Actor Biography

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 are the Oscar®-nominated film The Shawshank Redemption, as well as 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 television credits include HBO's Emmy® Award-winning series Carnivale, the NBC series Earth 2, the Emmy Award-nominated HBO movie Normal, as well as recurring roles on Billions, ABC's The Goldbergs and Schooled, Chicago P.D., Sleepy Hollow and ER.

Brown also has a prolific career as a voice actor and is celebrating 20 years of playing the role of Mr. Krabs on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.