Clancy Brown

Acting • Born 1959-01-05

Acting6Urbana, Ohio, USA

Biography

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.

Filmography

368 credits

The Shawshank Redemption

Movie • 1994

Captain Byron T. Hadley

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder

Movie • 2017

Rahzar (voice)

Starship Troopers

Movie • 1997

Career Sergeant Zim

Pathfinder

Movie • 2007

Gunnar

Pet Sematary II

Movie • 1992

Sheriff Gus Gilbert

The Guardian

Movie • 2006

Capt. William Hadley

Extreme Prejudice

Movie • 1987

Sgt. Larry McRose

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies

Movie • 2009

Lex Luthor (voice)

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Movie • 1984

Rawhide

The Informant!

Movie • 2009

Aubrey Daniel

Season of Fear

Movie • 1989

Ward St. Clair

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Movie • 2010

Alan Smith

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage

Movie • 2015

Dogpound (voice)

Highlander

Movie • 1986

Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Movie • 2004

Mr. Krabs (voice)

SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone

Movie • 2023

Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs

Blue Steel

Movie • 1990

Detective Nick Mann

Shoot to Kill

Movie • 1988

Steve

Flubber

Movie • 1997

Smith

Waiting for the Light

Movie • 1990

Joe

Bad Boys

Movie • 1983

Viking Lofgren

The Bride

Movie • 1985

Viktor

Female Perversions

Movie • 1996

John

The Express

Movie • 2008

Roy Simmons

Green Lantern

Movie • 2011

Parallax (voice)

The Burrowers

Movie • 2008

John Clay

Thor: Tales of Asgard

Movie • 2011

Frost Giant (voice)

The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest

Movie • 1997

Lex Luthor (voice)

SpongeBob vs. the Big One

Movie • 2009

Mr. Krabs / Big G / Fish #36 (voice)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand

Movie • 2010

Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice)

Past Midnight

Movie • 1992

Steve Lundy

Normal

Movie • 2003

Frank

Cowboys & Aliens

Movie • 2011

Meacham

Yesterday's Children

Movie • 2000

Doug Cole

In the Company of Spies

Movie • 1999

Dale Beckham

Cast a Deadly Spell

Movie • 1991

Harry Bordon

Last Light

Movie • 1993

Lt. Lionel McMannis

The Patron Saint of Liars

Movie • 1998

Son

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Movie • 2025

Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator

John Dies at the End

Movie • 2013

Dr. Albert Marconi

SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools

Movie • 2011

Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice)

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

Movie • 2023

Red Death / Daisy (voice)

John Wick: Chapter 4

Movie • 2023

Harbinger

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story

Movie • 2017

Mr. Krabs (voice)

At Any Price

Movie • 2012

Jim Johnson

Hellbenders

Movie • 2013

Angus

The Twenty

Movie • 2009

John Simmonds

Vendetta

Movie • 1999

Chief Hennessy

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

Movie • 1998

Akela the Wolf (voice)

The Making of Daniel Boone

Movie • 2003

Allan Kenton

Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies

Movie • 2003

Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive footage)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!

Movie • 2003

Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)

Dumb Money

Taskmaster (voice)

Moonwalker

Movie • 1988

Police Officer (segment "Speed Demon") (uncredited)

Ambition

Movie • 1991

Albert Merrick

Atlantis: Milo's Return

Movie • 2003

Volgud (voice)

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation!

Movie • 2009

Santa Claus (voice)

The Trials of Cate McCall

Movie • 2013

Brinkerhoff

Dark Minions

Movie • 2013

Drebnor (voice)

Twas The Night Before Spongemas

Movie • 2022

Mr. Krabs (voice)

When the Game Stands Tall

Movie • 2014

Mickey Ryan

SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge

Movie • 2010

Mr. Krabs

Radiant City

Movie • 1996

Al Goodman

It's a SpongeBob Christmas!

