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
- 2024 · The Dead Don't Hurt as Alan Kendall
- 2024 · Shirley as George Wallace
- 2023 · Hello Tomorrow! as Big Fred
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Royce Rocco
- 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 · American Sausage Standoff as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
- 2021 · No Man of God as Warden Wilkenson
- 2021 · Hacks as
- 2019 · Reprisal as Witt
- 2019 · The Mandalorian as Weequay Proprietor
- 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
- 2016 · Preacher as Sheriff Hugo Root
- 2016 · Preacher as Hugo Root
- 2015 · Wicked City as Captain Dan Wilkinson
- 2015 · Black Mass as John Martorano
- 2015 · American Crime as Tom Carlin
- 2014 · Wild as Frank
- 2014 · Draft Day as Ralph Mowry
- 2014 · Chasing Ghosts as Roger Simons
- 2014 · True Detective as Detective Teague Dixon
- 2013 · A Single Shot as Puffy
- 2013 · Beneath the Harvest Sky as Roger
- 2013 · The Lone Ranger as Mustached Ranger
- 2013 · Grounded: Making The Last of Us as Self
- 2013 · Rectify as The Stranger
- 2013 · Brother's Keeper as Turner Monroe
- 2013 · Alice in Chains: AIC 23 as Alan Poole McLard
- 2013 · Bates Motel as Keith Summers
- 2013 · The Sixth Gun as General Oliander Hume
- 2012 · Chicago Fire as Dave Bloom
- 2012 · The Master as Fighting Businessman
- 2012 · Perception as Frank Prentice
- 2012 · Longmire as R.J. Watts
- 2012 · The Sessions as Rod
- 2012 · Blue-Eyed Butcher as Thomas Dean
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Phil Critter
- 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 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2010 · Pickin' and Grinnin' as Parson
- 2010 · Miami Medical as
- 2010 · Justified as Cal Wallace
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Brady Bloodworth
- 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 · The Big White as Jimbo
- 2005 · Kids in America as Boss McGinn
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Herb Cramer
- 2005 · Numb3rs as
- 2004 · The Last Shot as Willie Gratzo
- 2004 · Deadwood as Dan Dority
- 2004 · Killer Diller as Holister
- 2003 · Cold Case as Victor Lake
- 2003 · Dunsmore as Ronny Roy Pritcher
- 2003 · Pauly Shore Is Dead as Bucky From Kentucky
- 2002 · CSI: Miami as Jesse Kramer
- 2002 · Push, Nevada as
- 2001 · Vanilla Sky as Barman
- 2001 · Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Bobby
- 2001 · Wolf Lake as Bruce Cates
- 2001 · Six Feet Under as Pete
- 2001 · Sugar & Spice as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
- 2000 · Lost Souls as William Kelson
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Slick
- 2000 · FreakyLinks as
- 2000 · Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back as Meat Loaf
- 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
- 1997 · Bella Mafia as Fredrico Luciano
- 1997 · Kiss the Girls as Locksmith
- 1997 · Smart Guy as
- 1996 · Scream as Kenny Brown
- 1996 · The Cherokee Kid as Calloway
- 1996 · Profiler as
- 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
- 1995 · Caroline in the City as Floyd Gerber
- 1995 · The Single Guy as Cabbie
- 1995 · Nowhere Man as Roy
- 1994 · New Nightmare as Morgue Attendant
- 1994 · Dead Air as Ken
- 1994 · Chicago Hope as
- 1994 · Ellen as Customer
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Dusty Wilton
- 1993 · The X-Files as Robert M. Fassl
- 1993 · Rookie of the Year as Billy Frick
- 1993 · Excessive Force as Vinnie DiMarco
- 1993 · The Woman Who Loved Elvis as Pete
- 1993 · The Untouchables as
- 1992 · The Babe as Herb Pennock
- 1991 · Backdraft as Paramedic
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Al
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Guard
- Future · Roadside Picnic as Buzzard
- 1949 · Slightly French as Carnie (uncredited)
- Future · Red Blooded as Deputy Joe Paul