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 | The Goon | the Goon | 2025 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2025-12-19 |
Movie | Audrey's Children | Dr. C. Everett Koop | 2025 |
Movie | Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Additional Voices (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce GO! | Otto | 2025 |
Series | Biker Mice from Mars | Unknown | 2025 |
Movie | Scrambled | Richard | 2024-02-02 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone | Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs | 2023-01-13 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Harbinger | 2023-03-22 |
Movie | Dumb Money | Steve Gill | 2023-09-15 |
Movie | Gen V - Prime Premiere | Prof. Rich Brinkerhoff | 2023-09-27 |
Movie | The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Red Death / Daisy (voice) | 2023-07-21 |
Movie | Last Looks | Big Jim Cuddy | 2022-01-27 |
Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022-02-19 |
Movie | Twas The Night Before Spongemas | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2022-12-22 |
Series | Invincible | Damien Darkblood | 2021-03-25 |
Series | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Eugene H. Krabs (voice) | 2021-03-04 |
Series | Calls | General Wilson | 2021-03-19 |
Series | Dexter: New Blood | Kurt Caldwell | 2021-11-07 |
Movie | Promising Young Woman | Stanley | 2020-12-13 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | The Mortuary Collection | Montgomery Dark | 2020-10-08 |
Movie | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | 2020-10-06 |
Movie | The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants: Hack-a-ween | Mr. Ree (voice) | 2019-10-08 |
Movie | Lady and the Tramp | Isaac (voice) | 2019-11-12 |
Series | Emergence | Ed Sawyer | 2019-09-24 |
Movie | Deliver Us | Mr. Krabs | 2019-02-18 |
Movie | Chappaquiddick | Robert McNamara | 2018-04-06 |
Movie | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") | 2018-11-09 |
Movie | Supercon | Adam King | 2018-04-27 |
Series | 奇幻龙宝 | Captain Augustus Black | 2018-08-01 |
Series | Dallas & Robo | The Stranger | 2018-05-30 |
Movie | Tangled: Before Ever After | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-10 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2017-03-01 |
Series | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-24 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Surtur (voice) | 2017-10-02 |
Movie | Little Evil | Reverend J.D. Gospel | 2017-08-08 |
Movie | The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice) | 2017-10-13 |
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 | 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 |
Series | The Flash | General Wade Eiling | 2014-10-07 |
Movie | SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants | Mr. Krabs | 2014-01-14 |
Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Sheriff | 2014-03-08 |
Movie | When the Game Stands Tall | Mickey Ryan | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | Water & Power | Turnvil | 2014-05-02 |
Movie | Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United | Taskmaster (voice) | 2014-07-29 |
Movie | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Schurken im Paradies | Gorilla Grodd (voice) | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | Dark Minions | Drebnor (voice) | 2013-04-19 |
Movie | Sparks | Archer | 2013-03-01 |
Movie | John Dies at the End | Dr. Albert Marconi | 2013-01-25 |
Movie | Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2013-05-21 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Brinkerhoff | 2013-11-28 |
Series | Rick and Morty | Risotto Groupon (voice) | 2013-12-02 |
Movie | Homefront | Sheriff Keith Rodriguez | 2013-11-12 |
Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Self | 2013-10-23 |
Series | Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Red Hulk (voice) | 2013-08-11 |
Movie | Hellbenders | Angus | 2013-10-18 |
Series | Sleepy Hollow | Sheriff August Corbin | 2013-09-16 |
Movie | Nothing Left to Fear | Kingsman | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | The Frontier | Jack Ramsay / Lamazee | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | At Any Price | Jim Johnson | 2012-08-30 |
Movie | It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Mr. Crabs | 2012-12-06 |
Movie | Voice Over | Elevator Operator | 2012-09-14 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns | Savage Opress/ Human Bounty Hunter (voice) | 2012-09-11 |
Series | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man | Unknown | 2012-04-01 |
Movie | Thor: Tales of Asgard | Frost Giant (voice) | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | Green Lantern | Parallax (voice) | 2011-06-14 |
Series | ThunderCats | Unknown | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | Cowboys & Aliens | Meacham | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip | Mr. Krabs | 2011-09-20 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools | Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off | Mr. Krabs | 2011-07-15 |
Series | The Deep End | Hart Sterling | 2010-01-21 |
Series | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Unknown | 2010-11-26 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge | Mr. Krabs | 2010-07-13 |
Movie | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Alan Smith | 2010-04-30 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand | Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice) | 2010-03-16 |
Series | Wolverine and the X-Men | Unknown | 2009-01-23 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus | Patrick Star (voice) | 2009-01-27 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2009-11-06 |
Movie | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2009-09-29 |
Movie | SpongeBob vs. the Big One | Mr. Krabs, Big G, Fish #36 (voice) | 2009-04-17 |
Movie | The Informant! | Aubrey Daniel | 2009-09-18 |
Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009-07-14 | |
Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | George Stacy | 2008-03-08 |
Series | Ben & Izzy | Unknown | 2008-09-01 |
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 |
Movie | The Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard | Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice) | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | Pathfinder | Gunnar | 2007-01-11 |
