
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.
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Acting History
2025
Sheriff Country as Wes
2024The Dead Don't Hurt as Alan Kendall
2024Shirley as George Wallace
2023Hello Tomorrow! as Big Fred
2023Paul T. Goldman as Royce Rocco
2022Fire Country as Wes Fox
2021The Book of Boba Fett as Weequay Proprietor
2021The Unforgivable as Mac Whelan
2021The Ghost and Molly McGee as Lord Doom (voice)
2021American Sausage Standoff as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
2021No Man of God as Warden Wilkenson
2021Hacks as Michael
2019Reprisal as Witt
2019The Mandalorian as Weequay Proprietor
2019I Lost My Mother's Ashes as Mortician
2019Deadwood: The Movie as Dan Dority
2019The Highwaymen as Ivy Methvin
2018Yellowstone as Deputy Spears
2018Dad Band as Jimbo
2017The Legend of 420 as Himself
2017Superstition as The Dredge
2016Spaceman as Dick Dennis
2016Preacher as Hugo Root
2015Wicked City as Captain Dan Wilkinson
2015Black Mass as John Martorano
2015American Crime as Tom Carlin
2014Wild as Frank
2014Draft Day as Ralph Mowry
2014Chasing Ghosts as Roger Simons
2014True Detective as Detective Teague Dixon
2013A Single Shot as Puffy
2013Beneath the Harvest Sky as Roger Cyr
2013The Lone Ranger as Mustached Ranger
2013Grounded: Making The Last of Us as Self
2013The Sixth Gun as General Oliander Hume
2013Rectify as The Stranger
2013Brother's Keeper as Turner Monroe
2013Alice in Chains: AIC 23 as Alan Poole McLard
2013Bates Motel as Keith Summers
2012Chicago Fire as Dave Bloom
2012The Master as Fighting Businessman
2012Perception as Frank Prentice
2012Longmire as R.J. Watts
2012The Sessions as Rod
2012Blue-Eyed Butcher as Thomas Dean
2011American Horror Story as Phil Critter
2011Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective as Self
2011Scream: The Inside Story as Self
2010The Last Rites of Ransom Pride as Matthew
2010Pickin' and Grinnin' as Parson
2010Miami Medical
2010Justified as Cal Wallace
2010Bloodworth as Brady Bloodworth
2009Archer as Head Biker (voice)
2009Hawthorne as Mr. Deegan
20081% as Sailor
2008The Mentalist as Rulon Farnes
2007Burn Notice as Zechariah
2006Psych as Dwayne Tancana
2005The Big White as Jimbo
2005Kids in America as Boss McGinn
2005Grey's Anatomy as Herb Cramer
2005Numb3rs as Abner Stone
2004The Last Shot as Willie Gratzo
2004The Alamo as David Burnet
2004Deadwood as Dan Dority
2004Killer Diller as Holister
2003Cold Case as Victor Lake
2003Dunsmore as Ronny Roy Pritcher
2003Pauly Shore Is Dead as Bucky From Kentucky
2002CSI: Miami as Jesse Kramer
2002Push, Nevada
2001Vanilla Sky as Barman
2001Dancing at the Blue Iguana as Bobby
2001Wolf Lake as Bruce Cates
2001Six Feet Under as Pete
2001Sugar & Spice as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
2000Lost Souls as William Kelson
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Slick
2000FreakyLinks
2000Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back as Meat Loaf
1999Being John Malkovich as First J.M. Inc. Customer
1999Angel as Menlo
1998Charmed as Shadow / Warlock
1998Martial Law
1998There's Something About Mary as Warren Jensen
1998Deep Impact as McCloud (uncredited)
1997Bella Mafia as Fredrico Luciano
1997Kiss the Girls as Locksmith
1997Smart Guy as Sonny
1996Scream as Kenny Brown
1996The Cherokee Kid as Calloway
1996Profiler as Raymond Boudreaux
1996A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy
1996A Season in Purgatory as Fatty Malloy
1996Wiseguy as Dubois
1996Project: ALF as Ernie
1995Vampire in Brooklyn as Thrasher
1995Without Evidence as Grace
1995Caroline in the City as Floyd Gerber
1995The Single Guy as Cabbie
1995Nowhere Man as Roy
1994Lily in Winter as Sheriff Boyd
1994New Nightmare as Morgue Attendant
1994Dead Air as Ken
1994Chicago Hope
1994Ellen as Customer
1993Diagnosis: Murder as Dusty Wilton
1993The X-Files as Robert M. Fassl
1993Rookie of the Year as Billy Frick
1993Excessive Force as Vinnie DiMarco
1993The Woman Who Loved Elvis as Pete
1993The Untouchables
1992The Babe as Herb Pennock
1991Backdraft as Paramedic
1989Seinfeld as Al
1984Murder, She Wrote as Guard
—Red Blooded as Deputy Joe Paul
—Roadside Picnic as Buzzard








