![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: January 5, 1959 in Urbana, OH Biography:A tall, intense, hulking actor who was a natural to play Frankenstein's monster in "The Bride" (1985), "Clancy Brown" has utilized his naturally menacing exterior for a career's worth of villainous roles, most notably in films such as "Highlander" and "The Shawshank Redemption". With good looks that could be described as somewhat Neanderthal in nature, he has also found the occasional sympathetic portrayal, and been equal to the task of acting it. "Clancy Brown" was born on January 5, 1959, in Urbana, OH, the son of a newspaperman-turned-U.S. congressman. He was raised in both Urbana and Washington, D.C., and claims to have been introduced to acting by a neighbor who got him into Shakespeare at a young age. "Brown" acted in high school and during his teenage summers before enrolling at Northwestern University on a track scholarship as a discus hurler. He graduated with a degree in speech and went on to... Full Biography
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