W. Earl Brown

ActorProducerWriterCrew Sep 7 (age 62) Murray, Kentucky, USA 1984–2025 (41 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Scream

Kenny Brown

Film

Being John Malkovich

First J.M. Inc. Customer

Film

Vanilla Sky

Barman

Film

The Master

Fighting Businessman

Film

There's Something About Mary

Warren Jensen

Film

The Unforgivable

Mac Whelan

Film

Deadwood

Dan Dority

Film

Wild

Frank

Filmography

Acting (119)

Movies (64)

Shirley

as George Wallace

The Dead Don't Hurt

as Alan Kendall

The Unforgivable

as Mac Whelan

No Man of God

as Warden Wilkenson

American Sausage Standoff

2021

as Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.

The Highwaymen

as Ivy Methvin

Deadwood: The Movie

as Dan Dority

I Lost My Mother's Ashes

2019

as Mortician

5.0

Dad Band

2018

as Jimbo

The Legend of 420

as Himself

Spaceman

as Dick Dennis

Black Mass

as John Martorano

Wild

as Frank

Draft Day

as Ralph Mowry

Chasing Ghosts

as Roger Simons

The Lone Ranger

as Mustached Ranger

The Sixth Gun

as General Oliander Hume

3.0

A Single Shot

2013

as Puffy

5.7

Grounded: Making The Last of Us

2013

as Self

7.6

Beneath the Harvest Sky

as Roger Cyr

Brother's Keeper

as Turner Monroe

Alice in Chains: AIC 23

2013

as Alan Poole McLard

6.8

The Master

2012

as Fighting Businessman

The Sessions

as Rod

Blue-Eyed Butcher

as Thomas Dean

Scream: The Inside Story

2011

as Self

6.0

Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective

as Self

Bloodworth

as Brady Bloodworth

The Last Rites of Ransom Pride

as Matthew

Pickin' and Grinnin'

as Parson

as Sailor

The Big White

as Jimbo

Kids in America

as Boss McGinn

The Alamo

as David Burnet

Killer Diller

as Holister

The Last Shot

as Willie Gratzo

Dunsmore

as Ronny Roy Pritcher

2.0

Pauly Shore Is Dead

2003

as Bucky From Kentucky

4.3

Vanilla Sky

2001

as Barman

6.8

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

2001

as Bobby

5.3

Sugar & Spice

2001

as Hank 'Terminator' Rogers

6.4

Lost Souls

2000

as William Kelson

5.0

Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back

2000

as Meat Loaf

7.9

Being John Malkovich

1999

as First J.M. Inc. Customer

7.4

Deep Impact

1998

as McCloud (uncredited)

6.2

There's Something About Mary

as Warren Jensen

Kiss the Girls

as Locksmith

Bella Mafia

as Fredrico Luciano

Scream

as Kenny Brown

Project: ALF

as Ernie

Wiseguy

as Dubois

A Season in Purgatory

as Fatty Malloy

The Cherokee Kid

as Calloway

Vampire in Brooklyn

as Thrasher

Without Evidence

as Grace

Wes Craven's New Nightmare

as Morgue Attendant

Dead Air

as Ken

Lily in Winter

as Sheriff Boyd

The Woman Who Loved Elvis

as Pete

Rookie of the Year

as Billy Frick

Excessive Force

as Vinnie DiMarco

The Babe

as Herb Pennock

Backdraft

as Paramedic

Red Blooded

as Deputy Joe Paul

Television (55)

Sheriff Country

as Wes

Paul T. Goldman

as Royce Rocco

Hello Tomorrow!

as Big Fred

Fire Country

as Wes Fox

Hacks

as Michael

The Ghost and Molly McGee

2021

as Lord Doom (voice)

8.0

The Book of Boba Fett

2021

as Weequay Proprietor

7.5

The Mandalorian

2019

as Weequay Proprietor

Reprisal

as Witt

Yellowstone

as Deputy Spears

Superstition

as The Dredge

Preacher

as Sheriff Hugo Root

American Crime

as Tom Carlin

Wicked City

as Captain Dan Wilkinson

5.9

True Detective

2014

as Detective Teague Dixon

Bates Motel

as Keith Summers

Rectify

as The Stranger

Chicago Fire

as Dave Bloom

Longmire

as R.J. Watts

Perception

as Frank Prentice

American Horror Story

as Phil Critter

Justified

as Cal Wallace

Miami Medical

Archer

as Head Biker (voice)

Hawthorne

as Mr. Deegan

The Mentalist

as Rulon Farnes

Burn Notice

as Zechariah

Psych

as Dwayne Tancana

Grey's Anatomy

as Herb Cramer

Numb3rs

as Abner Stone

Deadwood

as Dan Dority

Cold Case

as Victor Lake

CSI: Miami

as Jesse Kramer

Push, Nevada

Six Feet Under

as Pete

Wolf Lake

as Bruce Cates

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

as Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet

FreakyLinks

Angel

as Menlo

Charmed

as Shadow / Warlock

Martial Law

as Larry Gambozza

Smart Guy

as Sonny

Profiler

as Raymond Boudreaux

A Season in Purgatory

1996

as Fatty Malloy

The Single Guy

as Cabbie

Caroline in the City

as Floyd Gerber

Nowhere Man

as Roy

Chicago Hope

as Harry Cram

Ellen

as Customer

The X-Files

as Robert M. Fassl

Diagnosis: Murder

as Dusty Wilton

The Untouchables

Seinfeld

as Al

Murder, She Wrote

as Guard

Roadside Picnic

as Buzzard

Crew (7)

Movies (6)

Dad Band

2018

Producer

Dad Band

2018

Writer

Alice in Chains: AIC 23

Writer

Bloodworth

Producer

Bloodworth

Screenplay

Backdraft

Dialect Coach

Television (1)

Deadwood

2004

Writer

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