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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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Zackary Gate/The Architect (Voice)
for Zackary Gate/The Architect (Voice) in The Legacy of the Dark Knight (2015)
Suggested by jeanpaulvalley

Immediately follows the previous film. After weakening the Dark Knight with many challenges... Bane won ! He broke the bat and he now intends to take full control of Gotham, now that Black Mask's empire is fragmented ! Sionis, disfigured by his fight with Red Hood, has not yet said his last word and hires many very dangerous mercenaries to get the skin of the old Robin. The latter, after his face to face with his former mentor, understands that he is probably misguided, that nothing good comes out of revenge, and decides to do what it takes to help. For his part, the Joker starts to sow chaos, in the company of his faithful new assistant, having been exposed to the same chemical bath as him and now calling herself Harley Quinn ! With all this, the GCPD and the rest of the Bat-family no longer know where to turn. However, Jean-Paul Valley decides to take on the Batman costume. While Bruce is somehow recovering from his defeat thanks to Alfred's care, the old Azrael decides to do him justice by going to arrest the man who left her like this... hoping he won't crossing the red line that his friend has never crossed.