User blog:ARTaylor/Clancy Brown Turns 60

Today is the sixtieth birthday of Clancy Brown. The actor rose to fame playing the villain Kurgan on Highlander. He later appeared in several prominent films such as playing the prison guard Byron Hadley in the Oscar nominated film The Shawshank Redemption and Charles Zim in Starship Troopers. No stranger to voice acting, most famously playing DC Comics villain Lex Luthor in numerous animated series, animated features, and video games, Mr. Krabs in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, and Trident on Teen Titans.

Marvel fans would recognize him as Frank Castle's former commanding officer Colonel Ray Schoonover on Daredevil and The Punisher as well as the fire demon Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok. He has played numerous roles on The Incredible Hulk, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, Wolverine and the X-Men, The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man & Captain America: Heroes United, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H..