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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 | Audrey's Children | Dr. C. Everett Koop | 2025 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2025-12-19 |
Movie | Scrambled | Richard | 2024-02-02 |
Movie | Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Additional Voices (voice) | 2024-08-01 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone | Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs | 2023-01-13 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Harbinger | 2023-03-22 |
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 | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | Eugene H. Krabs (voice) | 2021-03-04 |
Series | Dexter: New Blood | Kurt Caldwell | 2021-11-07 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | The Mortuary Collection | Montgomery Dark | 2020-09-25 |
Movie | Promising Young Woman | Stanley | 2020-12-13 |
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 |
Series | Emergence | Ed Sawyer | 2019-09-24 |
Movie | Lady and the Tramp | Isaac (voice) | 2019-11-12 |
Movie | Chappaquiddick | Robert McNamara | 2018-04-06 |
Movie | Supercon | Adam King | 2018-04-27 |
Movie | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") | 2018-11-09 |
Series | Dallas & Robo | The Stranger | 2018-05-30 |
Movie | Tangled: Before Ever After | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-10 |
Movie | Little Evil | Reverend J.D. Gospel | 2017-08-08 |
Series | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-24 |
Movie | Stronger | Jeff Bauman Sr | 2017-09-22 |
Movie | Thor: Ragnarok | Surtur (voice) | 2017-10-02 |
Movie | The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice) | 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 | 99 Homes | Mr. Freeman | 2015-09-25 |
Movie | Just Before I Go | Dad | 2015-04-24 |
Movie | The Trip to Bountiful | Sheriff | 2014-03-08 |
Movie | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Gorilla Grodd (voice) | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
Movie | SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants | Mr. Krabs | 2014-01-14 |
Movie | Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United | Taskmaster (voice) | 2014-07-29 |
Movie | Water & Power | Turnvil | 2014-05-02 |
Movie | When the Game Stands Tall | Mickey Ryan | 2014-08-22 |
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 |
Series | Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Red Hulk (voice) | 2013-08-11 |
Movie | Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2013-05-21 |
Movie | Nothing Left to Fear | Kingsman | 2013-09-26 |
Movie | Homefront | Sheriff Keith Rodriguez | 2013-11-12 |
Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Self | 2013-10-23 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Brinkerhoff | 2013-11-28 |
Movie | Hellbenders | Angus | 2013-10-18 |
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 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns | Savage Opress/ Human Bounty Hunter (voice) | 2012-09-11 |
Movie | Voice Over | Elevator Operator | 2012-09-14 |
Movie | Green Lantern | Parallax (voice) | 2011-06-14 |
Movie | Thor: Tales of Asgard | Frost Giant (voice) | 2011-05-16 |
Movie | Cowboys & Aliens | Meacham | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off | Mr. Krabs | 2011-07-15 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools | Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
Series | The Deep End | Hart Sterling | 2010-01-21 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand | Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice) | 2010-03-16 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge | Mr. Krabs | 2010-07-13 |
Movie | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Alan Smith | 2010-04-30 |
Movie | SpongeBob vs. the Big One | Mr. Krabs, Big G, Fish #36 (voice) | 2009-04-17 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus | Patrick Star (voice) | 2009-01-27 |
Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009-07-14 | |
Movie | The Twenty | John Simmonds | 2009-03-07 |
Movie | The Informant! | Aubrey Daniel | 2009-09-18 |
Movie | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2009-09-29 |
Movie | Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! | Santa Claus (voice) | 2009-12-07 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2009-11-06 |
Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | George Stacy | 2008-03-08 |
Movie | The Burrowers | John Clay | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | The Express | Roy Simmons | 2008-10-10 |
Movie | Blank Slate | Agent Miles Mcavoy | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | Pathfinder | Gunnar | 2007-01-11 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Mr. Krabs | 2007-11-12 |
Movie | The Guardian | Capt. William Hadley | 2006-09-28 |
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 |
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 |
Movie | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-11-14 |
Movie | Spongebob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash! | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
Movie | Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
Movie | Normal | Frank | 2003-01-21 |
Movie | Spongebob Squarepants Tales from the Deep | Eugene Krabs | 2003-01-28 |
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 | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Policeman / Raymond | 2003-07-11 |
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 |
Movie | Red Skies | Edgar Sterling | 2002-08-07 |
Series | Breaking News | Peter Kozyck | 2002-07-17 |
Movie | Boss of Bosses | Andris Kurins | 2001-06-03 |
Movie | Recess: School's Out | Bald Guy (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
Movie | Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature | Self | 2001-09-08 |
Series | Lloyd in Space | 2001-02-03 | |
Series | Justice League | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2001-11-17 |
Movie | Snow White: The Fairest of Them All | The Granter of Wishes | 2001-10-28 |
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 |
Movie | Yesterday's Children | Doug Cole | 2000-10-15 |
Movie | Christmas Who? | Mr. Krabs | 2000-12-06 |
Movie | Vendetta | Chief Hennessy | 1999-09-12 |
Series | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 1999-05-01 |
Movie | The Hurricane | Lt. Jimmy Williams | 1999-09-17 |
Movie | The Night of the Headless Horseman | Hessian Trooper | 1999-10-28 |
Movie | The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1998-08-18 |
Movie | The Patron Saint of Liars | Son | 1998-04-05 |
Movie | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Akela the Wolf (voice) | 1998-09-28 |
Movie | Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Seige (voice) | 1997-04-08 |
Movie | Annabelle's Wish | Lawyer / Sherriff (voice) | 1997-10-21 |
Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | 1997-09-14 | |
Movie | Starship Troopers | Career Sergeant Zim | 1997-11-07 |
Movie | Flubber | Smith | 1997-11-26 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hakon (voice) | 1996-05-02 |
Series | Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | Siege (voice) | 1996-09-07 |
Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-10 |
Series | Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm | Rayden (voice) | 1996-09-21 |
Movie | Female Perversions | John | 1996-11-21 |
Movie | Donor Unknown | Nash Creed | 1995-11-01 |
Movie | Dead Man Walking | State Trooper | 1995-12-29 |
Movie | The Shawshank Redemption | Captain Byron T. Hadley | 1994-09-23 |
Series | Earth 2 | John Danziger | 1994-11-06 |
Movie | Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Ben Guardino | 1993-03-01 |
Movie | Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Dave Chattelier | 1993-01-18 |
Movie | Last Light | Lt. Lionel McMannis | 1993-08-22 |
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 |
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 | Waiting for the Light | Joe | 1990-06-14 |
Movie | Blue Steel | Nick Mann | 1990-03-16 |
Movie | Johnny Ryan | Johnny Ryan | 1990-07-29 |
Movie | Shoot to Kill | Steve | 1988-02-12 |
Movie | Moonwalker | Police Officer | 1988-10-29 |
Movie | Extreme Prejudice | MSgt. Larry McRose | 1987-04-24 |
Movie | The Room Upstairs | Kevin | 1987-01-31 |
Movie | The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Flagg | 1987-10-31 |
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 |