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This article is written from the Real World perspective Bruce Timm

Clancy Brown (born January 5, 1959 in Urbana, Ohio) is an American actor. He was the voice of Lex Luthor in the DCAU.

DCAU filmography[]

Superman: The Animated Series

Batman Beyond

The Zeta Project

Justice League

Justice League Unlimited

Background information[]

  • With an imposing height of 6 ft 3½ in tall (1.92 m) and his characteristic deep voice, Clancy Brown is often typecast in villain roles, and has gained a cult following for playing such villains as: the immortal Kurgan in the first Highlander film; Captain Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, and Rawhide in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension. Other memorable film roles include Viking Lofgren in the 1983 hit drama movie Bad Boys, and Career Sergeant Zim in Starship Troopers.
  • Brown has also had many guest appearances on various television shows including Star Trek: Enterprise and ER. He also had a recent appearance on Lost as Kelvin Inman, an American officer during Desert Storm, and former baseball player (and investment scam mark) Rudy Blue on The Riches. Starring roles include John Danzinger on Earth 2 and the sinister preacher Brother Justin Crowe for HBO's Carnivàle.
  • Outside of Lex Luthor, Brown is probably most recognizable as the voice of restaurant owner Eugene H. Krabs on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob Squarepants. Other animated roles include Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm; various dragons in Spyro the Dragon; the aggressive alien villain Gorrath in Megas XLR; and the Viking chieftain Hakon and his stuntman descendant Wolf on Disney's Gargoyles.
  • Clancy Brown originally auditioned for the part of Superman on Superman: The Animated Series, who was then asked to read for Lex Luthor instead.[1]
  • Brown reprised his role as Lex Luthor in the non-DCAU projects The Batman, the movie adaption of Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, and several Lego based DC video games.

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External links[]

  1. Men of Steel by Rob Allstetter - Wizard Magazine #59 (Jul. 1996)
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