Clancy Brown

A tall, wavy-haired US actor with a deep, resonant voice, 'Clancy Brown' (qv) has proved himself a versatile performer with first-class contributions to theater, feature films, television series and even animation.Clarence J. Brown III was born in 1959 in Urbana, Ohio, to Joyce Helen (Eldridge), a concert pianist, conductor, and composer, and Republican congressman Clarence J. "Bud" Brown, Jr., who helped manage the Brown Publishing Company, the family-owned newspaper started by Clancy's grandfather, Congressman Clarence J. Brown. Clancy spent much of his youth in close proximity to Washington, D.C. He plied his dramatic talents in the Chicago theater scene before moving onto feature film with a sinister debut performance bullying 'Sean Penn' (qv) inside a youth reformatory in _Bad Boys (1983)_ (qv). He portrayed Viktor the Monster in the unusual spin on the classic Frankenstein story in _The Bride (1985)_ (qv), before scoring one of his best roles to date as the evil Kurgan hunting fellow immortals 'Christopher Lambert' (qv) and 'Sean Connery' (qv) across four centuries of time in _Highlander (1986)_ (qv).Brown played a corrupt American soldier in the 'Walter Hill' (qv)-directed hyper-violent action film _Extreme Prejudice (1987)_ (qv), another deranged killer in _Shoot to Kill (1988)_ (qv) and a brutal prison guard, who eventually somewhat "befriends" wrongfully convicted banker 'Tim Robbins' (qv), in the moving _The Shawshank Redemption (1994)_ (qv). His superb vocal talents were in demand, and he contributed voices to animated series, including _Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1995)_ (qv), _Street Sharks (1994)_ (qv), _Gargoyles (1994)_ (qv) and _Superman: The Animated Series (1996)_ (qv). Brown then landed two more plum roles, one as a "tough-as-nails" drill sergeant in the science fiction thriller _Starship Troopers (1997)_ (qv), and the other alongside 'Robin Williams' (qv) in the Disney comedy _Flubber (1997)_ (qv).The video gaming industry took notice of Clancy's vocal abilities, too, and he has contributed voices to several top selling video games, including _Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001)_ (qv), _Lands of Lore III (1999)_ (qv), _Star Wars: Bounty Hunter (2002)_ (qv) and _Crash Nitro Kart (2003)_ (qv). His voice is also the character of cranky crustacean Mr. Eugene H. Krabs in the highly successful _SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)_ (qv) animated series and films, and he contributed voices to _The Batman (2004)_ (qv), _Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)_ (qv) and _Justice League (2001)_ (qv) animated series. A popular and friendly personality, 'Clancy Brown' (qv) continues to remain busy both through his vocal and acting talents in Hollywood.::firehouse44@hotmail.com