Cast & creator
W. Earl Brown
Best known for The Mentalist, Grey's Anatomy, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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.
Also known as: William Earl Brown, Earl Brown, У. Эрл Браун
69
film credits
58
television credits
120
1984–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (127)
Showing 127 of 127 credits
The Mentalist
Rulon Farnes
2008
Grey's Anatomy
Herb Cramer
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Thomas Pickens / Roger Peet
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Slick
2000
American Horror Story
Phil Critter
2011
Chicago Fire
Dave Bloom
2012
CSI: Miami
Jesse Kramer
2002
Seinfeld
Al
1989
The X-Files
Robert M. Fassl
1993
Charmed
Shadow / Warlock
1998
The Boys
Reverend Greg Dupree
2019
Yellowstone
Deputy Spears
2018
Diagnosis: Murder
Dusty Wilton
1993
Chicago Hope
Harry Cram
1994
Psych
Dwayne Tancana
2006
Murder, She Wrote
Guard
1984
Numb3rs
Abner Stone
2005
Cold Case
Victor Lake
2003
True Detective
Detective Teague Dixon
2014
Archer
Head Biker (voice)
2009
Angel
Menlo
1999
Hacks
Michael
2021
The Ghost and Molly McGee
Lord Doom (voice)
2021
The Mandalorian
Weequay Proprietor
2019
Six Feet Under
Pete
2001
Fire Country
Wes Fox
2022
Longmire
R.J. Watts
2012
Justified
Cal Wallace
2010
Burn Notice
Zechariah
2007
Bates Motel
Keith Summers
2013
Profiler
Raymond Boudreaux
1996
Ellen
Customer
1994
Perception
Frank Prentice
2012
Caroline in the City
Floyd Gerber
1995
Preacher
Hugo Root
2016
Martial Law
Larry Gambozza
1998
Deadwood
Dan Dority
2004Deadwood
Writer
2004
Sheriff Country
Wes Fox
2025
Scream
Kenny
1996
The Book of Boba Fett
Weequay Proprietor
2021
Rectify
The Stranger
2013
The Single Guy
Cabbie
1995
Smart Guy
Sonny
1997
American Crime
Tom Carlin
2015
Deep Impact
McCloud (uncredited)
1998
Hello Tomorrow!
Big Fred
2023
Nowhere Man
Roy
1995
There's Something About Mary
Warren Jensen
1998
Black Mass
John Martorano
2015
Kiss the Girls
Locksmith
1997
The Lone Ranger
Mustached Ranger
2013
Vanilla Sky
Barman
2001
Hawthorne
Mr. Deegan
2009
The Unforgivable
Mac Whelan
2021
The Untouchables
1993
Miami Medical
2010
Being John Malkovich
First J.M. Inc. Customer
1999
Wild
Frank
2014
The Master
Fighting Businessman
2012
Wicked City
Captain Dan Wilkinson
2015
Reprisal
Witt
2019
Wolf Lake
Bruce Cates
2001
Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Morgue Attendant
1994
The Highwaymen
Ivy Methvin
2019
Rookie of the Year
Billy Frick
1993
No Man of God
Warden Wilkenson
2021
FreakyLinks
2000
Backdraft
Paramedic
1991Backdraft
Dialect Coach
1991
Draft Day
Ralph Mowry
2014
Superstition
The Dredge
2017
The Sessions
Rod
2012
The Alamo
David Burnet
2004
Deadwood: The Movie
Dan Dority
2019
The Dead Don't Hurt
Alan Kendall
2024
A Season in Purgatory
Fatty Malloy
1996
Paul T. Goldman
Royce Rocco
2023
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Bucky from Kentucky
2003
Lost Souls
William Kelson
2000
Project: ALF
Ernie
1996
Dancing at the Blue Iguana
Bobby
2001
Push, Nevada
2002
Vampire in Brooklyn
Thrasher
1995
The Big White
Jimbo
2005
The Last Shot
Willie Gratzo
2004
A Single Shot
Puffy
2013
Sugar & Spice
Hank 'Terminator' Rogers
2001
The Cherokee Kid
Calloway
1996
Bloodworth
Brady Bloodworth
2010Bloodworth
Screenplay
2010Bloodworth
Producer
2010
The Babe
Herb Pennock
1992
Bella Mafia
Fredrico Luciano
1997Roadside Picnic
Buzzard
Scream: The Inside Story
Self
2011
Blue-Eyed Butcher
Thomas Dean
2012
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride
Matthew
2010
Shirley
George Wallace
2024
Spaceman
Dick Dennis
2016
Beneath the Harvest Sky
Roger Cyr
2013
Without Evidence
Grace
1995
Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective
Self
2011
Kids in America
Boss McGinn
2005
Grounded: Making The Last of Us
Self
2013
Excessive Force
Vinnie DiMarco
1993
Dead Air
Ken
1994
Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back
Meat Loaf
2000
The Legend of 420
Himself
2017
Lily in Winter
Sheriff Boyd
1994
Dad Band
Jimbo
2018Dad Band
Producer
2018Dad Band
Writer
2018
The Woman Who Loved Elvis
Pete
1993
The Sixth Gun
General Oliander Hume
2013
Dunsmore
Ronny Roy Pritcher
2003
I Lost My Mother's Ashes
Mortician
2019Pickin' and Grinnin'
Parson
2010
Wiseguy
Dubois
1996
Killer Diller
Holister
2004
American Sausage Standoff
Jimmy Jerry Lee Jones Jr.
2021
Chasing Ghosts
Roger Simons
2014
Red Blooded
Deputy Joe Paul
1%
Sailor
2008
Brother's Keeper
Turner Monroe
2013
Alice in Chains: AIC 23
Alan Poole McLard
2013Alice in Chains: AIC 23
Writer
2013