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Mar 7, 1986 · Clancy Brown plays the main villain, Kurgan, in this action fantasy film about immortal swordsmen. He challenges the hero, Connor MacLeod, to a deadly duel and says "There can be only one!"
- (143K)
- Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- Russell Mulcahy
- 1986-03-07
The Kurgan is a fictional character from the first Highlander film. He is portrayed by Clancy Brown. He is an Immortal, the main antagonist to Connor MacLeod in Highlander, and the latter's ultimate opponent in the Gathering. The Kurgan's life story is fleshed out in several Highlander spin-offs in various media.
- 970 BC
- Highlander
- October 6, 1005 BC, Russia
- Clancy Brown
Brown is known for his role as the Kurgan in the 1986 film Highlander, his role as Captain Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, Rawhide in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Frankenstein's monster in The Bride (1985), Army mercenary Larry McRose in Extreme Prejudice, the role of a band manager in Thunder ...
YearTitleRoleNotes2023YedwardEpisode: "Fear of GAWD"2022–2023Quintus Prime5 episodes2022–2023Cromus2 episodes2022The ExoditeKelseth the Exodite2 episodesClancy Brown in 2011. The Kurgan was originally called "The Knight" in the first draft of the original movie (written by Gregory Widen), and was more of a cold-blooded killer than a savage. Clancy Brown nearly turned down the role of The Kurgan, concerned that his allergy to makeup would prevent him from wearing the prosthetic required late in ...
He portrayed Viktor the Monster in the unusual spin on the classic Frankenstein story in The Bride (1985), before scoring one of his best roles to date as the evil Kurgan hunting fellow immortals Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery across four centuries of time in Highlander (1986). Brown played a corrupt American soldier in the Walter Hill ...
- January 1, 1
- 1.91 m
- Urbana, Ohio, USA
Kurgan is the main antagonist of the fantasy action film Highlander, played by Clancy Brown. He is a powerful and ruthless immortal who seeks to kill the protagonist Connor MacLeod and become the new leader of the immortals.
