
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. 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. Brown has been married to Jeanne Johnson since 1993; they have a son and daughter.
Movie | The Goon | the Goon | 2024 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Harbinger | 2023-03-22 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants Presents the Tidal Zone | Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs | 2023-01-13 |
Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022-02-19 |
Movie | Last Looks | Big Jim Cuddy | 2022-01-27 |
Series | Calls | General Wilson | 2021-03-19 |
Series | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Eugene H. Krabs (voice) | 2021-03-04 |
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 |
Series | Emergence | Ed Sawyer | 2019-09-24 |
Series | The Mandalorian | Burg | 2019-11-12 |
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 |
Movie | Supercon | Adam King | 2018-04-27 |
Movie | Chappaquiddick | Robert McNamara | 2018-04-06 |
Series | Dallas & Robo | The Stranger | 2018-05-30 |
Movie | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") | 2018-11-09 |
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 | Little Evil | Reverend Gospel | 2017-08-08 |
Series | Marvel's The Punisher | Major Schoonover | 2017-11-17 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Surtur (voice) | 2017-10-24 |
Movie | The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice) | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs, Fish Man, Eyes | 2017-10-13 |
Movie | Stronger | Jeff Bauman Sr | 2017-09-22 |
Series | Billions | Waylon 'Jock' Jeffcoat | 2016-01-17 |
Series | The Crown | Lyndon B. Johnson | 2016-11-04 |
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 | 99 Homes | Mr. Freeman | 2015-09-25 |
Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Colonel Ray Schoonover | 2015-04-10 |
Movie | Just Before I Go | Dad | 2015-04-24 |
Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Sheriff | 2014-03-08 |
Movie | SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants | Mr. Krabs | 2014-01-14 |
Movie | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Gorilla Grodd (voice) | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | I Know That Voice | Himself | 2014-01-07 |
Series | The Flash | General Wade Eiling | 2014-10-07 |
Movie | Water & Power | Turnvil | 2014-05-02 |
Movie | When the Game Stands Tall | Mickey Ryan | 2014-08-22 |
Series | Star Wars Rebels | Ryder Azadi (voice) | 2014-10-13 |
Movie | Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United | Taskmaster (voice) | 2014-07-29 |
Series | Marvel's Avengers | Red Hulk (voice) | 2013-05-26 |
Series | Mickey Mouse | Pig Biker (voice) | 2013-06-28 |
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 | Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Red Hulk (voice) | 2013-08-11 |
Movie | Homefront | Sheriff Keith Rodrigue | 2013-11-12 |
Series | Sleepy Hollow | Sheriff August Corbin | 2013-09-16 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Brinkerhoff | 2013-11-28 |
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 |
Series | Gravity Falls | British Dog Man (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
Series | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man | Unknown | 2012-04-01 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns | Savage Opress/ Human Bounty Hunter (voice) | 2012-09-11 |
Movie | It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Mr. Crabs | 2012-12-06 |
Movie | At Any Price | Jim Johnson | 2012-08-30 |
Movie | Thor: Tales of Asgard | Frost Giant (voice) | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | Green Lantern | Parallax (voice) | 2011-06-16 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off | Mr. Krabs | 2011-07-15 |
Movie | Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip | Mr. Krabs | 2011-09-20 |
Movie | Cowboys & Aliens | Meacham | 2011-07-29 |
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 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand | Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice) | 2010-03-16 |
Series | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Unknown | 2010-11-26 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge | Mr. Krabs | 2010-07-13 |
Series | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Odin (voice) | 2010-10-20 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus | Patrick Star (voice) | 2009-01-27 |
Series | Wolverine and the X-Men | Unknown | 2009-01-23 |
Movie | SpongeBob vs. the Big One | Mr. Krabs, Big G, Fish #36 (voice) | 2009-04-17 |
Movie | The Ultimate SpongeBob SpongeBash | Mr. Krabs | 2009-07-17 |
Movie | SpongeBob's 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 |
Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | George Stacy | 2008-03-08 |
Movie | The Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard | Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice) | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | Blank Slate | Agent Miles Mcavoy | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | The Burrowers | John Clay | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | The Express | Roy Simmons | 2008-10-10 |
