Clancy Brown

Acting · Born 1959-01-05 in Urbana, Ohio, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• The Shawshank Redemption as Captain Byron T. Hadley
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder as Rahzar (voice)
• Starship Troopers as Career Sergeant Zim
• Pathfinder as Gunnar
• Pet Sematary II as Sheriff Gus Gilbert
• The Guardian as Capt. William Hadley
• Extreme Prejudice as Sgt. Larry McRose
• Superman/Batman: Public Enemies as Lex Luthor (voice)
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension as Rawhide
• The Informant! as Aubrey Daniel