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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 with Batman, Martin Stein, and Ronald Raymond entering the Justice League Watchtower as all of the heroes gather for Batman's speech. Ronald asks why they're there but Batman doesn't say anything and goes up to the microphone. Just then Superman gets there and tells Batman that Darkseid's army is almost there. The Flash tells Batman that they should be preparing for doomsday but Batman tells him doomsday wont happen. All of the heroes start talking to each other about it until Batman tells everyone to be quiet. Superman asks why they should be listening to him, a human with no powers. Flash defends Batman but Batman says yes he is just a human and doesn't have powers but that makes him strong, the fact that he is there with nothing but he is still willing to fight alongside Gods to fight a God. He tells them that Darkseid is sending his nephew Steppenwolf to retrieve the 3 mother boxes and use them to find the Anti-Life Equation and they need to protect Earth at all costs. The movie climaxes with a huge battle between the League and Steppenwolf which ends in Superman taking all three boxes and hiding them while Flash and Green Lantern deliver the final blow to Steppenwolf. The movie ends with Darkseid telling Desaad that it is only a matter of time before he goes to Earth himself while the League celebrates their victory not knowing what is coming.
