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Clarence John "Clancy" Brown III (born January 5, 1959 in Urbana, Ohio) is an American screen and voice actor from Ohio. He is the go-to guy when you need a tough guy, Jerkass, Chessmaster, or a money hungry crab.
Brown's distinctive and versatile voice has given him a luxurious voice acting career, although you can still see him in a variety of smaller roles in live-action movies and television. Despite his reputation for playing The Heavy, Brown's coworkers have often cited him as the warmest, most kind-hearted, most sensitive guy on the planet.
Tropes:
- Evil Is Bigger: He plays a lot of villains and stands at an imposing 6'3.
- Evil Sounds Deep: One of the most prolific villain actors in the business.
- Evil Sounds Raspy: His famous voice is incredibly deep and gravelly.
- Gentle Giant: Clancy Brown is very tall, at 6'3, but despite often portraying villains, antagonists or amoral characters, he's a kind and sensitive man in real life.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Montross, Governor Azadi, Alec Ryder, and Lt. Hank Anderson all look like him. In the case of Azadi, he would later portray the character in live-action in the Sequel Series to Star Wars Rebels; Ahsoka.
- Jerkass: He specializes in playing arrogant, sadistic, short-tempered and just overall deeply unpleasant people.
- Large Ham: He can always be counted on to leave teeth marks in the scenery, especially when playing villains.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: He often portrays villains or amoral characters, but as described by his colleagues, he's a good man.
- Playing Against Type: On occasion, he will play good characters, most notably in Promising Young Woman where he plays a warm, loving father. By all accounts, such performances are much closer to his real personality.
- White Hair, Black Heart: His hair has gone completely white in his later years and he's still as good at playing villains as ever.
Acting Roles:
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Live-Action
- Viking in Bad Boys (1983)
- Roger Lassen in the Tales from the Crypt episode "Halfway Horrible"
- Gunnar in Pathfinder (2007)
- The Kurgan in Highlander
- Sgt. McRose in Extreme Prejudice
- Detective Nick Mann in Blue Steel
- Drill Sgt. Zim in Starship Troopers (Yes, he did the role in both live action and animated.)
- Smith in Flubber
- Brother Justin Crowe on Carnivàle
- Waylon "Jock" Jeffcoat on Billions
- Kelvin Joe Inman on Lost.
- Rawhide in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
- John Clay in The Burrowers
- Danziger on Earth 2.
- Alan Smith in A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
- Meacham in Cowboys & Aliens, in one of his rare turns as a good guy
- Dr. Marconi in John Dies at the End
- Guest star roles on series such as The Outer Limits (1995) and Leverage.
- Steve in Shoot to Kill
- Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption
- The Shawshank Redemption was not an easy shoot for Brown, due to the brutal character not only being the complete opposite of his own personality, but being cruel and sadistic in every scene. For this film he made no attempt whatsoever to stay in character between takes.
- Himself in I Know That Voice.
- Sheriff Corbin on Sleepy Hollow, a good guy and father figure to one of the leads
- General Wade Eiling in The Flash (2014)
- Colonel Ray Schoonover in Daredevil and The Punisher
- Voice of Fire Demon Lord Surtur in Thor: Ragnaroknote
- Blackhand the Destroyer in Warcraft (2016)
- Sheriff Gilbert in Pet Sematary Two
- Harry Bordon in Cast a Deadly Spell
- Burg in The Mandalorian
- Mr. Crosby in The Goldbergs
- Lyndon Johnson in The Crown (2016)
- Angus in Hellbenders
- Stanley Morris in Promising Young Woman, another one of his rare turns as a good guy.
- Zobral in the Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Desert Crossing"
- Viktor, the Monster in The Bride.
- The Harbinger in John Wick: Chapter 4, where he is an antagonist, but not a villain.
- Richard "Rich Brink" Brinkerhoff in Gen V
Western Animation
- Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series (as well as Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, The Batman, and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies).note
- Mr. Freeze in The Batman
- Agent King Faraday in Young Justice (2010).
- Long Feng in Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Yakone in The Legend of Korra.
- Gunmar the Black in Trollhunters
- Alexander Payne in Alpha Teens on Machines
- Cataclysm in the revival of Biker Mice from Mars
- Siege in Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series.
- Legion Ex Machina in Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
- Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The Sponge Bob Movie Sponge Out Of Water, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
- Otto in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!
- Captain Black, Ratso, Super Moose and assorted others in Jackie Chan Adventures.
- Sgt. Zim in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
- In what might have been a Casting Gag, he voiced Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, a role originated by Christopher Lambert in Mortal Kombat: The Movie.
- Rhino and Captain George Stacey in The Spectacular Spider-Man.
- Gorrath in Megas XLR.
- Quite a few characters in Phineas and Ferb, including Santa Claus in the Christmas Episode.
- And the Drill Sergeant.
- The Dungeon Cat in Adventure Time.
- The titular Goon in The Goon.
- Odin in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
- Hakon, Tomas Brod and Wolf in Gargoyles.
- The Dark Dragon in American Dragon: Jake Long
- Destro in G.I. Joe: Renegades
- Undertow in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
- Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Ryder Azadi in Star Wars Rebels
- Silas in Transformers: Prime
- Grune in Thunder Cats 2011
- Mister Sinister in Wolverine and the X-Men (2009)
- Wild Bill Hickock in The Legend of Calamity Jane
- Taskmaster in Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
- Barkmeat in Catscratch
- The Nibiru Entity in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Red Death in The Venture Bros.
- Chris Bradford/Dogpound/Rahzar in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
- Constable Miles on Sofia the First
- King Frederic in Tangled: The Series
- Red Hulk in Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. and Avengers Assemble
- Frankenstein on DuckTales (2017)
- Damien Darkblood and General Kregg on Invincible (2021)
- Quintus Prime on Transformers Earthspark
- TBA on Digman!
Video Games
- Baron Praxis in Jak II: Renegade
- Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka in the Crash Bandicoot series in the second game onwards until Crash Twinsanity
- Montross in Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
- Hades in God of War III
- Navy Seals Announcer in Call of Duty: Black Ops II
- Young Thrall in the cancelled Warcraft game Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans
- Rhombus in Fallout
- Lex Luthor in LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes, LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, and LEGO DC Super-Villains
- Alec Ryder in Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Lt. Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human
- Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge, Sponge Bob Square Pants Employee Of The Month, SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, The Sponge Bob Movie Game, SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!, SpongeBob SquarePants: Plankton's Robotic Revenge, SpongeBob HeroPants, and SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake. note
