
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.

Clancy Brown

General Wade Eilling
for General Wade Eilling in Waller (Season One)
Suggested by raulrubio93

Following the fallout of a major political scandal, a shrewd and ruthless operative uses her influence to orchestrate covert missions that balance global security with her own hidden agenda. She manipulates a web of powerful allies and reluctant assets, including scientists, assassins, and metahumans, to carry out her directives. As she unravels a conspiracy threatening to destabilize the world, her past connections and moral compromises surface, testing her resolve and tightening the noose around her secret operations. The tension rises when an enigmatic figure emerges, tied to the mysterious disappearance of a key hero during a cataclysmic event. This discovery draws her into a conflict where her carefully constructed power is tested by forces beyond her control. While keeping the chaos contained, she must decide how far she will go to safeguard her power and humanity’s fragile balance. Mid Credits: A confidential report reveals the return of a long-missing hero, with the operative’s name tied to their disappearance, raising unsettling questions. Post Credits: A shadowy figure meets with an unseen council, dropping a cryptic reference to “Crisis,” hinting at an escalating multiversal threat.