Series | Phineas and Ferb | Unknown | 2007-08-17 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Mr. Krabs | 2007-11-12 |
Series | The Riches | Unknown | 2007-03-12 |
Series | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Unknown | 2007-03-03 |
Movie | The Guardian | Capt. William Hadley | 2006-09-28 |
Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Unknown | 2005-02-21 |
Series | American Dragon: Jake Long | Unknown | 2005-01-21 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
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 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2005-06-02 |
Series | Catscratch | Unknown | 2005-07-09 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - The Seascape Capers | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-01-06 |
Series | Dave the Barbarian | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Series | Megas XLR | Unknown | 2004-05-01 |
Movie | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-11-14 |
Series | Lost | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Series | Justice League Unlimited | Lex Luthor / Guardians of the Universe | 2004-07-31 |
Movie | Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
Movie | Normal | Frank | 2003-01-21 |
Movie | Spongebob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash! | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
Movie | Spongebob Squarepants Tales from the Deep | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Policeman / Raymond | 2003-07-11 |
Series | Carnivàle | Brother Justin | 2003-09-14 |
Movie | Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade | BoE Agent #1 (voice) | 2003-12-09 |
Movie | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Volgud (voice) | 2003-02-25 |
Series | All Grown Up! | Unknown | 2003-04-12 |
Movie | Buckaroo Banzai Declassified | Self | 2002-01-04 |
Movie | The Laramie Project | Rob Debree | 2002-01-10 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies | Eugene Krabs | 2002-03-12 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - Sea Stories | Eugene Krabs | 2002-11-05 |
Series | Breaking News | Peter Kozyck | 2002-07-17 |
Movie | Red Skies | Edgar Sterling | 2002-08-07 |
Series | Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
Series | Lloyd in Space | Officer Frank Horton (voice) | 2001-02-03 |
Series | The Zeta Project | Unknown | 2001-01-27 |
Movie | Recess: School's Out | Bald Guy (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
Movie | Snow White: The Fairest of Them All | The Granter of Wishes | 2001-10-28 |
Series | Justice League | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2001-11-17 |
Movie | Boss of Bosses | Andris Kurins | 2001-06-03 |
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 |
Movie | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Undertow (voice) | 2000-01-23 |
Movie | Christmas Who? | Mr. Krabs | 2000-12-06 |
Movie | Yesterday's Children | Doug Cole | 2000-10-15 |
Series | Jackie Chan Adventures | Unknown | 2000-09-09 |
Series | Batman Beyond | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
Series | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 1999-05-01 |
Series | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Unknown | 1999-08-30 |
Movie | The Hurricane | Lt. Jimmy Williams | 1999-09-17 |
Movie | The Night of the Headless Horseman | Hessian Trooper | 1999-10-28 |
Movie | Vendetta | Chief Hennessy | 1999-07-03 |
Movie | The Patron Saint of Liars | Son | 1998-04-05 |
Series | The Powerpuff Girls | Unknown | 1998-11-18 |
Movie | The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1998-08-18 |
Movie | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Akela the Wolf (voice) | 1998-09-28 |
Series | Voltron: The Third Dimension | 1998-09-12 | |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Series | Extreme Ghostbusters | Unknown | 1997-09-01 |
Movie | Starship Troopers | Career Sergeant Zim | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | Flubber | Smith | 1997-11-26 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Movie | Annabelle's Wish | Lawyer / Sherriff (voice) | 1997-10-21 |
Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok (voice) | 1997-09-14 |
Series | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hakon (voice) | 1996-05-02 |
Movie | Radiant City | Al Goodman | 1996-03-31 |
Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Lex Luthor | 1996-09-06 |
Series | Hey Arnold! | Unknown | 1996-10-07 |
Movie | Female Perversions | John | 1996-11-21 |
Series | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Rayden (voice) | 1996-09-21 |
Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-10 |
Series | Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | Siege (voice) | 1996-09-07 |
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 |
Movie | The Shawshank Redemption | Captain Byron T. Hadley | 1994-09-23 |
Movie | Pom Poko | Gonta (English version/voice) | 1994-07-16 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Series | Street Sharks | Unknown | 1994-09-07 |
Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
Movie | Last Light | Lt. Lionel McMannis | 1993-08-22 |
Movie | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Ben Guardino | 1993-03-01 |
Movie | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Dave Chattelier | 1993-01-18 |
Movie | Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation | Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) | 1992-07-13 |
Movie | Past Midnight | Steve Lundy | 1992-05-03 |
Movie | Pet Sematary II | Sheriff Gus Gilbert | 1992-08-28 |
Movie | Ambition | Albert Merrick | 1991-06-02 |
Series | Love, Lies and Murder | David Brown | 1991-02-17 |
Movie | Cast a Deadly Spell | Harry Bordon | 1991-09-07 |
Movie | Waiting for the Light | Joe | 1990-06-14 |
Series | Law & Order | Unknown | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | Johnny Ryan | Johnny Ryan | 1990-07-29 |
Movie | Blue Steel | Nick Mann | 1990-03-16 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Moonwalker | Police Officer | 1988-10-29 |
Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
Movie | Shoot to Kill | Steve | 1988-02-12 |
Movie | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Flagg | 1987-10-31 |
Movie | Extreme Prejudice | MSgt. Larry McRose | 1987-04-24 |
Movie | The Room Upstairs | Kevin | 1987-01-31 |
Movie | Highlander | Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger | 1986-03-07 |
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 |