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

The Boys

Grey's Anatomy

The Mentalist

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Yellowstone

Chicago Fire

Seinfeld

All Movies (65)

• The Dead Don't Hurt2024 · as Alan Kendall
• Shirley2024 · as George Wallace
• The Unforgivable2021 · as Mac Whelan
• American Sausage Standoff2021 · as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
• No Man of God2021 · as Warden Wilkenson
• I Lost My Mother's Ashes2019 · as Mortician
• Deadwood: The Movie2019 · as Dan Dority
• The Highwaymen2019 · as Ivy Methvin
• Dad Band2018 · as Jimbo
• The Legend of 4202017 · as Himself
• Spaceman2016 · as Dick Dennis
• Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee2015 · as Mitch Dagonda
• Black Mass2015 · as John Martorano
• Wild2014 · as Frank
• Draft Day2014 · as Ralph Mowry
• Chasing Ghosts2014 · as Roger Simons
• A Single Shot2013 · as Puffy
• Beneath the Harvest Sky2013 · as Roger Cyr
• The Lone Ranger2013 · as Mustached Ranger
• Grounded: Making The Last of Us2013 · as Self
• The Sixth Gun2013 · as General Oliander Hume
• Brother's Keeper2013 · as Turner Monroe
• Alice in Chains: AIC 232013 · as Alan Poole McLard
• The Master2012 · as Fighting Businessman
• The Sessions2012 · as Rod
• Blue-Eyed Butcher2012 · as Thomas Dean
• Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective2011 · as Self
• Scream: The Inside Story2011 · as Self
• The Last Rites of Ransom Pride2010 · as Matthew
• Pickin' and Grinnin'2010 · as Parson
• Bloodworth2010 · as Brady Bloodworth
• 1%2008 · as Sailor
• The Big White2005 · as Jimbo
• Kids in America2005 · as Boss McGinn
• The Last Shot2004 · as Willie Gratzo
• The Alamo2004 · as David Burnet
• Killer Diller2004 · as Holister
• Dunsmore2003 · as Ronny Roy Pritcher
• Pauly Shore Is Dead2003 · as Bucky from Kentucky
• Vanilla Sky2001 · as Barman
• Dancing at the Blue Iguana2001 · as Bobby
• Sugar & Spice2001 · as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
• Lost Souls2000 · as William Kelson
• Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back2000 · as Meat Loaf
• Being John Malkovich1999 · as First J.M. Inc. Customer
• There's Something About Mary1998 · as Warren Jensen
• Deep Impact1998 · as McCloud (uncredited)
• Bella Mafia1997 · as Fredrico Luciano
• Kiss the Girls1997 · as Locksmith
• Scream1996 · as Kenny Brown
• The Cherokee Kid1996 · as Calloway
• A Season in Purgatory1996 · as Fatty Malloy
• Wiseguy1996 · as Dubois
• Project: ALF1996 · as Ernie
• Vampire in Brooklyn1995 · as Thrasher
• Without Evidence1995 · as Grace
• Lily in Winter1994 · as Sheriff Boyd
• Wes Craven's New Nightmare1994 · as Morgue Attendant
• Dead Air1994 · as Ken
• Rookie of the Year1993 · as Billy Frick
• Excessive Force1993 · as Vinnie DiMarco
• The Woman Who Loved Elvis1993 · as Pete
• The Babe1992 · as Herb Pennock
• Backdraft1991 · as Paramedic
• Red Blooded— · as Deputy Joe Paul

All TV Shows (57)

• Sheriff Country2025 · as Wes Fox
• Hello Tomorrow!2023 · as Big Fred
• Paul T. Goldman2023 · as Royce Rocco
• Fire Country2022 · as Wes Fox
• The Book of Boba Fett2021 · as Weequay Proprietor
• The Ghost and Molly McGee2021 · as Lord Doom (voice)
• Hacks2021 · as Michael
• Reprisal2019 · as Witt
• The Mandalorian2019 · as Weequay Proprietor
• The Boys2019 · as Reverend Greg Dupree
• Yellowstone2018 · as Deputy Spears
• Superstition2017 · as The Dredge
• Preacher2016 · as Hugo Root
• Wicked City2015 · as Captain Dan Wilkinson
• American Crime2015 · as Tom Carlin
• True Detective2014 · as Detective Teague Dixon
• Rectify2013 · as The Stranger
• Bates Motel2013 · as Keith Summers
• Chicago Fire2012 · as Dave Bloom
• Perception2012 · as Frank Prentice
• Longmire2012 · as R.J. Watts
• American Horror Story2011 · as Phil Critter
• Miami Medical2010
• Justified2010 · as Cal Wallace
• Archer2009 · as Head Biker (voice)
• Hawthorne2009 · as Mr. Deegan
• The Mentalist2008 · as Rulon Farnes
• Burn Notice2007 · as Zechariah
• Psych2006 · as Dwayne Tancana
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Herb Cramer
• Numb3rs2005 · as Abner Stone
• Deadwood2004 · as Dan Dority
• Cold Case2003 · as Victor Lake
• CSI: Miami2002 · as Jesse Kramer
• Push, Nevada2002
• Wolf Lake2001 · as Bruce Cates
• Six Feet Under2001 · as Pete
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
• FreakyLinks2000
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Slick
• Angel1999 · as Menlo
• Charmed1998 · as Shadow / Warlock
• Martial Law1998 · as Larry Gambozza
• Smart Guy1997 · as Sonny
• Profiler1996 · as Raymond Boudreaux
• A Season in Purgatory1996 · as Fatty Malloy
• The Single Guy1995 · as Cabbie
• Caroline in the City1995 · as Floyd Gerber
• Nowhere Man1995 · as Roy
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Harry Cram
• Ellen1994 · as Customer
• Diagnosis: Murder1993 · as Dusty Wilton
• The X-Files1993 · as Robert M. Fassl
• The Untouchables1993
• Seinfeld1989 · as Al
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Guard
• Roadside Picnic— · as Buzzard