W. Earl Brown

W. Earl Brown

Known for
Acting
Born
September 7, 1963 (age 63)
Birthplace
Murray, Kentucky, USA

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.

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Filmography

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Red Blooded poster

Red Blooded

Movie · as Deputy Joe Paul

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Roadside Picnic

Roadside Picnic

TV · as Buzzard · 1 ep

2025
Sheriff Country poster

Sheriff Country

TV · as Wes Fox · 27 eps

2024
Shirley poster

Shirley

Movie · as George Wallace

2024
The Dead Don't Hurt poster

The Dead Don't Hurt

Movie · as Alan Kendall

2023
Paul T. Goldman poster

Paul T. Goldman

TV · as Royce Rocco · 2 eps

2023
Hello Tomorrow! poster

Hello Tomorrow!

TV · as Big Fred · 6 eps

2022
Fire Country poster

Fire Country

TV · as Wes Fox · 4 eps

2021
The Unforgivable poster

The Unforgivable

Movie · as Mac Whelan

2021
American Sausage Standoff poster

American Sausage Standoff

Movie · as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.

2021
No Man of God poster

No Man of God

Movie · as Warden Wilkenson

2021
The Ghost and Molly McGee poster

The Ghost and Molly McGee

TV · as Lord Doom (voice) · 2 eps

2021
The Book of Boba Fett poster

The Book of Boba Fett

TV · as Weequay Proprietor · 2 eps

2021
Hacks poster

Hacks

TV · as Michael · 7 eps

2019
Deadwood: The Movie poster

Deadwood: The Movie

Movie · as Dan Dority

2019
The Highwaymen poster

The Highwaymen

Movie · as Ivy Methvin

2019
I Lost My Mother's Ashes poster

I Lost My Mother's Ashes

Movie · as Mortician

2019
Reprisal poster

Reprisal

TV · as Witt · 7 eps

2019
The Mandalorian poster

The Mandalorian

TV · as Weequay Proprietor · 1 ep

2019
The Boys poster

The Boys

TV · as Reverend Greg Dupree · 1 ep

2018
Dad Band poster

Dad Band

Movie · as Jimbo

2018
Yellowstone poster

Yellowstone

TV · as Deputy Spears · 1 ep

2017
The Legend of 420 poster

The Legend of 420

Movie · as Self

2017
Superstition poster

Superstition

TV · as The Dredge · 1 ep

2016
Spaceman poster

Spaceman

Movie · as Dick Dennis

2016
Preacher poster

Preacher

TV · as Hugo Root · 11 eps

2015
Black Mass poster

Black Mass

Movie · as John Martorano

2015
American Crime poster

American Crime

TV · as Tom Carlin · 11 eps

2015
Wicked City poster

Wicked City

TV · as Captain Dan Wilkinson · 1 ep

2014
Chasing Ghosts poster

Chasing Ghosts

Movie · as Roger Simons

2014
Draft Day poster

Draft Day

Movie · as Ralph Mowry

2014
Wild poster

Wild

Movie · as Frank

2014
True Detective poster

True Detective

TV · as Detective Teague Dixon · 5 eps

2013
The Lone Ranger poster

The Lone Ranger

Movie · as Mustached Ranger

2013
A Single Shot poster

A Single Shot

Movie · as Puffy

2013
Brother's Keeper poster

Brother's Keeper

Movie · as Turner Monroe

2013
The Sixth Gun poster

The Sixth Gun

Movie · as General Oliander Hume

2013
Beneath the Harvest Sky poster

Beneath the Harvest Sky

Movie · as Roger Cyr

2013
Grounded: Making The Last of Us poster

Grounded: Making The Last of Us

Movie · as Self

2013
Alice in Chains: AIC 23 poster

Alice in Chains: AIC 23

Movie · as Alan Poole McLard

2013
Bates Motel poster

Bates Motel

TV · as Keith Summers · 1 ep

2013
Rectify poster

Rectify

TV · as The Stranger · 1 ep

2012
The Sessions poster

The Sessions

Movie · as Rod

2012
The Master poster

The Master

Movie · as Fighting Businessman

2012
Blue-Eyed Butcher poster

Blue-Eyed Butcher

Movie · as Thomas Dean

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Frank Prentice · 1 ep

2012
Chicago Fire poster

Chicago Fire

TV · as Dave Bloom · 3 eps

2012
Longmire poster

Longmire

TV · as R.J. Watts · 1 ep

2011
Scream: The Inside Story poster

Scream: The Inside Story

Movie · as Self

2011
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective poster

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

Movie · as Self

2011
American Horror Story poster

American Horror Story

TV · as Phil Critter · 1 ep

2010
Pickin' and Grinnin'

Pickin' and Grinnin'

