1959-01-05 Urbana, Ohio, USA
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 series Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022), and Sal Maroni in The Penguin (2024). In animation, Brown has voiced Lex Luthor in the DC Animated Universe (1996–2006) and Mr. Krabs on SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present). His other animated roles include Long Feng in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2006) and Savage Opress in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2011–2013). He has also voiced video game characters such as Doctor Neo Cortex and Uka Uka in the Crash Bandicoot franchise (1997–2003) and Hank Anderson in Detroit: Become Human (2018). Clarence J. Brown III was born on January 5, 1959, in Urbana, Ohio, and had an older sister, Beth, who died in 1964. Their mother, Joyce Helen (née Eldridge), was a conductor, composer and concert pianist. The siblings' father, Clarence J. "Bud" Brown Jr., was a newspaper publisher who helped manage the Brown Publishing Company, the family-owned newspaper business started by Clancy's grandfather, Congressman Clarence J. Brown. From 1965 to 1983, Bud Brown also served as a congressman, in the same seat as his own father, and later as Chairman of the Board of Brown Publishing. The family continued to operate the business until 2010. Brown graduated from St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and Northwestern University. At St. Albans, Brown performed the role of Deputy Governor Thomas Danforth in The Crucible.
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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants | Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator | 2025-12-16 |
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Regretting You | Hank "Gramps" Adams Sr. | 2025-10-22 |
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FEEL | Sitter 4 | 2025-05-16 |
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Plankton: The Movie | Mr. Krabs / Pa Plankton (voice) | 2025-03-08 |
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SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2025-06-27 |
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Audrey's Children | Dr. C. Everett Koop | 2025-03-28 |
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In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 | Self | 2024-11-24 |
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Scrambled | Richard | 2024-02-02 |
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SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp | Mr. Krabs / Anchovies (voice) | 2024-10-10 |
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Poolman | Theodore Hollandaise | 2024-05-09 |
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The Fix | The Chairman | 2024-06-23 |
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Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | Mr. Krabs / Clyde / Neighbor #1 / Bottomite #2 / Bottomite Crowd (voice) | 2024-10-01 |
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Spongebob and Sandy’s Country Christmas | Mr. Krabs | 2024-11-19 |
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Dumb Money | Steve Gill | 2023-09-15 |
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John Wick: Chapter 4 | Harbinger | 2023-03-21 |
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The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Red Death / Daisy (voice) | 2023-07-21 |
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The Tidal Zone: SpongeBob Universe Special | Mr. Krabs / RoboKrabs | 2023-01-13 |
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In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022-02-19 |
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Last Looks | Big Jim Cuddy | 2022-01-27 |
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Twas The Night Before Spongemas | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2022-12-22 |
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Promising Young Woman | Stanley | 2020-12-13 |
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In Search of Darkness: Part II | Self | 2020-10-06 |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2020-08-14 |
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The Mortuary Collection | Montgomery Dark | 2020-09-25 |
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Lady and the Tramp | Isaac (voice) | 2019-11-12 |
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SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout | Mr. Krabs / Unhappy Guy / Manager / Mr. Slabs | 2019-07-11 |
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The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween | Mr. Ree (voice) | 2019-10-07 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs / Fish Man / Eyes (voice) | 2018-09-11 |
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MR. HORZEMEN | Mr. Horzemen (voice) | 2018-09-15 |
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Supercon | Adam King | 2018-04-27 |
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Chappaquiddick | Robert McNamara | 2018-04-06 |
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs | Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") | 2018-11-09 |
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Secret of the Sundrop | King Frederic | 2018-01-13 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom | Mr. Krabs / Fish Man/ Eyes (voice) | 2017-10-13 |
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Little Evil | Reverend J.D. Gospel | 2017-08-08 |
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Thor: Ragnarok | Surtur (voice) | 2017-10-02 |
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Stronger | Jeff Bauman Sr | 2017-09-22 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Side Story | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2017-03-01 |
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Tangled: Queen for a Day | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-11-19 |
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Tangled: Before Ever After | King Frederic (voice) | 2017-03-10 |
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Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder | Rahzar (voice) | 2017-03-21 |
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Warcraft | Blackhand | 2016-05-25 |
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SpongeBob LongPants | Mr. Krabs / Fish (voice) | 2016-09-07 |
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Hail, Caesar! | Gracchus | 2016-02-05 |
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Lucky Lady | Genie of the Glass Eye (voice) | 2015-05-29 |
