Clancy Brown
Clarence John Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his work as the Kurgan in Highlander (1986), Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Sgt. Zim in Starship Troopers (1997), Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Brother Justin Crowe on the HBO series Carnivàle (2003–2005). He has also provided voices for Lex Luthor, beginning with Superman: The Animated Series (1996–2000), Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka in the Crash Bandicoot video games (1997–2003), Hades in God of War III (2010), Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Lt. Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human (2018).
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| Full name at birth | Clarence J. Brown III
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| Claim to fame | Highlander, Mr. Krabs of SpongeBob SquarePants
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| Date of birth | 5 January 1959
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| Place of birth | Urbana, Ohio, USA
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| Occupation | Actor
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| Height | 6' 3½" (192 cm)
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| Distinctive feature | Eyes, Nose
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| Net worth | $3,000,000 USD
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| High school | St. Albans School
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| University | Northwestern University
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- For Highlander (1986), he said that he made a lifelong friend in Bob Anderson, the swordmaster for that film as well as the "Star Wars" trilogy. He said if he hadn't been an actor, he would have been (in order) a fireman, an aristocrat, an archaeologist/anthropologist, a scuba diver, and a circus acrobat.
- Originally auditioned for the role of Superman/Clark Kent on Bruce W. Timm's "Superman" (1996) The Animated Series, but Timm felt his voice was better suited to Lex Luthor, bringing the arch villain a smooth combination of menacing brute and charming manipulator. Tim Daly was then cast as Superman/Clark Kent instead.
- In 1999 he spearheaded a charity campaign to raise funds for J. Madison Wright, the young girl who played his screen daughter in the TV show "Earth 2" (1994). Madison, then aged 15, had developed cardiomyopathy and was in dire need of a heart transplant, a very costly operation which exceeded her family's lifetime health insurance policy. Clancy offered to assist the Wrights in their plight. He also bought young Madison a laptop computer for Christmas in 1999. Tragically, Madison died seven years later, in July 2006, of a heart attack.
- Due to his role of Kurgan in Highlander (1986), his voice was featured on the Queen song "Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme)". An alternate version appeared in the film itself, but samples of his voice are included on the 1986 studio album "A Kind of Magic".
- Is a patron of the Beth Brown Memorial Fund, a scholarship programme designed to assist poorer students who wish to study in the field of paediatric healthcare. The charity is in honour of his elder sister who died in childhood of leukaemia in 1964. It has since expanded to also offer the Clarence J. Brown Scholarship for students interested in pursuing careers in government and public service as well as the Robert Townsley Scholarship for students of journalism.
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