Movie • 2012

Mr. Krabs

Warcraft

Movie • 2016

Blackhand

Tangled: Queen for a Day

Movie • 2017

King Frederic (voice)

The Hurricane

Movie • 1999

Lt. Jimmy Williams

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water

Movie • 2015

Mr. Krabs (voice)

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

Movie • 2024

Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Neighbor #1 / Bottomite #2 / Bottomite Crowd (voice)

Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

Movie • 2009

Self

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Movie • 2000

Undertow (voice)

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom

Movie • 2017

Mr. Krabs / Fish Man/ Eyes (voice)

Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation

Movie • 1992

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

The Laramie Project

Movie • 2002

Rob Debree

Dead Man Walking

Movie • 1995

State Trooper

The Frontier

Movie • 2012

Jack Ramsay / Lamazee

99 Homes

Movie • 2015

Mr. Freeman

Audrey's Children

Movie • 2025

Dr. C. Everett Koop

Johnny Ryan

Movie • 1990

Johnny Ryan

Poolman

Movie • 2024

Theodore Hollandaise

Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip

Movie • 2011

Mr. Krabs

Scrambled

Movie • 2024

Richard

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise

Movie • 2014

Gorilla Grodd (voice)

Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story

Movie • 1993

Dave Chattelier

Red Skies

Movie • 2002

Edgar Sterling

Snow White

Movie • 2001

The Granter of Wishes

Superman: The Last Son of Krypton

Movie • 1996

Lex Luthor (voice)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns

Movie • 2012

Savage Opress / Human Bounty Hunter (voice)

Plankton: The Movie

Movie • 2025

Mr. Krabs / Pa Plankton (voice)

Stronger

Movie • 2017

Jeff Bauman Sr

Little Evil

Movie • 2017

Reverend J.D. Gospel

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

Movie • 1987

Flagg

Boss of Bosses

Movie • 2001

Andris Kurins

Thunder Alley

Movie • 1985

Weasel

The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Movie • 2020

Mr. Krabs (voice)

Supercon

Movie • 2018

Adam King

Tangled: Before Ever After

Movie • 2017

King Frederic (voice)

Hail, Caesar!

Movie • 2016

Gracchus

SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants

Movie • 2014

Mr. Krabs

Buckaroo Banzai Declassified

Movie • 2002

Self

Thor: Ragnarok

Movie • 2017

Surtur (voice)

The Night of the Headless Horseman

Movie • 1999

Hessian Trooper

Bloodlines: Murder in the Family

Movie • 1993

Ben Guardino

I Know That Voice

Movie • 2014

Self

Chappaquiddick

Movie • 2018

Robert McNamara

Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature

Movie • 2001

Self

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom

Movie • 2018

Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Movie • 2018

Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Donor Unknown

Movie • 1995

Nash Creed

Recess: School's Out

Movie • 2001

Bald Guy (voice)

The Mortuary Collection

Movie • 2020

Montgomery Dark

The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween

Movie • 2019

Mr. Ree (voice)

Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off

Movie • 1997

Seige (voice)

Promising Young Woman

Movie • 2020

Stanley

Lady and the Tramp

Movie • 2019

Isaac (voice)

Just Before I Go

Movie • 2015

Dad

Claire Makes It Big

Movie • 1999

Frank

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers

Movie • 2004

Mr. Krabs (voice)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories

Movie • 2002

Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound)

SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies

Movie • 2002

Eugene Krabs

In Search of Tomorrow

Movie • 2022

Self - Interviewee

SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis

Movie • 2007

Mr. Krabs

Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken

Movie • 1995

Hakon (voice)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?

Movie • 2005

Eugene H. Krabs

MR. HORZEMEN

Movie • 2018

Mr. Horzemen (voice)

In Search of Darkness: Part II

Movie • 2020

Self

Last Looks

Movie • 2022

Big Jim Cuddy

Chump Change

Movie • 2000

The Man

The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard

Movie • 2008

Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice)

SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off

Movie • 2012

Mr. Krabs

SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp

Movie • 2024

Mr. Krabs / Anchovies (voice)

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

Movie • 2024

Self

Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast

Movie • 2003

Mr. Krabs (voice)

The Endless Summer

Movie • 2005

Mr. Krabs (voice)

The Caseys

Movie • 1999

Pete Casey

The Fix

Movie • 2024

The Chairman

Regretting You

Movie • 2025

Hank "Gramps" Adams Sr.

