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 | Audrey's Children | Dr. C. Everett Koop | 2025 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2025-12-19 |
Movie | The Goon | the Goon | 2025 |
Movie | Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Additional Voices (voice) | 2025 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone | Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs | 2023-01-13 |
Movie | The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Red Death / Daisy (voice) | 2023-07-21 |
Movie | Dumb Money | Steve Gill | 2023-09-15 |
Movie | John Wick: Chapter 4 | Harbinger | 2023-03-22 |
Movie | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022-02-19 |
Movie | Last Looks | Big Jim Cuddy | 2022-01-27 |
Movie | Twas The Night Before Spongemas | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2022-12-22 |
Series | Dexter: New Blood | Kurt Caldwell | 2021-11-07 |
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 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | The Mortuary Collection | Montgomery Dark | 2020-10-08 |
Movie | Promising Young Woman | Stanley | 2020-12-13 |
Movie | In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | 2020-10-06 |
Movie | Lady and the Tramp | Isaac (voice) | 2019-11-12 |
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 | Chappaquiddick | Robert McNamara | 2018-04-06 |
Movie | Supercon | Adam King | 2018-04-27 |
Series | 奇幻龙宝 | Captain Augustus Black | 2018-08-01 |
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 |
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 | 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 |
Series | Marvel's The Punisher | Major Schoonover | 2017-11-17 |
Movie | Stronger | Jeff Bauman Sr | 2017-09-22 |
Movie | Little Evil | Reverend J.D. Gospel | 2017-08-08 |
Movie | Hail, Caesar! | Gracchus | 2016-02-05 |
Series | Billions | Waylon 'Jock' Jeffcoat | 2016-01-17 |
Movie | Warcraft | Blackhand | 2016-05-25 |
Movie | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2015-01-28 |
Movie | Just Before I Go | Dad | 2015-04-24 |
Series | Marvel's Daredevil | Colonel Ray Schoonover | 2015-04-10 |
Movie | 99 Homes | Mr. Freeman | 2015-09-25 |
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 | Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Schurken im Paradies | Gorilla Grodd (voice) | 2014-04-06 |
Series | The Flash | General Wade Eiling | 2014-10-07 |
Series | Star Wars Rebels | Ryder Azadi (voice) | 2014-10-13 |
Movie | Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United | Taskmaster (voice) | 2014-07-29 |
Movie | Water & Power | Turnvil | 2014-05-02 |
Movie | Dark Minions | Drebnor (voice) | 2013-04-19 |
Movie | Lego Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2013-05-21 |
Movie | John Dies at the End | Dr. Albert Marconi | 2013-01-25 |
Series | Mickey Mouse | Pig Biker (voice) | 2013-06-28 |
Movie | Sparks | Archer | 2013-03-01 |
Movie | The Trials of Cate McCall | Brinkerhoff | 2013-11-28 |
Movie | Homefront | Sheriff Keith Rodriguez | 2013-11-12 |
Series | Rick and Morty | Risotto Groupon (voice) | 2013-12-02 |
Series | Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. | Red Hulk (voice) | 2013-08-11 |
Movie | Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | Self | 2013-10-23 |
Movie | Hellbenders | Angus | 2013-10-18 |
Series | Sleepy Hollow | Sheriff August Corbin | 2013-09-16 |
Movie | Nothing Left to Fear | Kingsman | 2013-09-26 |
Series | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man | Unknown | 2012-04-01 |
Movie | The Frontier | Jack Ramsay / Lamazee | 2012-01-01 |
Series | Gravity Falls | British Dog Man (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
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) | 2011-06-14 |
Series | ThunderCats | Unknown | 2011-07-29 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools | Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
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 | The Deep End | Hart Sterling | 2010-01-21 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand | Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice) | 2010-03-16 |
Series | G.I. Joe: Renegades | Unknown | 2010-11-26 |
Series | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Odin (voice) | 2010-10-20 |
Movie | A Nightmare on Elm Street | Alan Smith | 2010-04-30 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge | Mr. Krabs | 2010-07-13 |
Series | Wolverine and the X-Men | Unknown | 2009-01-23 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus | Patrick Star (voice) | 2009-01-27 |
Movie | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | 2009-07-14 | |
Movie | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2009-11-06 |
Movie | Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2009-09-29 |
