Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 7, 1963
Place of Birth:
Murray, Kentucky, USA
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W. Earl Brown
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Shirley | George Wallace |
| 2024 | The Dead Don't Hurt | Alan Kendall |
| 2021 | The Unforgivable | Mac Whelan |
| 2021 | American Sausage Standoff | Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr. |
| 2021 | No Man of God | Warden Wilkenson |
| 2019 | Deadwood: The Movie | Dan Dority |
| 2019 | The Highwaymen | Ivy Methvin |
| 2019 | I Lost My Mother's Ashes | Mortician |
| 2018 | Dad Band | Jimbo |
| 2017 | The Legend of 420 | Himself |
| 2016 | Spaceman | Dick Dennis |
| 2015 | Black Mass | John Martorano |
| 2014 | Chasing Ghosts | Roger Simons |
| 2014 | Draft Day | Ralph Mowry |
| 2014 | Wild | Frank |
| 2013 | The Lone Ranger | Mustached Ranger |
| 2013 | A Single Shot | Puffy |
| 2013 | Brother's Keeper | Turner Monroe |
| 2013 | The Sixth Gun | General Oliander Hume |
| 2013 | Beneath the Harvest Sky | Roger Cyr |
| 2013 | Grounded: Making The Last of Us | Self |
| 2013 | Alice in Chains: AIC 23 | Alan Poole McLard |
| 2012 | The Sessions | Rod |
| 2012 | The Master | Fighting Businessman |
| 2012 | Blue-Eyed Butcher | Thomas Dean |
| 2011 | Scream: The Inside Story | Self |
| 2011 | Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective | Self |
| 2010 | Pickin' and Grinnin' | Parson |
| 2010 | The Last Rites of Ransom Pride | Matthew |
| 2010 | Bloodworth | Brady Bloodworth |
| 2008 | 1% | Sailor |
| 2005 | The Big White | Jimbo |
| 2005 | Kids in America | Boss McGinn |
| 2004 | Killer Diller | Holister |
| 2004 | The Last Shot | Willie Gratzo |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Bucky From Kentucky |
| 2003 | Dunsmore | Ronny Roy Pritcher |
| 2001 | Dancing at the Blue Iguana | Bobby |
| 2001 | Sugar & Spice | Hank 'Terminator' Rogers |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Barman |
| 2000 | Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back | Meat Loaf |
| 2000 | Lost Souls | William Kelson |
| 1999 | Being John Malkovich | First J.M. Inc. Customer |
| 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Warren Jensen |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | McCloud (uncredited) |
| 1997 | Bella Mafia | Fredrico Luciano |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Locksmith |
| 1996 | Scream | Kenny Brown |
| 1996 | Wiseguy | Dubois |
| 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Calloway |
| 1996 | Project: ALF | Ernie |
| 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Fatty Malloy |
| 1995 | Without Evidence | Grace |
| 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Thrasher |
| 1994 | New Nightmare | Morgue Attendant |
| 1994 | Dead Air | Ken |
| 1994 | Lily in Winter | Sheriff Boyd |
| 1993 | Rookie of the Year | Billy Frick |
| 1993 | Excessive Force | Vinnie DiMarco |
| 1993 | The Woman Who Loved Elvis | Pete |
| 1992 | The Babe | Herb Pennock |
| 1991 | Backdraft | Paramedic |
| Red Blooded | Deputy Joe Paul |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Paul T. Goldman | Royce Rocco |
| 2023 | Hello Tomorrow! | Big Fred |
| 2022 | Fire Country | Wes Fox |
| 2021 | The Ghost and Molly McGee | Lord Doom (voice) |
| 2021 | The Book of Boba Fett | Weequay Proprietor |
| 2021 | Hacks | Michael |
| 2019 | Reprisal | Witt |
| 2019 | The Mandalorian | Weequay Proprietor |
| 2018 | Yellowstone | Deputy Spears |
| 2017 | Superstition | The Dredge |
| 2016 | Preacher | Hugo Root |
| 2015 | American Crime | Tom Carlin |
| 2015 | Wicked City | Captain Dan Wilkinson |
| 2014 | True Detective | Detective Teague Dixon |
| 2013 | Bates Motel | Keith Summers |
| 2013 | Rectify | The Stranger |
| 2012 | Perception | Frank Prentice |
| 2012 | Chicago Fire | Dave Bloom |
| 2012 | Longmire | R.J. Watts |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Phil Critter |
| 2010 | Miami Medical | |
| 2010 | Justified | Cal Wallace |
| 2009 | Archer | Head Biker (voice) |
| 2009 | Hawthorne | Mr. Deegan |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Rulon Farnes |
| 2007 | Burn Notice | Zechariah |
| 2006 | Psych | Dwayne Tancana |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Herb Cramer |
| 2004 | Deadwood | Dan Dority |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Victor Lake |
| 2002 | CSI: Miami | Jesse Kramer |
| 2002 | Push, Nevada | |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Pete |
| 2001 | Wolf Lake | Bruce Cates |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet |
| 2000 | FreakyLinks | |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Slick |
| 1999 | Angel | Menlo |
| 1998 | Martial Law | |
| 1998 | Charmed | Shadow / Warlock |
| 1997 | Smart Guy | |
| 1996 | Profiler | |
| 1995 | Nowhere Man | Roy |
| 1995 | The Single Guy | Cabbie |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City | Floyd Gerber |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope | |
| 1994 | Ellen | Customer |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Robert M. Fassl |
| 1993 | The Untouchables | |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Dusty Wilton |
| 1989 | Seinfeld | Al |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Guard |
| Roadside Picnic | Buzzard | |
| Sheriff Country | Wes |