
Age: 67
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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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Gen. Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross
for Gen. Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross in Hulk: Reign Of Monsters
Suggested by gibsong

Bruce Banner was staying with his cousin Jennifer Walters laying low. Ross chose one of his soldiers Emil Blonsky to participate in an experiment that would give him the strength of the Hulk. Bruce kept Betty in the dark not wanting to endanger her. Bruce worked on trying to communicate with the Hulk through his mind but he was having little progress. Blonsky turned into the Abomination and attacked Las Vegas where Ross suspected Bruce was. The Hulk returned fighting off The Abomination. Betty Ross was caught in the crossfire almost dying but Hulk managed to save her. She was critically injured though and this sent Hulk into a rage unlike anyone had seen before. Samson managed to calm Bruce down and he sent Betty to hospital. Bruce developed another personality known as Joe Fixit a tough as nails gangster. Bruce and Joe decided they needed to work together to kill Ross for good. They attacked his base and Bruce confronted Ross asking why Ross hated him so much when he knew he couldn’t control his actions. The Abomination attacked Bruce but The Hulk killed him in front of Rick. Rick went to Samson for therapy because of what he saw. Bruce had managed to gain more control of the Hulk and he decided to let Joe take over his body. Joe moved back into Las Vegas starting a new life.