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 Fox
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 Boys as Reverend Greg Dupree
- The Mandalorian as Weequay Proprietor
- The Highwaymen as Ivy Methvin
- Reprisal as Witt
- Deadwood: The Movie as Dan Dority
- 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
- Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee as Mitch Dagonda
2014
- True Detective as Detective Teague Dixon
- Wild as Frank
- Draft Day as Ralph Mowry
- Chasing Ghosts as Roger Simons
2013
- Bates Motel as Keith Summers
- Rectify as The Stranger
- The Lone Ranger as Mustached Ranger
- A Single Shot as Puffy
- Beneath the Harvest Sky as Roger Cyr
- The Sixth Gun as General Oliander Hume
- Brother's Keeper as Turner Monroe
- 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
- Scream: The Inside Story as Self
- Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
2010
- Justified as Cal Wallace
- Miami Medical
- The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as Matthew
- Bloodworth as Brady Bloodworth
- 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
- The Big White as Jimbo
- Kids in America as Boss McGinn
2004
- Deadwood as Dan Dority
- The Alamo as David Burnet
- The Last Shot as Willie Gratzo
- Killer Diller as Holister
2003
- Cold Case as Victor Lake
- Pauly Shore Is Dead as Bucky from Kentucky
- Dunsmore as Ronny Roy Pritcher
2002
- CSI: Miami as Jesse Kramer
- Push, Nevada
2001
- Six Feet Under as Pete
- Vanilla Sky as Barman
- Wolf Lake as Bruce Cates
- Sugar & Spice as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
- Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Bobby
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
- FreakyLinks
- Lost Souls as William Kelson
- 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 as Larry Gambozza
- Deep Impact as McCloud (uncredited)
- There's Something About Mary as Warren Jensen
1997
- Smart Guy as Sonny
- Kiss the Girls as Locksmith
- Bella Mafia as Fredrico Luciano
1996
- Profiler as Raymond Boudreaux
- Scream as Kenny Brown
- A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy
- Project: ALF as Ernie
- A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy
- The Cherokee Kid as Calloway
- Wiseguy as Dubois
1995
- Caroline in the City as Floyd Gerber
- Nowhere Man as Roy
- The Single Guy as Cabbie
- Vampire in Brooklyn as Thrasher
- Without Evidence as Grace
1994
- Chicago Hope as Harry Cram
- Ellen as Customer
- Wes Craven's New Nightmare as Morgue Attendant
- Dead Air as Ken
- Lily in Winter as Sheriff Boyd
1993
- The X-Files as Robert M. Fassl
- Diagnosis: Murder as Dusty Wilton
- The Untouchables
- Rookie of the Year as Billy Frick
- Excessive Force as Vinnie DiMarco
- 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