W. Earl Brown

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• Name — W. Earl Brown • Birth Name — William Earl Brown • Born — 7 September 1963 • Birthplace — Golden Pond, Kentucky, U.S. • Occupation — * Actor • screenwriter • producer • musician • songwriter • Years Active — 1991–present • Children — 1 • Education — Murray State University (BA) DePaul University (MFA) 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, the cameraman 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, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, The X-Files, Six Feet Under, Preacher, Bates Motel, True Detective, American Horror Story, Chicago Fire, Psych, and The Mandalorian.

Brown was born in Golden Pond, Kentucky. He earned a bachelor's degree from Murray State University before moving to Chicago, where he received an MFA from DePaul University Theatre School in 1989.

After his breakout performance in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's outreach staging of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, Brown began working in television and film. He appeared in films such as Backdraft, The Babe, Excessive Force, and Rookie of the Year. In 1993, he moved to Los Angeles and was cast in Wes Craven's New Nightmare. He also had a minor role in Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn, and a bigger one as a news cameraman working for Gale Weathers in Craven's Scream. He played Warren in the 1998 comedy film There's Something About Mary and later took roles in Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, The Alamo, and The Big White. In 2009, Brown wrote, produced, and appeared in the film Bloodworth. His 2010s film credits include The Master, The Sessions, The Lone Ranger, Brother's Keeper, and Wild. On television, he is best known for his portrayal of Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood (2004–2006). He has also guest starred on Bates Motel, Rectify, Luck, American Horror Story, Justified, Six Feet Under, NYPD Blue, X-Files, The Mentalist, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Ellen, Seinfeld, True Detective, and others. He also portrayed singer Meat Loaf in VH1's television film Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back. In 2013, he performed the voice and motion capture of Bill in the critically acclaimed video game The Last of Us. Brown also writes and performs with the country music band Sacred Cowboys.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1992 — Angel Street — Patrolman — Unknown episode • 1993 — The Untouchables — Jack Zuta — 2 episodes • The Woman Who Loved Elvis — Pete — Television film • Bakersfield P.D. — Hood — Episode: "The Ex-Partner" • 1994 — Seinfeld — Al — Episode: "The Stand In" • Murder, She Wrote — Guard — Episode: "Murder of the Month Club" • Lily in Winter — Sheriff Boyd — Television film • 1995 — Ellen — Customer #3 — Episode: "Gladiators" • The Single Guy — The Cabbie — Episode: "Neighbors" • Nowhere Man — Roy — Episode: "It's Not Such a Wonderful Life" • 1996 — Project ALF — Ernie — Television film • A Season in Purgatory — Fatty Malloy • Caroline in the City — Floyd Gerber — Episode: "Caroline and the Therapist" • The Cherokee Kid — Calloway — Television film • 1997 — Diagnosis: Murder — Dusty Wilton — Episode: "Murder, Country Style" • Smart Guy — Sonny — Episode: "The Dating Game" • Bella Mafia — Fredrico Luciano — Television film • 1998 — Profiler — Raymond Boudreaux — Episode: "The Sum of Her Parts" • 1999 — Martial Law — Larry Gambozza — Episode: "Big Trouble" • 2000 — Chicago Hope — Harry Cram — Episode: "Cold Hearts" • NYPD Blue — Bruce Rhodes — Episode: "Welcome to New York" • Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back — Meat Loaf — Television film • Angel — Menlo — Episode: "The Shroud of Rahmon" • 2001 — CSI — Roger Peet — Episode: "Justice Is Served" • Charmed — Shadow / Warlock — Episode: "Pre-Witched" • Dead Last — Victor Korsky — Episode: "The Problem with Corruption" • WANTED COMIX — Drew Lujan — Episode: "Frank and Beans" • Wolf Lake — Bruce Cates — Episode: "Excitable Boy" • 2002 — Philly — Billy Temple — Episode: "Brotherly Love" • The X-Files — Robert M. Fassl — Episode: "Underneath" • Six Feet Under — Pete — Episode: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" • Push, Nevada — Shadrach — 5 episodes • 2003 — NYPD Blue — Terry Parkhurst — Episode: "22 Skidoo" • 2004 — Cold Case — Victor Lake — Episode: "Maternal Instincts" • 2004–06 — Deadwood — Dan Dority — 36 episodes; also wrote one episode • 2005 — CSI: Miami — Jesse Kramer — Episode: "Whacked" • 2006 — Standoff — Doug Frohmer — Episode: "Man of Steele" • 2007 — Numbers — Abner Stone — Episode: "Nine Wives" • Psych — Dwayne Tancana — Episode: "Bounty Hunters!" • The Minister of Divine — 'Buzz' — Unsold pilot • 2008 — The Mentalist — Rulon Farnes — Episode: "Redwood" • 2009 — Hawthorne — Mr. Deegan — Episode: "Trust Me" • CSI — 'Slick' — Episode: "Appendicitement" • 2010 — Justified — Cal Wallace — Episode: "Blowback " • Miami Medical — Jesse — Episode: "Medicine Man" • 2011 — American Horror Story: Murder House — Phil Critter — Episode: "Smoldering Children" • Burn Notice — Zechariah — Episode: "Besieged" • Breakout Kings — Cliff Krauss — Episode: "Paid in Full" • Scream: The Inside Story — Himself — Documentary film • 2012 — Luck — Mulligan — 2 episodes • Blue Eyed Butcher — Thomas Dean — Television film • Perception — Frank Prentice — Episode: "Faces" • Major Crimes — Jim Martino — Episode: "Before and After" • 2013 — The Sixth Gun — General Oliander Hume — Unsold pilot • Bates Motel — Keith Summers — Episode: "First You Dream, Then You Die" • Rectify — The Stranger — Episode: "Drip, Drip" • Rogue — Charlie — 5 episodes • Longmire — R.J. Watts — Episode: "The Road to Hell" • 2014 — Ground Floor — 'Digger' Tomkins — Episode: "Dynamic Duo" • Grey's Anatomy — Herb Cramer — Episode: "Throwing It All Away" • Chicago Fire — Dave Bloom — 3 episodes • 2015 — American Crime — Tom Carlin — 10 episodes • True Detective — Detective Teague Dixon — 5 episodes • Documentary Now! — Mitch Dragando — Episode: "Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee, Part 1" • Wicked City — Captain Dan Wilkinson — 4 episodes • 2016 — Archer — Head Biker (voice) — Episode: "The Handoff" • 2016–17 — Preacher — Hugo Root — 11 episodes • 2017 — Training Day — Chief Wade — Episode: "Wages of Sin" • I'm Dying Up Here — Teddy — 7 episodes • 2017–18 — Superstition — The Dredge — 3 episodes • 2019 — Deadwood: The Movie — Dan Dority — Television film • 2019 — Reprisal — Witt — 7 episodes • 2020 — Hoops — (voice) — Episode: "The Scout" • The Mandalorian — Taanti — Episode: "Chapter 9: The Marshal" • 2022 — The Book of Boba Fett — 2 episodes • Hacks — Michael — 7 episodes • Five Days at Memorial — Ewing Cook • 2023 — Paul T. Goldman — Royce Rocco — 4 episodes • Hello Tomorrow! — Big Fred — 6 episodes • The Ghost and Molly McGee — Lord Doom (voice) — 2 episodes • 2024 — Yellowstone — Deputy Spears — Episode: "Desire Is All You Need" • 2025–present — Fire Country — Wes Fox — Guest role (2 episodes) • Sheriff Country — Main role • 2026 — The Boys — Greg Dupree — Episode: One-Shots

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2013 — The Last of Us — Bill — Voice and motion capture • 2025 — The Last of Us Part II Remastered — No Return mode

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