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage | Dogpound (voice) | 2015-02-09 |
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2015-01-28 |
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Just Before I Go | Dad | 2015-04-24 |
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99 Homes | Mr. Freeman | 2015-09-25 |
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The Trip to Bountiful | Sheriff | 2014-03-08 |
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Robot Chicken DC Comics Special II: Villains in Paradise | Gorilla Grodd (voice) | 2014-04-06 |
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I Know That Voice | Self | 2014-01-07 |
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When the Game Stands Tall | Mickey Ryan | 2014-08-22 |
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Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United | Taskmaster (voice) | 2014-07-29 |
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Water & Power | Turnvil | 2014-05-02 |
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SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants | Mr. Krabs | 2014-01-14 |
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Homefront | Sheriff Keith Rodriguez | 2013-11-12 |
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John Dies at the End | Dr. Albert Marconi | 2013-01-25 |
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Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics | 2013-10-23 | |
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Dark Minions | Drebnor (voice) | 2013-04-19 |
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Hellbenders | Angus | 2013-10-18 |
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Sparks | Archer | 2013-03-01 |
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Nothing Left to Fear | Kingsman | 2013-09-26 |
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LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2013-05-21 |
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The Trials of Cate McCall | Brinkerhoff | 2013-11-28 |
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At Any Price | Jim Johnson | 2012-08-30 |
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It's a SpongeBob Christmas! | Mr. Krabs | 2012-10-20 |
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The Frontier | Jack Ramsay / Lamazee | 2012-01-01 |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Darth Maul Returns | Savage Opress / Human Bounty Hunter (voice) | 2012-09-11 |
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SpongeBob's Frozen Face-Off | Mr. Krabs | 2012-01-03 |
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The Penguins of Madagascar: Operation Blowhole | Buck Rockgut (voice) | 2012-01-10 |
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Thor: Tales of Asgard | Frost Giant (voice) | 2011-05-16 |
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Spongebob’s Runaway Roadtrip | Mr. Krabs | 2011-09-20 |
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Cowboys & Aliens | Meacham | 2011-07-29 |
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Green Lantern | Parallax (voice) | 2011-06-14 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghouls Fools | Mr. Krabs / Charlie (voice) | 2011-10-21 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongebob's Last Stand | Mr. Krabs, Ranger (voice) | 2010-03-16 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Triton's Revenge | Mr. Krabs | 2010-07-13 |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street | Alan Smith | 2010-04-30 |
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Nightsisters Trilogy | Savage Opress / Nightbrother #3 (voice) | 2010-12-06 |
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Spider-Man: Re-Animated | Self | 2009-05-05 |
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Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Self | 2009-07-14 |
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SpongeBob vs. the Big One | Mr. Krabs / Big G / Fish #36 (voice) | 2009-04-17 |
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The Informant! | Aubrey Daniel | 2009-09-18 |
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Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! | Santa Claus (voice) | 2009-12-07 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus | Patrick Star (voice) | 2009-01-27 |
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SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2009-11-06 |
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Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Lex Luthor (voice) | 2009-09-29 |
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The Twenty | John Simmonds | 2009-03-07 |
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Blank Slate | Agent Miles Mcavoy | 2008-09-09 |
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The Express | Roy Simmons | 2008-10-10 |
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The Spectacular Spider-Man: Attack of the Lizard | Alex O'Hirn/Rhino (voice) | 2008-09-09 |
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The Burrowers | John Clay | 2008-09-09 |
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Pathfinder | Gunnar | 2007-01-11 |
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SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Mr. Krabs | 2007-10-17 |
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The Guardian | Capt. William Hadley | 2006-09-28 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? | Eugene H. Krabs | 2005-11-15 |
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-11-19 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-11-02 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2004-01-06 |
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Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade | BoE Agent #1 (voice) | 2003-12-09 |
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Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast | Mr. Krabs (voice) | 2003-04-11 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash! | Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound) | 2003-01-28 |
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Normal | Frank | 2003-01-21 |
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Making 'Carnivàle': The Show Behind the Show | 2003-08-21 | |
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Spongebob Squarepants: Christmas | Mr. Krabs / Singer #4 | 2003-09-30 |
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Spongebob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies | Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive footage) | 2003-01-28 |
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The Making of Daniel Boone | Allan Kenton | 2003-02-09 |
