Clancy Brown
Birthday:
5 January 1959, Urbana, Ohio, USA
Birth Name:
Clarence J. Brown III
Height:
189 cm
A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proved himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theater, 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 Republican c...
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A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, Clancy Brown has proved himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theater, 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 Republican congressman Clarence J. "Bud" Brown, Jr., who helped manage the Brown Publishing Company, the family-owned newspaper started by Clancy's grandfather, Congressman Clarence J. Brown. Clancy spent much of his youth in close proximity to Washington, D.C. He plied his dramatic talents in the Chicago theater scene before moving onto feature film with a sinister debut performance bullying Sean Penn inside a youth reformatory in Bad Boys (1983). He portrayed Viktor the Monster in the unusual spin on the classic Frankenstein story in The Bride (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 Extreme Prejudice (1987), another deranged killer in Shoot to Kill (1988) and a brutal prison guard, who eventually somewhat "befriends" wrongfully convicted banker Tim Robbins, in the moving The Shawshank Redemption (1994). His superb vocal talents were in demand, and he contributed voices to animated series, including Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (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: The Wrath of 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 SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) animated series and films, and he contributed voices to The Batman (2004), Jackie Chan Adventures (2000) and Justice League (2001) animated series. A popular and friendly personality, Clancy Brown continues to remain busy both through his vocal and acting talents in Hollywood. Show less «
[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 comp...Show more »
[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. Show less «
[on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)] I think it could have done well, but it got mixed up in one of those ...Show more »
[on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)] I think it could have done well, but it got mixed up in one of those Hollywood studio game things, where they all change places. Buckaroo Banzai was just so strange that nobody really knew how to approach it. It really is way ahead of its time. Show less «
All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well.
All the movies where I play nice guys don't seem to do very well.
I have a big voice so I do all the little boy cartoons.
I have a big voice so I do all the little boy cartoons.
It used to be that a son could look at the father, and pretty much know what life was gonna be like as an adult. There was confidence in tha...Show more »
It used to be that a son could look at the father, and pretty much know what life was gonna be like as an adult. There was confidence in that, and comfort in that, and frustration also. Show less «
If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a ver...Show more »
If it's something that reaches out and grabs me, I want to do it. I have a lot of trouble doing things that don't grab me. So, I'm not a very good actor in that way. I can't fake it. Show less «
Why should we change on stage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way...Show more »
Why should we change on stage? We're not trying to be something big and fancy, it's just us, doing what we do, we'd like to keep it that way. Show less «
When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know.
When you see something that's so excellent it can be intimidating to walk into it no matter how many people you know.
Whatever comes next for this generation, that's going to be the greatest voice.
Whatever comes next for this generation, that's going to be the greatest voice.
Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.
Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.
Can I, just one time, play the good guy?
Can I, just one time, play the good guy?
I would have had fun doing just about anything.
I would have had fun doing just about anything.
I am constantly amazed on every level at how lucky I am.
I am constantly amazed on every level at how lucky I am.
There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink.
There have been a couple of jobs I've done without thinking, without being engaged, and they just stink.
Clancy Brown's Photos
Victor Kruger
Capt. William Hadley
Meacham
Akela
Mr. Krabs
Smith
Mickey Ryan
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Aubrey Daniel
Gus Gilbert
Roy Simmons
Alan Smith
Gunnar
Undertow
Rawhide
'Viking' Lofgren
Parallax
Dr. Albert Marconi
Lex Luthor
Lt. Jimmy Williams
Lawyer
Blackhand
Sgt. Zim
John Clay
Archer
King Frederick
Rahzar
Silas
Captain Black
Savage Opress
General Wade Eiling
Reverend Gospel
Ellis West
Badlands Dan
Constable Myles
Sheriff August Corbin
Sergeant Linden Styles
Yakone
Tempus
Magnus
Kenko
District Attorney Fox
Demon Cat
Ryder Azadi
Nathaniel Essex
Captain George Stacy
Buck Rockgut
Sergeant
Red Hulk
Odin
Colonel Ray Schoonover
Brother Justin Crowe
Gen. Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross
Roger Lassen
King Faraday
Dark Dragon
Kelvin Inman
Rudy Blue
Surtur
Uatu the Watcher
Nibiru - Evil Entity, Hebediah Grim
McNamara
Zobral
King Frederic
Lex Luthor
Red Hulk, Taskmaster, Uatu the Watcher
General Wade Eiling
Lex Luthor, Guardian of Oa, The Flash, Vice President, Wally West
Colonel Ray Schoonover
Mr. Krabs, Customer #1, Customer #2, Fish #2, Customer, Dad, Fish, Fish #5, Guy, Male Customer...