Movie · as Parson

2010
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride poster

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

Movie · as Matthew

2010
Bloodworth poster

Bloodworth

Movie · as Brady Bloodworth

2010
Miami Medical poster

Miami Medical

TV · 1 ep

2010
Justified poster

Justified

TV · as Cal Wallace · 1 ep

2009
Archer poster

Archer

TV · as Head Biker (voice) · 1 ep

2009
Hawthorne poster

Hawthorne

TV · as Mr. Deegan · 1 ep

2008
1% poster

1%

Movie · as Sailor

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Rulon Farnes · 1 ep

2007
Burn Notice poster

Burn Notice

TV · as Zechariah · 1 ep

2006
Psych poster

Psych

TV · as Dwayne Tancana · 1 ep

2005
The Big White poster

The Big White

Movie · as Jimbo

2005
Kids in America poster

Kids in America

Movie · as Boss McGinn

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Abner Stone · 1 ep

2005
Grey's Anatomy poster

Grey's Anatomy

TV · as Herb Cramer · 1 ep

2004
Killer Diller poster

Killer Diller

Movie · as Holister

2004
The Last Shot poster

The Last Shot

Movie · as Willie Gratzo

2004
The Alamo poster

The Alamo

Movie · as David Burnet

2004
Deadwood poster

Deadwood

TV · as Dan Dority · 36 eps

2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead poster

Pauly Shore Is Dead

Movie · as Bucky from Kentucky

2003
Dunsmore poster

Dunsmore

Movie · as Ronny Roy Pritcher

2003
Cold Case poster

Cold Case

TV · as Victor Lake · 1 ep

2002
CSI: Miami poster

CSI: Miami

TV · as Jesse Kramer · 1 ep

2002
Push, Nevada poster

Push, Nevada

TV · 1 ep

2001
Dancing at the Blue Iguana poster

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Movie · as Bobby

2001
Sugar & Spice poster

Sugar & Spice

Movie · as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers

2001
Vanilla Sky poster

Vanilla Sky

Movie · as Barman

2001
Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under

TV · as Pete · 1 ep

2001
Wolf Lake poster

Wolf Lake

TV · as Bruce Cates · 1 ep

2000
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back poster

Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

Movie · as Meat Loaf

2000
Lost Souls poster

Lost Souls

Movie · as William Kelson

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet, Slick · 1 ep

2000
FreakyLinks poster

FreakyLinks

TV · 1 ep

1999
Being John Malkovich poster

Being John Malkovich

Movie · as First J.M. Inc. Customer

1999
Angel poster

Angel

TV · as Menlo · 1 ep

1998
There's Something About Mary poster

There's Something About Mary

Movie · as Warren Jensen

1998
Deep Impact poster

Deep Impact

Movie · as McCloud (uncredited)

1998
Martial Law poster

Martial Law

TV · as Larry Gambozza · 1 ep

1998
Charmed poster

Charmed

TV · as Shadow / Warlock · 1 ep

1997
Bella Mafia poster

Bella Mafia

Movie · as Fredrico Luciano

1997
Kiss the Girls poster

Kiss the Girls

Movie · as Locksmith

1997
Smart Guy poster

Smart Guy

TV · as Sonny · 1 ep

1996
Scream poster

Scream

Movie · as Kenny

1996
Wiseguy poster

Wiseguy

Movie · as Dubois

1996
The Cherokee Kid poster

The Cherokee Kid

Movie · as Calloway

1996
Project: ALF poster

Project: ALF

Movie · as Ernie

1996
Profiler poster

Profiler

TV · as Raymond Boudreaux · 1 ep

1996
A Season in Purgatory poster

A Season in Purgatory

TV · as Fatty Malloy · 2 eps

1995
Without Evidence poster

Without Evidence

Movie · as Grace

1995
Vampire in Brooklyn poster

Vampire in Brooklyn

Movie · as Thrasher

1995
Nowhere Man poster

Nowhere Man

TV · as Roy · 1 ep

1995
The Single Guy poster

The Single Guy

TV · as Cabbie · 1 ep

1995
Caroline in the City poster

Caroline in the City

TV · as Floyd Gerber · 1 ep

1994
Wes Craven's New Nightmare poster

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

Movie · as Morgue Attendant

1994
Dead Air poster

Dead Air

Movie · as Ken

1994
Lily in Winter poster

Lily in Winter

Movie · as Sheriff Boyd

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Harry Cram · 1 ep

1994
Ellen poster

Ellen

TV · as Customer · 1 ep

1993
Rookie of the Year poster

Rookie of the Year

Movie · as Billy Frick

1993
Excessive Force poster

Excessive Force

Movie · as Vinnie DiMarco

1993
The Woman Who Loved Elvis poster

The Woman Who Loved Elvis

Movie · as Pete

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Robert M. Fassl · 1 ep

1993
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

TV · 1 ep

1993
Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder

TV · as Dusty Wilton · 1 ep

1992
The Babe poster

The Babe

Movie · as Herb Pennock

1991
Backdraft poster

Backdraft

Movie · as Paramedic

1989
Seinfeld poster

Seinfeld

TV · as Al · 1 ep

1984
Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote

TV · as Guard · 1 ep