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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- 2025 · Sheriff Country as Wes
- 2024 · The Dead Don't Hurt as Alan Kendall
- 2024 · Shirley as George Wallace
- 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 · No Man of God as Warden Wilkenson
- 2021 · Hacks as Michael
- 2019 · The Mandalorian as Weequay Proprietor
- 2019 · Deadwood: The Movie as Dan Dority
- 2019 · The Highwaymen as Ivy Methvin
- 2018 · Yellowstone as Deputy Spears
- 2016 · Preacher as Hugo Root
- 2015 · American Crime as Tom Carlin
- 2014 · True Detective as Detective Teague Dixon
- 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
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Phil Critter
- 2011 · Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
- 2010 · Justified as Cal Wallace
- 2010 · Bloodworth as Brady Bloodworth
- 2009 · Archer as Head Biker (voice)
- 2008 · The Mentalist as Rulon Farnes
- 2007 · Burn Notice as Zechariah
- 2006 · Psych as Dwayne Tancana
- 2005 · The Big White as Jimbo
- 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 · Lost Souls as William Kelson
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Slick
- 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)
- 1996 · Scream as Kenny Brown
- 1996 · Profiler as Raymond Boudreaux
- 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
- 1994 · Ellen as Customer
- 1993 · Diagnosis: Murder as Dusty Wilton
- 1993 · The X-Files as Robert M. Fassl
- 1993 · Excessive Force as Vinnie DiMarco
- 1989 · Seinfeld as Al
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Guard
- Future · Red Blooded as Deputy Joe Paul
- 2023 · Hello Tomorrow! as Big Fred
- 2023 · Paul T. Goldman as Royce Rocco
- 2021 · American Sausage Standoff as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
- 2019 · Reprisal as Witt
- 2019 · I Lost My Mother's Ashes as Mortician
- 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
- 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 · The Lone Ranger as Mustached Ranger
- 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
- 2012 · Blue-Eyed Butcher as Thomas Dean
- 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
- 2009 · Hawthorne as Mr. Deegan
- 2008 · 1% as Sailor
- 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 · FreakyLinks as
- 2000 · Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back as Meat Loaf
- 1999 · Being John Malkovich as First J.M. Inc. Customer
- 1997 · Bella Mafia as Fredrico Luciano
- 1997 · Kiss the Girls as Locksmith
- 1997 · Smart Guy as Sonny
- 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
- 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
- 1993 · Rookie of the Year as Billy Frick
- 1993 · The Woman Who Loved Elvis as Pete
- 1993 · The Untouchables as
- 1992 · The Babe as Herb Pennock
- 1991 · Backdraft as Paramedic
- Future · Roadside Picnic as Buzzard