Secret of the Sundrop

Movie • 2018

King Frederic

FEEL

Movie • 2025

Sitter 4

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy

Movie • 2010

Savage Opress / Nightbrother #3 (voice)

Slap

Movie

SpongeBob LongPants

Movie • 2016

Mr. Krabs / Fish (voice)

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire

Movie • 2004

Mr. Krabs (voice)

Lucky Lady

Movie • 2015

Genie of the Glass Eye (voice)

SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout

Movie • 2019

Mr. Krabs / Unhappy Guy / Manager / Mr. Slabs

Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show

Movie • 2003

The Addiction of Hope

Movie

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign

Movie • 2001

A Question Of Loyalty

Movie

1st Gestapo Man

SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up

Movie • 2025

Mr. Krabs (voice)

The Big Good Wolf

Movie • 2020

Big Bad Wolf (voice)

Spongebob Squarepants: Christmas

Movie • 2003

Mr. Krabs / Singer #4

Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas

Movie • 2024

Mr. Krabs

Nightwatching

Movie

All Grown Up!

TV • 2003

Vice Principal Pangborn (voice)

Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series

TV • 1996

Siege (voice)

Carnivàle

TV • 2003

Brother Justin

Batman Beyond

TV • 1999

Big Time (voice)

Jackie Chan Adventures

TV • 2000

Ratso / Captain Black (voice)

Star Trek: Enterprise

TV • 2001

Zobral

American Dragon: Jake Long

TV • 2005

Teen Titans

TV • 2003

Trident (voice)

American Dad!

TV • 2005

Henry Fischer (voice)

Earth 2

TV • 1994

John Danziger

Phineas and Ferb

TV • 2007

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

TV • 1999

Sgt. Charlie Zim

Action Man: A.T.O.M.

TV • 2005

Alexander Paine (voice)

Gargoyles

TV • 1994

Hakon (voice)

China Beach

TV • 1988

Kim Possible

TV • 2002

Commander Kane (voice)

Tales from the Crypt

TV • 1989

Roger Lassen

Dave the Barbarian

TV • 2004

101 Dalmatians: The Series

TV • 1997

Catscratch

TV • 2005

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!

TV • 2004

Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated

TV • 2010

Hebediah Grim (voice)

The Riches

TV • 2007

The Practice

TV • 1997

D.A. Justin Fox

Cow and Chicken

TV • 1997

Calls

TV • 2021

General Wilson (voice)

Lost

TV • 2004

Kelvin Inman

The Zeta Project

TV • 2001

Sheriff Morgan (voice)

DuckTales

TV • 2017

Frankenstein (voice)

Invincible

TV • 2021

Damien Darkblood (voice)

Extreme Ghostbusters

TV • 1997

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

TV • 2007

Medium

TV • 2005

Rob Walcott

Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm

TV • 1996

Rayden (voice)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Kevin

Wolverine and the X-Men

TV • 2009

ER

TV • 1994

Ellis West

Voltron: The Third Dimension

TV • 1998

Emergence

TV • 2019

Ed Sawyer

The Outer Limits

TV • 1995

Sergeant Linden Styles

Gargoyles

TV • 1994

Wolf (voice)

Gargoyles

TV • 1994

Tomas Brod (voice)

American Dad!

TV • 2005

Lumberjack (voice)

Heavy Gear

TV • 2001

Digman!

TV • 2023

Yedward (voice)

G.I. Joe: Renegades

TV • 2010

Destro (voice)

Ben 10

TV • 2005

Kenko (voice)

Lilo & Stitch: The Series

TV • 2003

EGO leader (voice)

Law & Order

TV • 1990

John Burkhart

The Deep End

TV • 2010

TV • 2000

Ratso / Super Moose / Shen Chan (voice)