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{{BLP sources|date=December 2013}}{{Infobox person | name = W. Earl Brown | birth_name = William Earl Brown | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|9|7}} | birth_place = Golden Pond, Kentucky, U.S. | education = Murray State University {{small|(BA)}} DePaul University {{small|(MFA)}} | occupation = {{Flat list|- Actor
- writer
- producer
- musician}}
| years_active = 1991–present | spouse = {{marriage|Carrie Paschall|1989}} | children = Anna Brown }}William Earl Brown (born September 7, 1963) is an American actor, writer, producer, and musician. He is perhaps best known for his role as Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood. He also played Kenny in the 1996 film Scream and Warren in the 1998 film There's Something About Mary. More recently, he voiced and filmed performance capture for the character Bill in Naughty Dog's 2013 survival horror action video game The Last of Us. He also appeared in the series American Crime and Preacher, and in the Johnny Depp true-crime film Black Mass (2015). Life and career{{moresources|section|date=February 2018}}Brown received his bachelor's degree from Murray State University before moving to Chicago where he received his MFA from DePaul University Theatre School in 1989.[1][2] After performing in numerous plays, including his breakout performance in Steppenwolf Theatre Company's outreach staging of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, Brown began work in television and film. He appeared in such Chicago productions as Backdraft, The Babe, Excessive Force, Rookie of the Year and others.[3] In 1993, Brown moved to Los Angeles. He auditioned for, and was cast in Wes Craven's New Nightmare. He also has a minor role in Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn, and a bigger one as Gail's cameraman in Craven's Scream. Two years later, Brown played the role of Warren in the comedy film There's Something About Mary. Other past films credits include Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, The Alamo, and The Big White. In 2009, Brown wrote and produced the Samuel Goldwyn Co./Sony release Bloodworth. Among Brown's more recent film credits are the Oscar-nominated films The Master and The Sessions and 2013's The Lone Ranger and Brother's Keeper, and 2014's Wild. On television, Brown is best known for his portrayal of Dan Dority in Deadwood. Over the years, his numerous guest star roles on television include: Bates Motel, Rectify, Luck, American Horror Story, Justified, Six Feet Under, NYPD Blue, X-Files, The Mentalist, Crime Scene Investigation, Ellen, Seinfeld, True Detective,[4] and others. Among the many TV movies he has been involved with was the starring role in VH1's Meatloaf: To Hell and Back. In addition to his television and film work, Brown performed the motion capture and voiceover work for Naughty Dog's acclaimed video game, The Last of Us. He also writes and records with the Los Angeles band Sacred Cowboys, who performed around the Southwest U.S. steadily from 2005 to 2009, including having been on the bill for Stagecoach 2009, Southern California's premiere country music festival.{{cn|date=February 2018}} FilmographyFilm Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1991 | Backdraft | Paramedic | 1992 | The Babe | Herb Pennock | 1993 | Rookie of the Year | Frick (Bullpen Catcher) | 1993 | Excessive Force | Vinnie DiMarco | 1994 | Wes Craven's New Nightmare | Morgue Attendant | 1995 | Without Evidence | Grace | 1995 | Vampire in Brooklyn | Thrasher | 1996 | Scream | Kenny | 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Locksmith | 1998 | Deep Impact | McCloud | 1998 | There's Something About Mary | Warren Jensen | 1999 | Being John Malkovich | J.M. Inc. Customer | 2000 | Dancing at the Blue Iguana | Bobby | 2000 | Lost Souls | William Kelson | 2001 | Vanilla Sky | Barman | 2001 | Sugar & Spice | Hank "Terminator" Rogers | 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Bucky From Kentucky | 2003 | Dunsmore | Ronny Roy Pritcher | 2004 | Killer Diller | Holister | 2004 | The Last Shot | Willie Gratzo | 2004 | The Alamo | David Burnet | 2005 | The Big White | Jimbo | 2005 | Kids in America | Boss McGinn | 2010 | Bloodworth | Brady Bloodworth | Also writer and producer | 2010 | The Last Rites of Ransom Pride | Matthew | 2012 | The Sessions | Rod | 2012 | The Master | Fighting Businessman | 2013 | A Single Shot | Puffy | 2013 | AIC 23 | Alan Poole McLard | Short film, also co-writer | 2013 | The Lone Ranger | Mustached Ranger | 2013 | Beneath the Harvest Sky | Roger | 2013 | Knights of Badassdom | Randy | 2013 | Brother's Keeper | Turner Monroe | 2014 | Wild | Frank | 2014 | Draft Day | Ralph Mowry | 2015 | Chasing Ghosts | Roger Simons | 2015 | Black Mass | Johnny Martorano | 2016 | Porcupine | Owen Talbott | 2016 | Spaceman | Dick Dennis | 2018 | Dad Band | Jimbo | Short film, also writer[5] | 2019 | The Highwaymen | Ivy Methvin |