Movie | Pathfinder | Gunnar | 2007-01-11 |
Series | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | Unknown | 2007-03-03 |
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 Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Unknown | 2005-02-21 |
Series | American Dragon: Jake Long | Unknown | 2005-01-21 |
Series | Catscratch | Unknown | 2005-05-09 |
Series | A.T.O.M. - Alpha Teens on Machines | Alexander Paine (voice) | 2005-08-27 |
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 | Dave the Barbarian | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - The Seascape Capers | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-01-06 |
Series | Justice League Unlimited | Lex Luthor / Guardians of the Universe | 2004-07-31 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
Series | Barbarians | Narrator | 2004-12-22 |
Series | Lost | Unknown | 2004-09-22 |
Movie | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-11-14 |
Series | Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! | Unknown | 2004-09-18 |
Movie | Spongebob Squarepants Tales from the Deep | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
Movie | Normal | Frank | 2003-01-21 |
Movie | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Volgud (voice) | 2003-02-25 |
Series | Cartoon Monsoon | Zookeeper (voice) | 2003-03-04 |
Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
Series | Carnivàle | Brother Justin | 2003-09-14 |
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 | 2002-01-04 |
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) | 2001-01-27 |
Movie | Boss of Bosses | Andris Kurins | 2001-06-03 |
Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | Zobral | 2001-09-26 |
Movie | Snow White: The Fairest of Them All | The Granter of Wishes | 2001-10-28 |
Series | Samurai Jack | Unknown | 2001-08-10 |
Series | Justice League | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2001-11-17 |
Movie | Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature | Self | 2001-09-08 |
Series | Heavy Gear | 2001-09-22 | |
Movie | Chump Change | The Man | 2000-01-01 |
Movie | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Undertow (voice) | 2000-01-23 |
Series | Jackie Chan Adventures | Unknown | 2000-09-09 |
Movie | Christmas Who? | Mr. Krabs | 2000-12-06 |
Movie | Yesterday's Children | Doug Cole | 2000-10-15 |
Series | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 1999-05-01 |
Series | Batman Beyond | Unknown | 1999-01-10 |
Movie | Vendetta | Chief Hennessy | 1999-07-03 |
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 | In the Company of Spies | Dale Beckham | 1999-10-24 |
Series | Voltron: The Third Dimension | Unknown | 1998-09-12 |
Movie | The Patron Saint of Liars | Son | 1998-04-05 |
Movie | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Akela the Wolf (voice) | 1998-09-28 |
Series | The Powerpuff Girls | Unknown | 1998-11-18 |
Series | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Series | Extreme Ghostbusters | Unknown | 1997-09-01 |
Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok (voice) | 1997-09-14 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Flubber | Smith | 1997-11-26 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Movie | Annabelle's Wish | Lawyer / Sherriff (voice) | 1997-10-21 |
Movie | Starship Troopers | Career Sergeant Zim | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1997-10-04 |
Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hakon | 1996-05-02 |
Movie | Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Seige (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
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 | Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | 1996-09-07 | |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Lex Luthor | 1996-09-06 |
Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
Movie | Donor Unknown | Nash Creed | 1995-11-01 |
Movie | Dead Man Walking | State Trooper | 1995-12-29 |
Series | Street Sharks | Unknown | 1994-09-07 |
Movie | Pom Poko | Gonta (English version/voice) | 1994-07-16 |
Movie | The Shawshank Redemption | Captain Byron T. Hadley | 1994-09-23 |
Series | Earth 2 | John Danziger | 1994-11-06 |
Series | Gargoyles | Unknown | 1994-10-24 |
Series | ER | Unknown | 1994-09-19 |
Movie | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Dave Chattelier | 1993-01-18 |
Movie | Last Light | Lt. Lionel McMannis | 1993-08-22 |
Movie | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Ben Guardino | 1993-03-01 |
Movie | Past Midnight | Steve Lundy | 1992-05-03 |
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 |
Series | Love, Lies and Murder | David Brown | 1991-02-17 |
Movie | Ambition | Albert Merrick | 1991-06-02 |
Movie | Cast a Deadly Spell | Harry Bordon | 1991-09-07 |
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 |
Movie | Season of Fear | 1989-05-12 | |
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 | The Room Upstairs | Kevin | 1987-01-31 |
Movie | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Flagg | 1987-10-31 |
Movie | Extreme Prejudice | MSgt. Larry McRose | 1987-04-24 |
Movie | Highlander | Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger | 1986-03-07 |
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 |