Movie | The Informant! | Aubrey Daniel | 2009-09-18 |
Movie | SpongeBob vs. the Big One | Mr. Krabs, Big G, Fish #36 (voice) | 2009-04-17 |
Series | The Spectacular Spider-Man | George Stacy | 2008-03-08 |
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 | The Burrowers | John Clay | 2008-09-09 |
Movie | The Express | Roy Simmons | 2008-10-10 |
Series | El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | 2007-03-03 | |
Movie | Pathfinder | Gunnar | 2007-01-11 |
Movie | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Mr. Krabs | 2007-11-12 |
Series | The Riches | Unknown | 2007-03-12 |
Series | Phineas and Ferb | Unknown | 2007-08-17 |
Movie | The Guardian | Capt. William Hadley | 2006-09-28 |
Series | American Dragon: Jake Long | Unknown | 2005-01-21 |
Series | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Unknown | 2005-02-21 |
Series | American Dad! | Unknown | 2005-02-06 |
Series | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Unknown | 2005-05-30 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? | Eugene H. Krabs | 2005-11-11 |
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 | Justice League Unlimited | Lex Luthor / Guardians of the Universe | 2004-07-31 |
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 |
Series | The Batman | Unknown | 2004-09-11 |
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 | Cartoon Monsoon | Zookeeper (voice) | 2003-03-04 |
Series | Teen Titans | Unknown | 2003-07-19 |
Movie | Atlantis: Milo's Return | Volgud (voice) | 2003-02-25 |
Series | Carnivàle | Brother Justin | 2003-09-14 |
Series | Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | Policeman / Raymond | 2003-07-11 |
Movie | Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade | BoE Agent #1 (voice) | 2003-12-09 |
Series | All Grown Up! | Unknown | 2003-04-12 |
Movie | The Laramie Project | Rob Debree | 2002-01-10 |
Movie | Buckaroo Banzai Declassified | Self | 2002-01-04 |
Series | Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies | Eugene Krabs | 2002-03-12 |
Movie | Red Skies | Edgar Sterling | 2002-08-07 |
Movie | SpongeBob SquarePants - Sea Stories | Eugene Krabs | 2002-11-05 |
Series | Breaking News | Peter Kozyck | 2002-07-17 |
Series | Lloyd in Space | Officer Frank Horton (voice) | 2001-02-03 |
Movie | Recess: School's Out | Bald Guy (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
Series | The Zeta Project | Unknown | 2001-01-27 |
Series | Justice League | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2001-11-17 |
Series | Star Trek: Enterprise | Unknown | 2001-09-26 |
Movie | Snow White: The Fairest of Them All | The Granter of Wishes | 2001-10-28 |
Movie | Boss of Bosses | Andris Kurins | 2001-06-03 |
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 | 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 | The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1998-08-18 |
Movie | The Patron Saint of Liars | Son | 1998-04-05 |
Series | Voltron: The Third Dimension | Unknown | 1998-09-12 |
Series | The Powerpuff Girls | Unknown | 1998-11-18 |
Movie | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Akela the Wolf (voice) | 1998-09-28 |
Series | Extreme Ghostbusters | Unknown | 1997-09-01 |
Series | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
Series | The Practice | Unknown | 1997-03-04 |
Movie | Flubber | Smith | 1997-11-26 |
Movie | Starship Troopers | Career Sergeant Zim | 1997-11-07 |
Series | The Legend of Calamity Jane | Wild Bill Hickok (voice) | 1997-09-14 |
Movie | Annabelle's Wish | Lawyer / Sherriff (voice) | 1997-10-21 |
Series | Cow and Chicken | Unknown | 1997-09-16 |
Series | The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Movie | Gargoyles: The Heroes Awaken | Hakon (voice) | 1996-05-02 |
Movie | Radiant City | Al Goodman | 1996-03-31 |
Movie | Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Seige (voice) | 1996-09-06 |
Series | Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series | Siege (voice) | 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 |
Movie | Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-10 |
Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Lex Luthor | 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 | 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 | Cast a Deadly Spell | Harry Bordon | 1991-09-07 |
Series | Love, Lies and Murder | David Brown | 1991-02-17 |
Movie | Ambition | Albert Merrick | 1991-06-02 |
Movie | Blue Steel | Nick Mann | 1990-03-16 |
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 | Season of Fear | 1989-05-12 | |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Shoot to Kill | Steve | 1988-02-12 |
Movie | Moonwalker | Police Officer | 1988-10-29 |
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 |