ACTOR

Clancy Brown

1959 - Today

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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 Viking Lofgren in Bad Boys (1983), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Clancy Brown has received more than 10,873,367 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Clancy Brown is the 1,406th most popular actor (up from 1,606th in 2019), the 2,411th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,754th in 2019) and the 657th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Clancy Browns by language

Over the past year Clancy Brown has had the most page views in the with 1,759,669 views, followed by German (144,074), and Russian (105,535). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Kazakh (889.74%), Latvian (277.64%), and Simple English (192.12%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Clancy Brown ranks 1,406 out of 13,578. Before him are Broncho Billy Anderson, Isa Miranda, Wolf Albach-Retty, Chris Evans, François-Joseph Talma, and Bill Duke. After him are Joaquim de Almeida, Masako Nozawa, Najwa Nimri, Shadia, DeForest Kelley, and Martin Freeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Clancy Brown ranks 76. Before him are Patricia Clarkson, Linda Blair, Wim Hof, Rupert Everett, Allison Janney, and Juha Kankkunen. After him are Nimr al-Nimr, László Kövér, Xiomara Castro, Richie Sambora, Guy Parmelin, and Boyko Borisov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clancy Brown ranks 2,411 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Fink (1952), Asa Akira (1986), Bill Duke (1943), Voltairine de Cleyre (1866), Alexander Haig (1924), and John Frusciante (1970). After him are Platt Adams (1885), DeForest Kelley (1920), Will Ferrell (1967), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), and Ken Block (1967).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Clancy Brown ranks 657. Before him are Don Cheadle (1964), Sam Rockwell (1968), Katey Sagal (1954), Broncho Billy Anderson (1880), Chris Evans (1981), and Bill Duke (1943). After him are DeForest Kelley (1920), Will Ferrell (1967), Craig T. Nelson (1944), Jon Favreau (1966), Joan Bennett (1910), and Tony Sirico (1942).

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Television and Movie Roles

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Mr. Krabs (voice)
There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.
Nov 14o 20047.005 / 10
Thor: Ragnarok
Surtur (voice)
Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end of Asgardian civilization, at the hands of a powerful new threat, the ruthless Hela.
Oct 2o 20177.594 / 10
The Shawshank Redemption
Captain Byron T. Hadley
Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Sep 23o 19948.707 / 10