W. Earl Brown
W. Earl Brown
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
126
Gender
Male
Birthday
1963-09-07 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Murray, Kentucky, USA
Acting

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

2022

Fire Country as Wes Fox

2021

Hacks as Not available

2021

The Ghost and Molly McGee as Lord Doom (voice)

2021

The Book of Boba Fett as Weequay Proprietor

2021

The Unforgivable as Mac Whelan

2021

No Man of God as Warden Wilkenson

2021

American Sausage Standoff as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.

2019

The Mandalorian as Weequay Proprietor

2019

Reprisal as Witt

2019

The Highwaymen as Ivy Methvin

2019

Deadwood: The Movie as Dan Dority

2019

I Lost My Mother's Ashes as Mortician

2018

Yellowstone as Deputy Spears

2018

Dad Band as Jimbo

2017

Superstition as The Dredge

2017

The Legend of 420 as Himself

2016

Preacher as Sheriff Hugo Root

2016

Preacher as Hugo Root

2016

Spaceman as Dick Dennis

2015

American Crime as Tom Carlin

2015

Black Mass as John Martorano

2015

Wicked City as Captain Dan Wilkinson

2014

True Detective as Detective Teague Dixon

2014

Wild as Frank

2014

Draft Day as Ralph Mowry

2014

Chasing Ghosts as Roger Simons

2013

Bates Motel as Keith Summers

2013

Rectify as The Stranger

2013

The Lone Ranger as Mustached Ranger

2013

A Single Shot as Puffy

2013

Beneath the Harvest Sky as Roger Cyr

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

Chicago Fire as Dave Bloom

2012

Longmire as R.J. Watts

2012

Perception as Frank Prentice

2012

The Master as Fighting Businessman

2012

The Sessions as Rod

2012

Blue-Eyed Butcher as Thomas Dean

2011

American Horror Story as Phil Critter

2010

Justified as Cal Wallace

2010

Miami Medical as Not available

2010

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)

2010

Bloodworth as Brady Bloodworth

2010

Pickin' and Grinnin' as Parson

2009

Archer as Head Biker (voice)

2009

Hawthorne as Mr. Deegan

2008

The Mentalist as Rulon Farnes

2008

1% as Sailor

2007

Burn Notice as Zechariah

2006

Psych as Dwayne Tancana

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Herb Cramer

2005

Numb3rs as Not available

2005

The Big White as Jimbo

2005

Kids in America as Boss McGinn

2004

Deadwood as Dan Dority

2004

The Last Shot as Willie Gratzo

2004

Killer Diller as Holister

2003

Cold Case as Victor Lake

2003

Pauly Shore Is Dead as Bucky From Kentucky

2003

Dunsmore as Ronny Roy Pritcher

2002

CSI: Miami as Jesse Kramer

2002

Push, Nevada as Not available

2001

Six Feet Under as Pete

2001

Vanilla Sky as Barman

2001

Wolf Lake as Bruce Cates

2001

Sugar & Spice as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet

2000

FreakyLinks as Not available

2000

Lost Souls as William Kelson

2000

Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back as Meat Loaf

1999

Angel as Menlo

1999

Being John Malkovich as First J.M. Inc. Customer

1998

Charmed as Shadow / Warlock

1998

Martial Law as Not available

1998

Deep Impact as McCloud (uncredited)

1998

There's Something About Mary as Warren Jensen

1997

Smart Guy as Not available

1997

Kiss the Girls as Locksmith

1997

Bella Mafia as Fredrico Luciano

1996

Profiler as Not available

1996

Scream as Kenny Brown

1996

The Cherokee Kid as Calloway

1996

Project: ALF as Ernie

1996

A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy

1996

Wiseguy as Dubois

1995

Caroline in the City as Floyd Gerber

1995

Nowhere Man as Roy

1995

The Single Guy as Cabbie

1995

Vampire in Brooklyn as Thrasher

1995

Without Evidence as Grace

1994

Chicago Hope as Not available

1994

Ellen as Customer

1994

New Nightmare as Morgue Attendant

1994

Dead Air as Ken

1993

The X-Files as Robert M. Fassl

1993

Diagnosis: Murder as Dusty Wilton

1993

The Untouchables as Not available

1993

Rookie of the Year as Billy Frick

NaN

Sheriff Country as Wes

1993

Excessive Force as Vinnie DiMarco

1992

The Babe as Herb Pennock

1991

Backdraft as Paramedic

1989

Seinfeld as Al

1984

Murder, She Wrote as Guard

NaN

Roadside Picnic as Buzzard

NaN

Red Blooded as Deputy Joe Paul
Crew

2018

Dad Band Producer

2018

Dad Band Writer

2010

Bloodworth Screenplay

2010

Bloodworth Producer

2004

Deadwood Writer

1991

Backdraft Dialect Coach