-03-01 |
Movie | Last Light | Lt. Lionel McMannis | 1993-08-22 |
Movie | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Dave Chattelier | 1993-01-18 |
Movie | Pet Sematary II | Sheriff Gus Gilbert | 1992-08-28 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation | Clarence - Gas Station Attendant | 1992-06-10 |
Series | Love, Lies and Murder | David Brown | 1991-02-16 |
Movie | Ambition | Albert Merrick | 1991-06-02 |
Movie | Cast a Deadly Spell | Harry Bordon | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Past Midnight | Steve Lundy | 1991-01-01 |
Movie | Blue Steel | Nick Mann | 1990-03-16 |
Movie | Waiting for the Light | Joe | 1990-06-14 |
Movie | Johnny Ryan | Johnny Ryan | 1990-07-29 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Shoot to Kill | Steve | 1988-02-12 |
Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
Movie | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Flagg | 1987-10-31 |
Movie | The Room Upstairs | Kevin | 1987-01-31 |
Movie | Extreme Prejudice | MSgt. Larry McRose | 1987-04-24 |
Movie | Highlander | Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger | 1986-03-07 |
Movie | Thunder Alley | Weasel | 1985-08-01 |
Movie | The Bride | Viktor | 1985-08-16 |
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 |