Biography
The son of a former US Congressman, prolific performer Clancy Brown began his career with a menacing portrayal of Viking Lofgren, a nemesis to Sean Penn, in "Bad Boys" (1983) and, partly because of his height and hulking presence, made his reputation alternating between heavies and law officers in movies like "Highlander" (1985), "Shoot to Kill" (1988) and "Blue Steel" (1990). Both 1990's "Waiting for the Light", which cast him as a laconic …
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Career Milestones
| Became an active member of Chicago Dramatists Workshop, a laboratory for original productions by its members | ||
| Worked in local Chicago theater | ||
1983 | Film debut, "Bad Boys", starring Sean Penn | |
1985 | Received good reviews as Viktor, Dr Frankenstein's male monster, in the disappointing remake, "The Bride" | |
1986 | Provided a terrifying opponent for Christopher Lambert in "Highlander" | |
1987 | TV-movie debut, "The Room Upstairs" (CBS) | |
1988 | Portrayed Tom Berenger and Sidney Poitier's mountain-climbing nemesis in "Shoot to Kill" | |
1990 | Acted the part of Jamie Lee Curtis' love interest in "Blue Steel" | |
1992 | Offered a supporting turn as Natasha Richardson's protective co-worker and ex-lover in "Past Midnight", a theatrical film which debuted on the USA Network | |
1992 | Was a hoot as the resurrected sheriff in the mean-spirited, gruesome "Pet Sematary II" | |
1994 | Delivered a memorable turn as sadistic prison guard Captain Hadley in "The Shawshank Redemption", starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman | |
1994 | Had regular role as John Danziger in short-lived NBC sci-fi series "Earth 2" | |
1994 | Voiced the recurring character of Hakon in the syndicated animated series "Gargoyles" | |
1995 | Reteamed with Robbins (this time as director-screenwriter) and Sean Penn for "Dead Man Walking", playing a state trooper | |
1996 | Provided the voice of Lex Luther in The WB's animated series "Superman" | |
1997 | Co-starred as Sergeant Zim in "Starship Troopers" | |
1997 | Played recurring role of Dr. Ellis West on the hit NBC medical drama "ER" | |
1998 | Starred opposite Dana Delaney (voice of Lois Lane in animated "Superman") in CBS movie "The Patron Saint of Liars" | |
1999 | Cast as a prison guard in the biopic "The Hurricane", starring Denzel Washington | |
2002 | Starred in the HBO movie "The Laramie Project" about the murder of Matthew Shepard | |
2003 | Cast as Brother Justin Crowe in the HBO series "Carnivàle" | |
2004 | Played Mr. Krabs in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" based on the Nickelodeon animated series | |
2006 | Played a Coast Guard commander and a friend of Kevin Costner's in "The Guardian" | |
2007 | Cast with Karl Urban in the Viking film "Pathfinder" | |