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W. Earl Brown

Actor, Writer, Producer
Born September 7, 1963 (61 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Knights of Badassdom
  • Project: ALF
  • Kids in America
  • American Sausage Standoff
  • Dunsmore
  • Smash
Known For
  • There's Something About Mary
  • Deadwood
  • Wild
  • The Highwaymen
  • Knights of Badassdom
  • The Sessions
  • Deadwood: The Movie
  • The Big White
  • Bloodworth
  • No Man of God
  • Sugar & Spice
  • Dancing at the Blue Iguana
  • A Single Shot
  • The Dead Don't Hurt
  • Superstition
  • Hello Tomorrow!
  • Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
  • Blue-Eyed Butcher
  • Spaceman
  • Paul T. Goldman
  • Dunsmore
  • American Sausage Standoff
  • The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
  • Chasing Ghosts

Filmography

2024
Shirley · as George Wallace
2023
The Dead Don't Hurt · as Alan Kendall
2023
Hello Tomorrow! (TV Series) · as Big Fred
2023
Paul T. Goldman (TV Series) · as Royce Rocco
2022
Five Days at Memorial (TV Series) · as Ewing Cook
2021
The Unforgivable · as Mac Whelan
2021
The Ghost and Molly McGee (TV Series) · as Lord Doom (voice)
2021
No Man of God · as Warden Wilkenson
2021
The Book of Boba Fett (TV Series) · as Weequay Proprietor
2021
Hacks (TV Series)
2020
Hoops (TV Series) · as Cast
2019
American Sausage Standoff · as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
2019
Reprisal (TV Series) · as Witt
2019
The Mandalorian (TV Series) · as Weequay Proprietor
2019
Deadwood: The Movie · as Dan Dority
2019
The Highwaymen · as Ivy Methvin
2017
Superstition (TV Series) · as The Dredge
2017
I'm Dying Up Here (TV Series) · as Teddy
2017
Training Day (TV Series) · as Chief Wade
2017
Red Blooded (TV Series) · as Deputy Joe Paul
2016
Spaceman · as Dick Dennis
2016
Preacher (TV Series) · as Sheriff Hugo Root
2015
Wicked City (TV Series) · as Captain Dan Wilkinson
2015
Black Mass · as John Martorano
2015
Documentary Now! (TV Series) · as Mitch Dagonda
2015
American Crime (TV Series) · as Tom Carlin
2014
Wild · as Frank
2014
After the Fall · as Cast
2014
Draft Day · as Ralph Mowry
2014
Chasing Ghosts · as Roger Simons
2014
True Detective (TV Series) · as Detective Teague Dixon
2013
Ground Floor (TV Series) · as Digger Tomkins
2013
2013
A Single Shot · as Puffy
2013
The Lone Ranger · as Mustached Ranger
2013
Rectify (TV Series) · as The Stranger
2013
Brother's Keeper · as Turner Monroe
2013
Rogue (TV Series) · as Charlie
2013
Bates Motel (TV Series) · as Keith Summers
2013
2013
The Sixth Gun · as General Oliander Hume
2012
The Sessions · as Rod
2012
Chicago Fire (TV Series) · as Dave Bloom
2012
The Master · as Fighting Businessman
2012
Major Crimes (TV Series) · as Jim Martino
2012
Perception (TV Series) · as Frank Prentice
2012
Longmire (TV Series) · as R.j. Watts
2012
Blue-Eyed Butcher · as Thomas Dean
2011
Luck (TV Series) · as Mulligan
2011
American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Phil Critter
2011
Breakout Kings (TV Series) · as Cliff Krauss
2010
2010
Pickin' & Grinnin' · as Parson
2010
Miami Medical (TV Series)
2010
Justified (TV Series) · as Cal Wallace
2010
Bloodworth · as Brady Bloodworth
2009
Archer (2009) (TV Series) · as Head Biker (voice)
2009
HawthoRNe (TV Series) · as Mr. Deegan
2009
Smash · as Narrator
2008
1% · as Sailor
2008
The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Rulon Farnes
2007
Burn Notice (TV Series) · as Zechariah
2007
Suspect · as Jimmy
2007
2006
Standoff (TV Series) · as Doug Frohmer
2006
Psych (TV Series) · as Dwayne Tancana
2005
The Big White · as Jimbo
2005
Kids in America · as Boss Mcginn
2005
Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Herb Cramer
2005
Numb3rs (TV Series)
2004
The Last Shot · as Willie Gratzo
2004
The Alamo · as David Burnet
2004
Deadwood (TV Series) · as Dan Dority
2004
Killer Diller · as Holister
2003
Cold Case (TV Series) · as Victor Lake
2003
Dunsmore · as Ronny Roy Pritcher
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead · as Bucky From Kentucky
2002
CSI: Miami (TV Series) · as Jesse Kramer
2002
Push, Nevada (TV Series)
2001
Vanilla Sky · as Barman
2001
Philly (TV Series) · as Billy Temple
2001
Wolf Lake (TV Series) · as Bruce Cates
2001
Dead Last (TV Series) · as Victor 'dizzy' Korsky
2001
Six Feet Under (TV Series) · as Pete
2001
Sugar & Spice · as Hank 'terminator' Rogers
2000
2000
Lost Souls · as William Kelson
2000
Freakylinks (TV Series)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Slick
2000
1999
Being John Malkovich · as First J.m. Inc. Customer
1999
Angel (TV Series) · as Menlo
1998
Charmed (TV Series) · as Shadow / Warlock
1998
Martial Law (TV Series)
1998
There's Something About Mary · as Warren Jensen
1998
Deep Impact · as Mccloud
1997
Bella Mafia · as Fredrico Luciano
1997
Kiss the Girls · as Locksmith
1997
Smart Guy (TV Series)
1996
Scream · as Kenny Brown
1996
The Cherokee Kid · as Calloway
1996
Profiler (TV Series)
1996
Wiseguy · as Dubois
1996
1995
Vampire in Brooklyn · as Thrasher
1995
Without Evidence · as Grace
1995
Caroline in the City (TV Series) · as Floyd Gerber
1995
The Single Guy (TV Series) · as Cabbie
1995
Nowhere Man (TV Series) · as Roy
1994
Lily in Winter · as Sherrif Boyd
1994
New Nightmare · as Morgue Attendant
1994
Dead Air · as Ken
1994
Chicago Hope (TV Series)
1994
Ellen (TV Series) · as Customer
1994
1993
Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) · as Dusty Wilton
1993
NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Bruce Rhodes
1993
Bakersfield, P.D. (TV Series) · as Hood
1993
The X-Files (TV Series) · as Robert M. Fassl
1993
1993
Rookie of the Year · as Billy Frick
1993
Excessive Force · as Vinnie Dimarco
1993
1993
Angel Street · as Patrolman
1992
The Babe · as Herb Pennock
1991
Backdraft · as Paramedic
1989
Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Al
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Guard
1949
Slightly French · as Carnie (uncredited)

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