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Atlantis: Milo's Return | Volgud (voice) | 2003-02-25 |
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The Laramie Project | Rob Debree | 2002-01-10 |
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Red Skies | Edgar Sterling | 2002-08-07 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween | Eugene Krabs | 2002-08-27 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories | Eugene Krabs (voice) (archive sound) | 2002-11-05 |
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Buckaroo Banzai Declassified | Self | 2002-01-04 |
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SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies | Eugene Krabs | 2002-03-12 |
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Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature | Self | 2001-09-08 |
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Snow White | The Granter of Wishes | 2001-10-28 |
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Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign | 2001-07-15 | |
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Recess: School's Out | Bald Guy (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
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Boss of Bosses | Andris Kurins | 2001-06-03 |
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Chump Change | The Man | 2000-01-01 |
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The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | Undertow (voice) | 2000-01-23 |
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Yesterday's Children | Doug Cole | 2000-10-15 |
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Vendetta | Chief Hennessy | 1999-09-12 |
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In the Company of Spies | Dale Beckham | 1999-10-24 |
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The Caseys | Pete Casey | 1999-12-31 |
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Claire Makes It Big | Frank | 1999-04-27 |
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The Hurricane | Lt. Jimmy Williams | 1999-09-17 |
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The Night of the Headless Horseman | Hessian Trooper | 1999-10-28 |
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The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Akela the Wolf (voice) | 1998-09-28 |
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The Patron Saint of Liars | Son | 1998-04-05 |
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The Batman/Superman Movie: World's Finest | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1997-10-04 |
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Starship Troopers | Career Sergeant Zim | 1997-11-07 |
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Annabelle's Wish | Lawyer / Sherriff (voice) | 1997-10-21 |
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Flubber | Smith | 1997-11-26 |
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Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off | Seige (voice) | 1997-04-08 |
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Superman: The Last Son of Krypton | Lex Luthor (voice) | 1996-09-10 |
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Radiant City | Al Goodman | 1996-03-31 |
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Female Perversions | John | 1996-11-21 |
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Donor Unknown | Nash Creed | 1995-11-01 |
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Dead Man Walking | State Trooper | 1995-12-29 |
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Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken | Hakon (voice) | 1995-02-15 |
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The Shawshank Redemption | Captain Byron T. Hadley | 1994-09-23 |
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Highlander III: The Sorcerer | The Kurgan (cameo) (archive footage) | 1994-11-29 |
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Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story | Dave Chattelier | 1993-01-18 |
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Bloodlines: Murder in the Family | Ben Guardino | 1993-03-01 |
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Last Light | Lt. Lionel McMannis | 1993-08-22 |
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Past Midnight | Steve Lundy | 1992-05-03 |
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Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation | Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) | 1992-07-13 |
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Pet Sematary II | Sheriff Gus Gilbert | 1992-08-28 |
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Cast a Deadly Spell | Harry Bordon | 1991-09-07 |
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Ambition | Albert Merrick | 1991-06-02 |
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Johnny Ryan | Johnny Ryan | 1990-07-29 |
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Blue Steel | Detective Nick Mann | 1990-03-16 |
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Waiting for the Light | Joe | 1990-06-14 |
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Season of Fear | Ward St. Clair | 1989-05-12 |
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Shoot to Kill | Steve | 1988-02-12 |
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Moonwalker | Police Officer (segment "Speed Demon") (uncredited) | 1988-10-29 |
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The Room Upstairs | Kevin | 1987-01-31 |
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Extreme Prejudice | Sgt. Larry McRose | 1987-04-24 |
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The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains | Flagg | 1987-10-31 |
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Corridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution | John Reed | 1987-10-07 |
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Highlander | Victor 'The Kurgan' Kruger | 1986-03-07 |
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Thunder Alley | Weasel | 1985-08-01 |
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The Bride | Viktor | 1985-08-16 |
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | Rawhide | 1984-08-10 |
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Bad Boys | Viking Lofgren | 1983-03-25 |
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The Addiction of Hope | ||
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A Question Of Loyalty | 1st Gestapo Man | |
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