Clancy Brown (Creator)

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There can be only one man with the secret formula of the Krabby Patty.

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, or a Magnificent Bastard.

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:

Badass Baritone: He has a very commanding, deep speaking voice, hence why he's so in-demand as a voice actor.
Evil Sounds Deep: One of the most prolific villain actors in the business.
Guttural Growler: His famous is incredibly deep and gravelly.
Ink-Suit Actor: Montross, Governor Azadi, Alec Ryder, and Lt. Hank Anderson all look like him.
Jerkass: He specializes in playing arrogant, sadistic, short-tempered and just overall deeply unpleasant people.
Money, Dear Boy: In spite of how gentle of a person he is, he's somewhat infamous for being expensive to get on board with a project. It's for this reason that he wasn't cast for many of the SpongeBob licensed games, he eventually stopped voicing Dr. Cortex, and he's usually seen on high-paying projects such as Detroit: Become Human and Thor: Ragnarok.
- Then again, sometimes its Awesome, Dear Boy. He famously took the entirely unpaid role of the Kurgan simply because he was intrigued by the film's unusual premise and the fact he could swordfight Sean Connery and win.
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.

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: Ragnarok^note
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"