Age: 67
male
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.
Clancy Brown
Dr. Raymond Cocteau
for Dr. Raymond Cocteau in Demolition Man
Suggested by darksith
It's 2030. Life in Los Angeles is like hell. Chaos, lawlessness and crime have triumphed over decency and order. One of the toughest and most successful police officers is Sergeant John Spartan, who in three years on the force has caught a thousand criminals. He was aptly nicknamed Demolition Man for his demolition methods. But just as he decides to take out the cynical killer Simon Phoenix, a building explodes with three dozen hostages. Since no one knows that the hostages were already dead when the explosion occurred, John Spartan is sentenced to 70 years of cryo-prison, just like Phoenix. The year is 2055. Life in the megalopolis of San Angeles resembles paradise. Decency and order have triumphed over crime and chaos. There hasn't been a murder in over fifteen years, and a firearm can only be seen in a museum. Society has also changed. is exclusively non-contact, there are fines for bad language, people avoid physical contact and are polite at all times. They don't salt, pepper, eat meat and generally live very healthy lives. And into such a world is thawed the psychopath Simon Phoenix. The softened police officers, who have long since gotten used to dealing with crime, can't handle him, so they need to find someone who can. There's only one - John Spartan. But even he's on ice. So, by order of the police department, he's called back to life.
