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Clancy Brown(I)

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A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proven himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theatre, feature films, television series and even animation.

Clarence J. Brown III was born in 1959 in Urbana, Ohio, to Joyce Helen (Eldridge), a concert pianist, conductor, and composer, and Clarence J. "Bud" Brown, Jr., who helped manage the Brown Publishing Company, the family-owned newspaper started by Clancy's grandfather, Clarence J. Brown. Clancy's father and grandfather were also Republican congressmen from the same Ohio district, and Clancy spent much of his youth in close proximity to Washington, D.C. He plied his dramatic talents in the Chicago theatre scene before moving onto feature film with a sinister debut performance bullying Sean Penn inside a youth reformatory in Bad Boys: Les Mauvais Garçons (1983). He portrayed Viktor the Monster in the unusual spin on the classic Frankenstein story in La promise (1985), before scoring one of his best roles to date as the evil Kurgan hunting fellow immortals Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery across four centuries of time in Highlander (1986).

Brown played a corrupt American soldier in the Walter Hill-directed hyper-violent action film Extrême préjudice (1987), another deranged killer in Randonnée pour un tueur (1988) and a brutal prison guard, who eventually somewhat "befriends" wrongfully convicted banker Tim Robbins, in the moving Les Évadés (1994). His superb vocal talents were in demand, and he contributed voices to animated series, including Mortal Kombat: Les Gardiens du royaume (1995), Street Sharks (1994), Gargoyles (1994) and Superman (1996). Brown then landed two more plum roles, one as a "tough-as-nails" drill sergeant in the science fiction thriller Starship Troopers (1997), and the other alongside Robin Williams in the Disney comedy Flubber (1997).

The video gaming industry took notice of Clancy's vocal abilities, too, and he has contributed voices to several top selling video games, including Crash Bandicoot: La vengeance de Cortex (2001), Lands of Lore III (1999), Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002) and Crash Nitro Kart (2003). His voice is also the character of cranky crustacean Mr. Eugene H. Krabs in the highly successful Bob l'éponge (1999) animated series and films, and he contributed voices to Batman (2004), Jackie Chan (2000) and La Ligue des justiciers (2001) animated series. A popular and friendly personality, Clancy Brown continues to remain busy both through his vocal and acting talents in Hollywood.
BornJanuary 5, 1959
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    Known for

    Tim Robbins in Les Évadés (1994)
    Les Évadés
    9.3
    • Captain Hadley
    • 1994
    Starship Troopers (1997)
    Starship Troopers
    7.3
    • Sgt. Zim
    • 1997
    Jeff Goldblum, Anthony Hopkins, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Hiddleston, Chris Hemsworth, and Tessa Thompson in Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
    Thor: Ragnarok
    7.9
    • Surtur(voice)
    • 2017
    Jackie Earle Haley in Freddy : Les Griffes de la nuit (2010)
    Freddy : Les Griffes de la nuit
    5.2
    • Alan Smith
    • 2010

    Credits

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    Actor



    • Regretting You
      • Post-production
      • 2025
    • Bob l'éponge le film: à la recherche de Squarepants
      • Mr. Krabs (voice)
      • In Production
      • 2025
    • The Addiction of Hope
      • Riz
      • Completed
    • Kent State
      • Pre-production



