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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.
The movie opens in the middle of space as debris and metal floats away. We see Hal Jordan and Alan Scott arrive to figure out what happened. Hal soon finds a specific part of the broken ship that belongs to the planet Ysmault. Once they get to this planet they go and talk to the ruler Atrocitus the Red Lantern who instead of talking with them about the ship he kills Alan Scott and Hal flies away. Once back on Oa Hal tells Killowag and Sinestro what happened which leads to another lantern war between the Green Lanterns and Red Lanterns. Later that day Hal is called to meet with the Guardians of the Universe who tell Hal that since he started the second war this month, he can stop it peacefully. Hal ends up getting partnered with a new young Green Lantern named John Stewert and the two of them head to Ysmault where they'll try and reason with Atrocitus. They manage to talk to him for a bit, but it ends with a huge fight. The fight goes on long with Atrocitus mostly winning but as he gets Hal to the ground John unlocks the full power of the ring and creates a room with unbreakable walls with his ring. After getting Atrocitus into a holding facility the Guardians of the Universe manage to reason with the Red Lanterns to stop the war.
