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Clarence John "Clancy" Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor. Prolific in film and television since the 1980s, Brown is often cast in villainous and authoritative roles. His film roles include Rawhide in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), the Kurgan in Highlander (1986), Sheriff Gus Gilbert in Pet Sematary Two (1992), Capt. Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Sgt. Charles Zim in Starship Troopers (1997), Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), Stanley Thomas in Promising Young Woman (2020), and the Harbinger in John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023). On television, he has played Brother Justin Crowe on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005), Waylon "Jock" Jeffcoat on the Showtime series Billions (2018–2019, 2023), Kurt Caldwell on the Showtime series Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022), and Sal Maroni in The Penguin (2024). In animation, Brown has voiced Lex Luthor in the DC Animated Universe (1996–2006) and Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present). His other animated roles include Long Feng in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006) and Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011–2013). He has also voiced video game characters such as Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka in the Crash Bandicoot franchise (1997–2003) and Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human (2018). Clarence J. Brown III was born on January 5, 1959, in Urbana, Ohio, and had an older sister, Beth, who died in 1964. Their mother, Joyce Helen (née Eldridge), was a conductor, composer and concert pianist. The siblings' father, Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr., was a newspaper publisher who helped manage the Brown Publishing Company, the family-owned newspaper business started by Clancy's grandfather, Congressman Clarence J. Brown. From 1965 to 1983, Bud Brown also served as a congressman, in the same seat as his own father, and later as Chairman of the Board of Brown Publishing. The family continued to operate the business until 2010. Brown graduated from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and Northwestern University. At St. Albans, Brown performed the role of Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth in The Crucible.
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Charles Rhodes
for Charles Rhodes in Cordell: Supernatural Criminal Investigator (1992)
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In a world where both humans and supernatural beings co-exist. Former detective turned criminal investigator, Eric Cordell (Christian Slater) is looking into the case of the grisly murders that have been popping up left and right, similar to what happened to his twin brother prior when Eric was a detective that night. However, Supervisory Criminal Investigator, Charles Rhodes (Clancy Brown) brings in vampire FBI agent, Colette Newman (Heather Langenkamp) to work alongside Cordell on the case, while the two were analyzing evidence on the recent murders, Cordell stumbled into the ghost of the victim at the crime scene. Larry Thomas (Jim Varney), after giving information about his killer accompanies them to solve the case and catch the individual responsible for the murders, including Larry. However things turn serious when Eric realizes that the killings were done by the dream demon, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund). The same man that killed his brother. Unbeknownst to the three, inside the local sewers there's a chain of arms trafficking run by the werewolf crime boss, Xander Vexx (Denis Leary) who's been keeping an eye on the trio, thanks to the corrupt officials in the same work place that Cordell is a part of. Later on, Krueger stumbled into the crime boss when he killed one of his clients, who was one of his targets. The stakes grew higher when Vexx and Krueger compromised to work together against them, can the three stop the two villains once and for all?
