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 Mentalist
2008
Grey's Anatomy
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
American Horror Story
2011
Chicago Fire
2012
CSI: Miami
2002
Seinfeld
1989
The X-Files
1993
Charmed
1998
The Boys
2019
Yellowstone
2018
Filmography
The Mentalist
as Rulon Farnes · 2008
Grey's Anatomy
as Herb Cramer · 2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Slick · 2000
American Horror Story
as Phil Critter · 2011
Chicago Fire
as Dave Bloom · 2012
CSI: Miami
as Jesse Kramer · 2002
Seinfeld
as Al · 1989
The X-Files
as Robert M. Fassl · 1993
Charmed
as Shadow / Warlock · 1998
The Boys
as Reverend Greg Dupree · 2019
Yellowstone
as Deputy Spears · 2018
Diagnosis: Murder
as Dusty Wilton · 1993
Chicago Hope
as Harry Cram · 1994
Psych
as Dwayne Tancana · 2006
Murder, She Wrote
as Guard · 1984
Numb3rs
as Abner Stone · 2005
Cold Case
as Victor Lake · 2003
True Detective
as Detective Teague Dixon · 2014
Archer
as Head Biker (voice) · 2009
Angel
as Menlo · 1999
Hacks
as Michael · 2021
The Ghost and Molly McGee
as Lord Doom (voice) · 2021
The Mandalorian
as Weequay Proprietor · 2019
Six Feet Under
as Pete · 2001
Fire Country
as Wes Fox · 2022
Longmire
as R.J. Watts · 2012
Justified
as Cal Wallace · 2010
Burn Notice
as Zechariah · 2007
Bates Motel
as Keith Summers · 2013
Profiler
as Raymond Boudreaux · 1996
Ellen
as Customer · 1994
Perception
as Frank Prentice · 2012
Caroline in the City
as Floyd Gerber · 1995
Preacher
as Hugo Root · 2016
Martial Law
as Larry Gambozza · 1998
Deadwood
as Dan Dority · 2004
Sheriff Country
as Wes Fox · 2025
Scream
as Kenny · 1996
The Book of Boba Fett
as Weequay Proprietor · 2021
Rectify
as The Stranger · 2013
The Single Guy
as Cabbie · 1995
Smart Guy
as Sonny · 1997
American Crime
as Tom Carlin · 2015
Deep Impact
as McCloud (uncredited) · 1998
Hello Tomorrow!
as Big Fred · 2023
Nowhere Man
as Roy · 1995
There's Something About Mary
as Warren Jensen · 1998
Black Mass
as John Martorano · 2015
Kiss the Girls
as Locksmith · 1997
The Lone Ranger
as Mustached Ranger · 2013
Vanilla Sky
as Barman · 2001
Hawthorne
as Mr. Deegan · 2009
The Unforgivable
as Mac Whelan · 2021
The Untouchables
· 1993
Miami Medical
· 2010
Being John Malkovich
as First J.M. Inc. Customer · 1999
Wild
as Frank · 2014
The Master
as Fighting Businessman · 2012
Wicked City
as Captain Dan Wilkinson · 2015
Reprisal
as Witt · 2019
Wolf Lake
as Bruce Cates · 2001
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
as Morgue Attendant · 1994
The Highwaymen
as Ivy Methvin · 2019
Rookie of the Year
as Billy Frick · 1993
No Man of God
as Warden Wilkenson · 2021
FreakyLinks
· 2000
Backdraft
as Paramedic · 1991
Draft Day
as Ralph Mowry · 2014
Superstition
as The Dredge · 2017
The Sessions
as Rod · 2012
The Alamo
as David Burnet · 2004
Deadwood: The Movie
as Dan Dority · 2019
The Dead Don't Hurt
as Alan Kendall · 2024
A Season in Purgatory
as Fatty Malloy · 1996
Paul T. Goldman
as Royce Rocco · 2023
Pauly Shore Is Dead
as Bucky from Kentucky · 2003
Lost Souls
as William Kelson · 2000
Project: ALF
as Ernie · 1996
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
as Bobby · 2001
Push, Nevada
· 2002
Vampire in Brooklyn
as Thrasher · 1995
The Big White
as Jimbo · 2005
The Last Shot
as Willie Gratzo · 2004
A Single Shot
as Puffy · 2013
Sugar & Spice
as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers · 2001
The Cherokee Kid
as Calloway · 1996
Bloodworth
as Brady Bloodworth · 2010
The Babe
as Herb Pennock · 1992
Bella Mafia
as Fredrico Luciano · 1997
Roadside Picnic
as Buzzard
Scream: The Inside Story
as Self · 2011
Blue-Eyed Butcher
as Thomas Dean · 2012
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
as Matthew · 2010
Shirley
as George Wallace · 2024
Spaceman
as Dick Dennis · 2016
Beneath the Harvest Sky
as Roger Cyr · 2013
Without Evidence
as Grace · 1995
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
as Self · 2011
Kids in America
as Boss McGinn · 2005
Grounded: Making The Last of Us
as Self · 2013
Excessive Force
as Vinnie DiMarco · 1993
Dead Air
as Ken · 1994
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
as Meat Loaf · 2000
The Legend of 420
as Himself · 2017
Lily in Winter
as Sheriff Boyd · 1994
Dad Band
as Jimbo · 2018
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
as Pete · 1993
The Sixth Gun
as General Oliander Hume · 2013
Dunsmore
as Ronny Roy Pritcher · 2003
I Lost My Mother's Ashes
as Mortician · 2019
Pickin' and Grinnin'
as Parson · 2010
Wiseguy
as Dubois · 1996
Killer Diller
as Holister · 2004
American Sausage Standoff
as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr. · 2021
Chasing Ghosts
as Roger Simons · 2014
Red Blooded
as Deputy Joe Paul
1%
as Sailor · 2008
Brother's Keeper
as Turner Monroe · 2013
Alice in Chains: AIC 23
as Alan Poole McLard · 2013