Television Year | Title | Role | Notes | 1992 | Angel Street | Patrolman | Unknown episode | 1993 | The Untouchables | Jack Zuta | 2 episodes | 1993 | The Woman Who Loved Elvis | Pete | Television film | 1993 | Bakersfield P.D. | Hood | Episode: "The Ex-Partner" | 1994 | Seinfeld | Al | Episode: "The Stand-In" | 1994 | Murder, She Wrote | Guard | Episode: "Murder of the Month Club" | 1994 | Lily in Winter | Sheriff Boyd | Television film | 1995 | Ellen | Customer #3 | Episode: "Gladiators" | 1995 | The Single Guy | The Cabbie | Episode: "Neighbors" | 1995 | Nowhere Man | Roy | Episode: "It's Not Such a Wonderful Life" | 1996 | Project ALF | Ernie | Television film | 1996 | A Season in Purgatory | Fatty Malloy | Television film | 1996 | Caroline in the City | Floyd Gerber | Episode: "Caroline and the Therapist" | 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Calloway | Television film | 1997 | Murder | Dusty Wilton | Episode: "Murder, Country Style" | 1997 | Smart Guy | Sonny | Episode: "The Dating Game" | 1997 | 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" | 2000 | NYPD Blue | Bruce Rhodes | Episode: "Welcome to New York" | 2000 | To Hell and Back | Meat Loaf | Television film | 2000 | Angel | Menlo | Episode: "The Shroud of Rahmon" | 2001 | CSI | Roger Peet | Episode: "Justice Is Served" | 2001 | Charmed | Shadow / Warlock | Episode: "Pre-Witched" | 2001 | Dead Last | Victor Korsky | Episode: "The Problem with Corruption" | 2001 | Wolf Lake | Bruce Cates | Episode: "Excitable Boy" | 2002 | Philly | Billy Temple | Episode: "Brotherly Love" | 2002 | The X Files | Robert M. Fassl | Episode: "Underneath" | 2002 | Six Feet Under | Pete | Episode: "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year" | 2002 | Push, Nevada | Shadrach | 5 episodes | 2003 | NYPD Blue | Terry Parkhurst | Episode: "22 Skidoo" | 2004 | Cold Case | Victor Lake | Episode: "Maternal Instincts" | 2005 | Miami | Jesse Kramer | Episode: "Whacked" | 2004–06 | Deadwood | Dan Dority | 36 episodes; also wrote one episode | 2006 | Standoff | Doug Frohmer | Episode: "Man of Steele" | 2007 | Numbers | Abner Stone | Episode: "Nine Wives" | 2007 | Psych | Dwayne Tancana | Episode: "Bounty Hunters!" | 2007 | The Minister of Divine | Buzz | Unsold pilot | 2008 | The Mentalist | Rulon Farnes | Episode: "Redwood" | 2009 | Hawthorne | Mr. Deegan | Episode: "Trust Me" | 2009 | CSI | Slick | Episode: "Appendicitement" | 2010 | Justified | Cal Wallace | Episode: "Blowback" | 2010 | Miami Medical | Jesse | Episode: "Medicine Man" | 2011 | American Horror Story | Phil Critter | Episode: "Smoldering Children" | 2011 | Burn Notice | Zechariah | Episode: "Besieged" | 2011 | Breakout Kings | Cliff Krauss | Episode: "Paid in Full" | 2012 | Luck | Mulligan | 2 episodes | 2012 | Blue Eyed Butcher | Thomas Dean | Television film | 2012 | Perception | Frank Prentice | Episode: "Faces" | 2012 | Major Crimes | Jim Martino | Episode: "Before and After" | 2013 | The Sixth Gun | Gen. Oliander Hume | Unsold pilot | 2013 | Bates Motel | Keith Summers | Episode: "First You Dream, Then You Die" | 2013 | Rectify | The Stranger | Episode: "Drip, Drip" | 2013 | Rogue | Charlie | 5 episodes | 2013 | Longmire | R.J. Watts | Episode: "The Road to Hell" | 2014 | Ground Floor | Digger Tomkins | Episode: "Dynamic Duo" | 2014 | Grey's Anatomy | Herb Cramer | Episode: "Throwing It All Away" | 2014 | Chicago Fire | Dave Bloom | 3 episodes | 2015 | American Crime | Tom Carlin | 10 episodes | 2015 | True Detective | Det. Teague Dixon | 5 episodes | 2015 | Documentary Now! | Mitch Dragando | Episode: "Gentle and Soft: The Story of the Blue Jean Committee, Part 1" | 2015 | Wicked City | Capt. 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" | 2017 | I'm Dying Up Here | Teddy | 7 episodes | 2017–18 | Superstition | The Dredge | 3 episodes | 2019 | Deadwood | Dan Dority | Television film |
Video games Year | Title | Role | Notes | 2013 | The Last of Us | Bill | Voice and motion capture | |
References1. ^{{ cite web|url=http://www.murraystate.edu/Academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfHumanitiesAndFineArts/Theatre.aspx|title=Department of Theatre|publisher=Murray State University|accessdate=December 25, 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215630/http://www.murraystate.edu/Academics/CollegesDepartments/CollegeOfHumanitiesAndFineArts/Theatre.aspx|archivedate=October 4, 2013|df=}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://depauladvancementnews.wordpress.com/tag/w-earl-brown/|title=From DePaul to "Deadwood": The Scene Stealing Characters of W. Earl Brown|publisher=DePaul Advancement News|date=May 30, 2013|accessdate=December 25, 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/w-earl-brown-49370|title=W. Earl Brown|author=Sean O'Neal|publisher=The A.V. Club|date=January 6, 2011|accessdate=December 25, 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/new-details-on-the-true-detective-2-premiere.html|title=Here's a Description of the True Detective 2 Premiere|publisher=Vulture|first=Sean|last=Fitz-Gerald|date=June 6, 2015|accessdate=June 12, 2015}} 5. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.theprp.com/2018/06/15/news/alice-in-chains-jerry-cantrell-joins-a-dad-band-in-new-short-film/ |title=Alice In Chains' Jerry Cantrell Joins A Dad Band In New Short Film |date=June 15, 2018 |website=Theprp.com |access-date=June 15, 2018}}
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{{Satellite Award for Best Cast – Television Series}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Brown, W. Earl}} 11 : 1963 births|Male actors from Kentucky|American male film actors|American male television actors|Living people|Murray State University alumni|DePaul University alumni|21st-century American male actors|20th-century American male actors|American male stage actors|American male video game actors |