W. Earl Brown
Born: 1963-09-07 in Murray, Kentucky, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
William Earl Brown (born September 7, 1963) is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and songwriter. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Kenny in the film Scream (1996), Warren in the film There's Something About Mary (1998), Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood (2004–2006), and the voice and motion capture of Bill in the video game The Last of Us (2013). He has appeared in films such as Backdraft, The Master, Being John Malkovich, The Sessions, Vanilla Sky, The Lone Ranger, and Bloodworth (which he also wrote and produced), as well as series such as Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, C.S.I., C.S.I. Miami, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, Preacher, Bates Motel, True Detective, American Horror Story, Chicago Fire, and The Mandalorian.
Filmography
2025
- Sheriff Country as Wes
2024
- Shirley as George Wallace
- The Dead Don't Hurt as Alan Kendall
2023
- Hello Tomorrow! as Big Fred
- Paul T. Goldman as Royce Rocco
2022
- Fire Country as Wes Fox
2021
- Hacks as Michael
- The Book of Boba Fett as Weequay Proprietor
- The Ghost and Molly McGee as Lord Doom (voice)
- The Unforgivable as Mac Whelan
- No Man of God as Warden Wilkenson
- American Sausage Standoff as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
2019
- The Mandalorian as Weequay Proprietor
- The Highwaymen as Ivy Methvin
- Deadwood: The Movie as Dan Dority
- Reprisal as Witt
- I Lost My Mother's Ashes as Mortician
2018
- Yellowstone as Deputy Spears
- Dad Band as Jimbo
2017
- Superstition as The Dredge
- The Legend of 420 as Himself
2015
- American Crime as Tom Carlin
- Black Mass as John Martorano
- Wicked City as Captain Dan Wilkinson
2014
- True Detective as Detective Teague Dixon
- Draft Day as Ralph Mowry
- Chasing Ghosts as Roger Simons
- Wild as Frank
2013
- Bates Motel as Keith Summers
- The Lone Ranger as Mustached Ranger
- Rectify as The Stranger
- Beneath the Harvest Sky as Roger Cyr
- A Single Shot as Puffy
- Brother's Keeper as Turner Monroe
- The Sixth Gun as General Oliander Hume
- Alice in Chains: AIC 23 as Alan Poole McLard
- Grounded: Making The Last of Us as Self
2012
- Chicago Fire as Dave Bloom
- Longmire as R.J. Watts
- Perception as Frank Prentice
- The Master as Fighting Businessman
- The Sessions as Rod
- Blue-Eyed Butcher as Thomas Dean
2011
- American Horror Story as Phil Critter
- Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
- Scream: The Inside Story as Self
2010
- Justified as Cal Wallace
- Bloodworth as Brady Bloodworth
- Miami Medical
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as Matthew
- Pickin' and Grinnin' as Parson
2008
- The Mentalist as Rulon Farnes
- 1% as Sailor
2007
- Burn Notice as Zechariah
2006
- Psych as Dwayne Tancana
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Herb Cramer
- Numb3rs as Abner Stone
- Kids in America as Boss McGinn
- The Big White as Jimbo
2004
- Deadwood as Dan Dority
- Killer Diller as Holister
- The Last Shot as Willie Gratzo
- The Alamo as David Burnet
2003
- Cold Case as Victor Lake
- Dunsmore as Ronny Roy Pritcher
- Pauly Shore Is Dead as Bucky From Kentucky
2002
- CSI: Miami as Jesse Kramer
- Push, Nevada
2001
- Six Feet Under as Pete
- Vanilla Sky as Barman
- Sugar & Spice as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
- Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Bobby
- Wolf Lake as Bruce Cates
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
- Lost Souls as William Kelson
- FreakyLinks
- Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back as Meat Loaf
1999
- Angel as Menlo
- Being John Malkovich as First J.M. Inc. Customer
1998
- Charmed as Shadow / Warlock
- Martial Law
- There's Something About Mary as Warren Jensen
- Deep Impact as McCloud (uncredited)
1997
- Smart Guy as Sonny
- Kiss the Girls as Locksmith
- Bella Mafia as Fredrico Luciano
1996
- Scream as Kenny Brown
- Profiler as Raymond Boudreaux
- Project: ALF as Ernie
- Wiseguy as Dubois
- The Cherokee Kid as Calloway
- A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy
- A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy
1995
- Caroline in the City as Floyd Gerber
- Without Evidence as Grace
- Nowhere Man as Roy
- The Single Guy as Cabbie
- Vampire in Brooklyn as Thrasher
1994
- Ellen as Customer
- Chicago Hope
- Dead Air as Ken
- New Nightmare as Morgue Attendant
- Lily in Winter as Sheriff Boyd
1993
- The X-Files as Robert M. Fassl
- Diagnosis: Murder as Dusty Wilton
- Excessive Force as Vinnie DiMarco
- Rookie of the Year as Billy Frick
- The Untouchables
- The Woman Who Loved Elvis as Pete
1992
- The Babe as Herb Pennock
1991
- Backdraft as Paramedic
1989
- Seinfeld as Al
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Guard