There can be only one man with the secret recipe of the Krabby Patty.
Clarence J. "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. Clancy 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.
- Ink-Suit Actor: Governor Azadi, Alec Ryder, and Lt. Hank Anderson all look like him.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: His deep voice and huge frame has led to a stellar career as a go-to villain. Nonetheless, he’s considered one of the nicest guys in Hollywood. Reportedly, he was vying for the title role Superman: The Animated Series when he was cast as Lex Luthor, leaving him to lament if he was ever going to get to play the good guy.
Acting Roles:
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Live-Action
- Viking in Bad Boys
- Roger Lassen in the Tales from the Crypt episode "Halfway Horrible"
- Gunnar in Pathfinder
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- General Wade Eiling in The Flash (2014)
- Colonel Schoonover in Daredevil and The Punisher
- Fire Demon Lord Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok
- Blackhand the Destroyer in WarCraft
- 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 in Promising Young Woman
Western Animation
- Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series (as well as Justice League, The Batman, and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies).note
- Mr. Freeze in The Batman
- Agent King Faraday in Young Justice.
- 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 The Mighty Ducks.
- Legion Ex Machina in Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
- Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants
- 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 the Mortal Kombat film.
- 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 ThunderCats (2011)
- Mister Sinister in Wolverine and the X-Men
- Wild Bill Hickock in The Legend of Calamity Jane
- Taskmaster in Ultimate Spider-Man
- Barkmeat in Catscratch
- The Nibiru Entity in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated
- Red Death in The Venture Bros.
- Chris Bradford/Dog Pound/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.
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 II: DC Superheroes
- Alec Ryder in Mass Effect: Andromeda
- Lt. Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human
