W. Earl Brown
Known for Acting · 121 credits
- Born
- 1963-09-07 (age 62)
- Place of birth
- Murray, Kentucky, USA
- Also known as
- William Earl Brown · Earl Brown · У. Эрл Браун
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
TV Shows (56)
The Boys
2019
as Reverend Greg Dupree
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Herb Cramer
The Mentalist
2008
as Rulon Farnes
Yellowstone
2018
as Deputy Spears
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet / Slick
Chicago Fire
2012
as Dave Bloom
CSI: Miami
2002
as Jesse Kramer
The Mandalorian
2019
as Weequay Proprietor
Seinfeld
1989
as Al
The X-Files
1993
as Robert M. Fassl
Charmed
1998
as Shadow / Warlock
American Horror Story
2011
as Phil Critter
Psych
2006
as Dwayne Tancana
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Guard
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
as Dusty Wilton
True Detective
2014
as Detective Teague Dixon
Hacks
2021
as Michael
Chicago Hope
1994
as Harry Cram
Cold Case
2003
as Victor Lake
Burn Notice
2007
as Zechariah
Archer
2009
as Head Biker (voice)
Angel
1999
as Menlo
Numb3rs
2005
as Abner Stone
Six Feet Under
2001
as Pete
Justified
2010
as Cal Wallace
Bates Motel
2013
as Keith Summers
Longmire
2012
as R.J. Watts
Fire Country
2022
as Wes Fox
Ellen
1994
as Customer
The Ghost and Molly McGee
2021
as Lord Doom (voice)
Martial Law
1998
as Larry Gambozza
Deadwood
2004
as Dan Dority
Profiler
1996
as Raymond Boudreaux
Perception
2012
as Frank Prentice
Caroline in the City
1995
as Floyd Gerber
Preacher
2016
as Hugo Root
The Book of Boba Fett
2021
as Weequay Proprietor
Sheriff Country
2025
as Wes Fox
Rectify
2013
as The Stranger
American Crime
2015
as Tom Carlin
The Single Guy
1995
as Cabbie
Nowhere Man
1995
as Roy
Smart Guy
1997
as Sonny
Hawthorne
2009
as Mr. Deegan
Hello Tomorrow!
2023
as Big Fred
Wolf Lake
2001
as Bruce Cates
Reprisal
2019
as Witt
The Untouchables
1993
Miami Medical
2010
FreakyLinks
2000
Paul T. Goldman
2023
as Royce Rocco
Push, Nevada
2002
Superstition
2017
as The Dredge
Wicked City
2015
as Captain Dan Wilkinson
Roadside Picnic
as Buzzard
A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Fatty Malloy
Movies (65)
Scream
1996
as Kenny Brown
Deep Impact
1998
as McCloud (uncredited)
There's Something About Mary
1998
as Warren Jensen
Vanilla Sky
2001
as Barman
The Unforgivable
2021
as Mac Whelan
The Lone Ranger
2013
as Mustached Ranger
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994
as Morgue Attendant
Being John Malkovich
1999
as First J.M. Inc. Customer
Wild
2014
as Frank
Backdraft
1991
as Paramedic
Black Mass
2015
as John Martorano
Kiss the Girls
1997
as Locksmith
The Sessions
2012
as Rod
The Master
2012
as Fighting Businessman
The Alamo
2004
as David Burnet
The Highwaymen
2019
as Ivy Methvin
Shirley
2024
as George Wallace
Sugar & Spice
2001
as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
Lost Souls
2000
as William Kelson
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
as Dan Dority
Draft Day
2014
as Ralph Mowry
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
2011
as Self
Rookie of the Year
1993
as Billy Frick
Red Blooded
as Deputy Joe Paul
Dunsmore
2003
as Ronny Roy Pritcher
The Dead Don't Hurt
2024
as Alan Kendall
Vampire in Brooklyn
1995
as Thrasher
The Big White
2005
as Jimbo
No Man of God
2021
as Warden Wilkenson
The Last Shot
2004
as Willie Gratzo
Project: ALF
1996
as Ernie
A Single Shot
2013
as Puffy
Bella Mafia
1997
as Fredrico Luciano
Blue-Eyed Butcher
2012
as Thomas Dean
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
2010
as Matthew
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
2001
as Bobby
The Cherokee Kid
1996
as Calloway
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Bucky from Kentucky
The Babe
1992
as Herb Pennock
Scream: The Inside Story
2011
as Self
The Sixth Gun
2013
as General Oliander Hume
Kids in America
2005
as Boss McGinn
Bloodworth
2010
as Brady Bloodworth
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
2000
as Meat Loaf
Without Evidence
1995
as Grace
Excessive Force
1993
as Vinnie DiMarco
A Season in Purgatory
1996
as Fatty Malloy
Spaceman
2016
as Dick Dennis
Lily in Winter
1994
as Sheriff Boyd
Beneath the Harvest Sky
2013
as Roger Cyr
Killer Diller
2004
as Holister
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
1993
as Pete
Dead Air
1994
as Ken
Brother's Keeper
2013
as Turner Monroe
American Sausage Standoff
2021
as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010
as Parson
Chasing Ghosts
2014
as Roger Simons
1%
2008
as Sailor
The Legend of 420
2017
as Himself
Wiseguy
1996
as Dubois
Grounded: Making The Last of Us
2013
as Self
Dad Band
2018
as Jimbo
Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee
2015
as Mitch Dagonda
Alice in Chains: AIC 23
2013
as Alan Poole McLard
I Lost My Mother's Ashes
2019
as Mortician
About W. Earl Brown
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 produce… With 121 credits spanning from 1984 to 2025, W. Earl Brown has appeared in 65 films and 56 TV shows.
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Most Popular W. Earl Brown Movies
- Scream (1996) — as Kenny Brown
- Deep Impact (1998) — as McCloud (uncredited)
- There's Something About Mary (1998) — as Warren Jensen
- Vanilla Sky (2001) — as Barman
- The Unforgivable (2021) — as Mac Whelan
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