X
Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
Clancy Brown Biography
Birth Name:
Clarence J. Bro
Birth Place:
Urbana, Ohio, United States
Profession
Actor, voice-overs
Fast Facts
- His father and grandfather served as U
- S
- Congressmen from Ohio
- Attended Northwestern University on a track scholarship as a discus thrower
- Made his film debut in 1983 as Viking Lofgren in Bad Boys, opposite a then-unknown Sean Penn
- Some of his best known roles include the Kurgan in Highlander, Captain Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption and Brother Justin Crowe in Carnivale
- Does extensive voice-over work, including Mr
- Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants
- In 2002, became chairman of the board of the Brown Publishing Company, the newspaper business started by his grandfather in 1920
- Has two children, a daughter and a son, with his wife Jeanne Johnson
Relationships
- Roy Brown -- Brother
- Clarence J. Brown Jr. -- Father
- Clarence J. Brown Sr. -- Grandfather
- Joyce Brown -- Mother
- Jeanne Johnson -- Wife