Actor
· Acting
W. Earl Brown
Born 1963-09-07
📍 Murray, Kentucky, USA
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.
Filmography 120
Sheriff Country
as Wes Fox
2025
The Dead Don't Hurt
as Alan Kendall
2024
Shirley
as George Wallace
2024
Hello Tomorrow!
as Big Fred
2023
Paul T. Goldman
as Royce Rocco
2023
Fire Country
as Wes Fox
2022
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 Michael
2021
Reprisal
as Witt
2019
The Mandalorian
as Weequay Proprietor
2019
The Boys
as Reverend Greg Dupree
2019
I Lost My Mother's Ashes
as Mortician
2019
Deadwood: The Movie
as Dan Dority
2019
The Highwaymen
as Ivy Methvin
2019
Yellowstone
as Deputy Spears
2018
Dad Band
as Jimbo
2018
The Legend of 420
as Himself
2017
Superstition
as The Dredge
2017
Spaceman
as Dick Dennis
2016
Preacher
as Hugo Root
2016
Wicked City
as Captain Dan Wilkinson
2015
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee
as Mitch Dagonda
2015
Black Mass
as John Martorano
2015
American Crime
as Tom Carlin
2015
Wild
as Frank
2014
Draft Day
as Ralph Mowry
2014
Chasing Ghosts
as Roger Simons
2014
True Detective
as Detective Teague Dixon
2014
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
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
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
2012
American Horror Story
as Phil Critter
2011
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
as Self
2011
Scream: The Inside Story
as Self
2011
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
as Matthew
2010
Miami Medical
2010
Justified
as Cal Wallace
2010
Bloodworth
as Brady Bloodworth
2010
Archer
as Head Biker (voice)
2009
Hawthorne
as Mr. Deegan
2009
1%
as Sailor
2008
The Mentalist
as Rulon Farnes
2008
Burn Notice
as Zechariah
2007
Psych
as Dwayne Tancana
2006
The Big White
as Jimbo
2005
Kids in America
as Boss McGinn
2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Herb Cramer
2005
Numb3rs
as Abner Stone
2005
The Last Shot
as Willie Gratzo
2004
The Alamo
as David Burnet
2004
Deadwood
as Dan Dority
2004
Killer Diller
as Holister
2004
Cold Case
as Victor Lake
2003
Dunsmore
as Ronny Roy Pritcher
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
as Bucky from Kentucky
2003
CSI: Miami
as Jesse Kramer
2002
Push, Nevada
2002
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
2001
Lost Souls
as William Kelson
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
2000
FreakyLinks
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Slick
2000
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
as Meat Loaf
2000
Being John Malkovich
as First J.M. Inc. Customer
1999
Angel
as Menlo
1999
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)
1998
Bella Mafia
as Fredrico Luciano
1997
Kiss the Girls
as Locksmith
1997
Smart Guy
as Sonny
1997
Scream
as Kenny Brown
1996
The Cherokee Kid
as Calloway
1996
Profiler
as Raymond Boudreaux
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
1996
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Thrasher
1995
Without Evidence
as Grace
1995
The Single Guy
as Cabbie
1995
Caroline in the City
as Floyd Gerber
1995
Nowhere Man
as Roy
1995
Lily in Winter
as Sheriff Boyd
1994
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
as Morgue Attendant
1994
Dead Air
as Ken
1994
Chicago Hope
as Harry Cram
1994
Ellen
as Customer
1994
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
1993
The Babe
as Herb Pennock
1992
Backdraft
as Paramedic
1991
Seinfeld
as Al
1989
Murder, She Wrote
as Guard
1984
Red Blooded
as Deputy Joe Paul