William Earl Brown (born September 7, 1963 in Golden Pond, Kentucky) is an American character actor.
He's best known for his performance as Hitman with a Heart Dan Dority on Deadwood. In film, he might be most recognized for his work in There's Something About Mary and Scream (1996). He also voiced and performed motion capture for Bill in Naughty Dog's 2013 survival horror action video game The Last of Us.
Film Roles
- 1991 Backdraft as Paramedic
- 1992 The Babe as Herb Pennock
- 1993 Rookie of the Year as Frick (Bullpen Catcher)
- 1993 Excessive Force as Vinnie DcMarco
- 1994 Wes Craven's New Nightmare as Morgue Attendant
- 1996 Project: ALF as Ernie
- 1996 Scream as Kenny
- 1998 Deep Impact as McCloud
- 1998 There's Something About Mary as Warren
- 1999 Being John Malkovich as First J.M. Inc. Customer
- 2000 Lost Souls as William Kenson
- 2001 Vanilla Sky as Barman
- 2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead as Bucky From Kentucky
- 2004 The Alamo as David Burnet
- 2005 Kids in America as Boss McGinn
- 2013 The Lone Ranger as Mustached Ranger
- 2013 Knights of Badassdom as Randy
- 2014 Draft Day as Ralph Mowry
- 2015 Black Mass as John Martorano
Television Roles
- 1993 The Untouchables as Zack Zuta
- 1994 Seinfeld as Al
- 1994 Murder, She Wrote as Guard
- 1995 Ellen as Customer #3
- 1996 Caroline in the City as Floyd Gerber
- 1997 Diagnosis: Murder as Dusty Wilton
- 1999 Martial Law as Larry Gambozza
- 2000 Chicago Hope as Harry Cram
- 2000 NYPD Blue as Bruce Rhodes
- 2000 Angel as Menlo
- 2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Roger Peet
- 2001 Charmed (1998) as Shadow/Warlock
- 2001 Wolf Lake as Bruce Cates
- 2002 The X-Files as Robert M. Fassl
- 2002 Six Feet Under as Pete
- 2003 NYPD Blue as Terry Parkhurst
- 2004 Cold Case as Victor Lake
- 2005 CSI: Miami as Jesse Kramer
- 2004-2006 Deadwood as Dan Dority
- 2006 Standoff as Doug Frohmer
- 2007 NUMB3RS as Abner Stone
- 2007 Psych as Dwayne Tancana
- 2008 The Mentalist as Rulon Farnes
- 2009 Hawthorne as Mr. Deegan
- 2010 Justified as Cal Wallace
- 2011 Burn Notice as Zechariah
- 2011 American Horror Story: Murder House as Phil Critter
- 2012 Luck as Mulligan
- 2012 Perception as Frank Prentice
- 2012 Major Crimes as Jim Martino
- 2013 Bates Motel as Keith Summers
- 2013 Rectify as The Stranger
- 2013 Longmire as R.J. Watts
- 2014 Ground Floor as Digger Thompkins
- 2014 Grey's Anatomy as Herb Cramer
- 2014 Chicago Fire as Dave Bloom
- 2015 American Crime as Tom Carlin
- 2015 True Detective as Teague Dixon
- 2015 Documentary Now! as Mitch Dragando
- 2016-2017 Preacher as Hugo Root
- 2017 Training Day as Chief Wade
- 2020-present Star Wars as Taanti
Videogame Roles
- 2013 The Last of Us as Bill