    • Clancy Brown, Lori Alan, Rodger Bumpass, Mary Jo Catlett, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, and Jill Talley in Bob l'éponge (1999)
      Bob l'éponge
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Mr. Krabs
      • Boys
      • Beach Goers ...
      • 1999–2025
    • Linda Hamilton, Alan Tudyk, Elizabeth Bowen, Meredith Garretson, Corey Reynolds, Sara Tomko, Levi Fiehler, Alice Wetterlund, and Judah Prehn in Resident Alien (2021)
      Resident Alien
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Mantid (voice)
      • 2024–2025
    • David Duchovny, Clancy Brown, Justine Bateman, Rae Dawn Chong, Ernie Hudson, Robert Patrick, Alan Ruck, Noah Wyle, Steve Agee, Rob Benedict, Bre Blair, Erika Christensen, Aimee Graham, Aleksa Palladino, Rain Phoenix, Alan Sereboff, Angela Sarafyan, Liana Liberato, Matthew Weiner, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Mike Relm in FEEL (2025)
      FEEL
      • Sitter 4
      • 2025
    • Les Green à Big City (2018)
      Les Green à Big City
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Chocolate Santa (voice)
      • 2025
    • Good Cop/Bad Cop (2025)
      Good Cop/Bad Cop
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Big Hank Hickman
      • 2025
    • Steven Yeun in Invincible (2021)
      Invincible
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Darkblood
      • Ka-Hor
      • General Kregg (voice) ...
      • 2021–2025
    • Lori Alan, Mary Jo Catlett, Tom Kenny, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence, and Jill Talley in Plankton : Le film (2025)
      Plankton : Le film
      5.3
      • Mr. Krabs
      • Pa Plankton (voice)
      • 2025
    • Bill Fagerbakke in The Patrick Star Show (2021)
      The Patrick Star Show
      3.6
      TV Series
      • Mr. Krabs
      • Audience
      • Kids (voice) ...
      • 2021–2024
    • Invincible Fight Girl (2024)
      Invincible Fight Girl
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Mega (voice)
      • 2024
    • Colin Farrell in The Penguin (2024)
      The Penguin
      8.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Salvatore Maroni
      • 2024
    • Kreepaway Kamp (2024)
      Kreepaway Kamp
      5.7
      TV Special
      • Mr. Krabs
      • Anchovies (voice)
      • 2024
    • SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game (2024)
      SpongeBob SquarePants: The Patrick Star Game
      6.4
      Video Game
      • Mr. Krabs (voice)
      • 2024
    • Clancy Brown and Kellen Goff in Funko Fusion (2024)
      Funko Fusion
      6.7
      Video Game
      • Eddy Funko (voice)
      • 2024
    • Dan Stevens, Mary Mack, Thomas Middleditch, and Sean Giambrone in Solar Opposites (2020)
      Solar Opposites
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Gavin
      • Judge
      • Cromus (voice)
      • 2022–2024
    • Clancy Brown, Lori Alan, Rodger Bumpass, Mary Jo Catlett, Bill Fagerbakke, Tom Kenny, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mr. Lawrence in Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021)
      Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
      3.6
      TV Series
      • Mr. Krabs
      • Campers
      • Anchovies (voice) ...
      • 2021–2024

    Producer



    • Clancy Brown, Caitlin Custer, and Christine Kilmer in The Mortuary Collection (2019)
      The Mortuary Collection
      6.4
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • The Perverts
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • The Making of Daniel Boone (2003)
      The Making of Daniel Boone
      8.0
      • executive producer
      • 2003

    Additional Crew



    • Moderated by Matt (2022)
      Moderated by Matt
      7.6
      TV Series
      • self
      • 2025

    Videos140

    Tonight at 10|9c on ABC
    Clip 9:04
    Tonight at 10|9c on ABC
    Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
    Clip 0:57
    Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
    Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
    Clip 0:57
    Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
    Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
    Clip 0:58
    Flubber: 15th Anniversary Edition
    Homefront
    Clip 0:48
    Homefront
    The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
    Clip 1:52
    The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
    The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
    Clip 1:45
    The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 1.91 m
    • Born
      • January 5, 1959
      • Urbana, Ohio, USA
    • Spouse
      • Jeanne JohnsonJune 26, 1993 - present (2 children)
    • Children
        Rose Beth Brown
    • Parents
        Joyce Helen Eldridge
    • Relatives
        Congressman Clarence J. Brown(Grandparent)
    • Other works
      TV commercial for Honda Ridgeline truck (voiceover).
    • Publicity listings
      • 3 Interviews
      • 2 Magazine Cover Photos

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In 1999, he spearheaded a charity campaign to raise funds for J. Madison Wright, the young girl who played his screen daughter on the television series Earth 2 (1994). Madison, then aged 15, had developed cardiomyopathy and was in dire need of a heart transplant, a very costly operation which exceeded her family's lifetime health insurance policy. Clancy offered to assist the Wrights in their plight. He also bought young Madison a laptop computer for Christmas in 1999. Tragically, Madison died seven years later, in July 2006, of a heart attack.
    • Quotes
      [on the making of Highlander (1986)] For the scene we did in the church there could have been a wonderful dialogue - "God, this doesn't compare to the Greek Orthodox Church", or "I liked it better when they did it in Latin", or any type of thing. There's all sorts of twists that could have been done. I like the little twists like that because they make the audience think. "Highlander" still has its action and everything, but that's really all we went for here, the good guy/bad guy, cops-and-robbers type of thing.
    • Trademarks
        Deep commanding voice

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    • How old is Clancy Brown?
      66 years old
    • When was Clancy Brown born?
      January 5, 1959
    • Where was Clancy Brown born?
      Urbana, Ohio, USA
    • What is Clancy Brown's birth name?
      Clarence John Brown III
    • How tall is Clancy Brown?
      6 feet 3 inches, or 1.91 meters

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