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