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.
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Credits
- 2025 · Sheriff Country as Wes
- 2023 · Hello Tomorrow! as Big Fred
- 2022 · Fire Country as Wes Fox
- 2021 · The Book of Boba Fett as Weequay Proprietor
- 2021 · The Unforgivable as Mac Whelan
- 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
- 2016 · Preacher as Hugo Root
- 2015 · Black Mass as John Martorano
- 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 · The Master as Fighting Businessman
- 2012 · Perception as Frank Prentice
- 2012 · Longmire as R.J. Watts
- 2012 · Blue-Eyed Butcher as Thomas Dean
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Phil Critter
- 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 Abner Stone
- 2004 · Deadwood as Dan Dority
- 2003 · Cold Case as Victor Lake
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Jesse Kramer
- 2001 · Vanilla Sky as Barman
- 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 Larry Gambozza
- 1998 · There's Something About Mary as Warren Jensen
- 1998 · Deep Impact as McCloud (uncredited)
- 1997 · Smart Guy as Sonny
- 1996 · Scream as Kenny Brown
- 1996 · Profiler as Raymond Boudreaux
- 1996 · Project: ALF as Ernie
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Floyd Gerber
- 1995 · The Single Guy as Cabbie
- 1995 · Nowhere Man as Roy
- 1994 · Dead Air as Ken
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as Harry Cram
- 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 · Red Blooded as Deputy Joe Paul
- 2024 · The Dead Don't Hurt as Alan Kendall
- 2024 · Shirley as George Wallace
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Royce Rocco
- 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
- 2017 · Superstition as The Dredge
- 2016 · Spaceman as Dick Dennis
- 2015 · Wicked City as Captain Dan Wilkinson
- 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 · The Sixth Gun as General Oliander Hume
- 2013 · Brother's Keeper as Turner Monroe
- 2013 · Alice in Chains: AIC 23 as Alan Poole McLard
- 2012 · The Sessions as Rod
- 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 · Miami Medical as
- 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 · The Alamo as David Burnet
- 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 · Wolf Lake as Bruce Cates
- 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 · A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy
- 1996 · Wiseguy as Dubois
- 1995 · Vampire in Brooklyn as Thrasher
- 1995 · Without Evidence as Grace
- 1994 · Lily in Winter as Sheriff Boyd
- 1994 · New Nightmare as Morgue Attendant
- 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 · Roadside Picnic as Buzzard