Clancy Brown began his acting career in Chicago theater and continued to perform on stage locally until he won the role of Viking, a nasty prison inmate, in the 1983 feature film Bad Boys starring Sean Penn. He has gone on to star in many motion pictures; among them is the Oscar^®  winning film  Promising Young Woman, the multiple Oscar^® nominated film The Shawshank Redemption, as well as John Wick 4, Chappaquiddick, Thor: Ragnarok, Cowboys and Aliens, The Guardian, Starship Troopers, Blue Steel, Shoot to Kill, Extreme Prejudice, and the cult classic Highlander.  

Some of Brown’s recent television credits include Dexter New Blood, playing Michael C. Hall’s nemesis, Kurt Caldwell, in what has become Showtime’s most watched show. Previously he starred in HBO’s Emmy^® award-winning series Carnivale, and the NBC series Earth 2. He has also had major recurring roles onBillions, The Goldbergs, Chicago P.D., Sleepy Hollow, and ER. He guest-starred as LBJ on the hit Netflix series The Crown and in the Star Wars universe he has played characters in six different productions.

Brown also has a prolific career as a voice actor. Just a few highlights are voicing “Mr. Krabs,” for the past 25 years in Nickelodeon’s iconic hit series SpongeBob SquarePants, as well as the SpongeBob feature film franchise. He is a fan-favorite in the DC Animation Universe for his portrayal of Lex Luthor and as the inimitable Detective Hank Anderson in Quantic Dream’s popular game Detroit: Become Human. The hit game surpasses 9 million copies sold. Most recently he has been heard on Amazon’s animated series, Invincible.

Next out for Brown is the new limited HBO Max series The Penguin where he portrays the D.C. character Salvatore Moroni opposite Colin Farrell.