William Earl Brown (lahir 7 September 1963) adalah aktor penulis skenario, produser, dan musisi berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Namanya dikenal secara luas melalui perannya sebagai Dan Dority dalam serial produksi HBO berjudul Deadwood. Dia juga bermain sebagai Kenny di film produksi tahun 1996 berjudul Scream dan Warren dalam film There's Something About Mary tahun. Selain itu, dia juga menyulih suara untuk karakter Bill dalam permainan video horor Naughty Dog tahun 2013, The Last of Us. Brown juga tampil dalam serial American Crime, Preacher, dan film kriminal karya Johnny Depp berjudul Black Mass (2015).
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| Lahir | William Earl Brown 7 September 1963 Golden Pond, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Almamater | DePaul University Theatre School |
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| Tahun aktif | 1991–present |
| Suami/istri | Carrie Paschall (m. 1989) |
| Anak | 1 |
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Brown pindah ke Chicago ketika menerima MFA-nya dari DePaul University Theatre School tahun 1989. Setelah tampil di beberapa pertunjukan drama, termasuk A View from the Bridge, Brown mulai berkarya di ranah Televisi dan Film. Dia tampil di beberapa produksi Chicago seperti Backdraft, The Babe, Excessive Force, Rookie of the Year dan lainnya.
Tahun1993, Brown pindah ke Los Angeles. Dia mengikuti audisi dan diterima sebagai pemain dalam film Wes Craven's New Nightmare. Dia juga bermain sebagai pemeran sampingan dalam Vampire in Brooklyn, dan Scream. Dua tahun kemudian, Brown bermain dalam film komedi arahan Warren berjudul There's Something About Mary. Film lain yang mencatat namanya antara lain Being John Malkovich, Vanilla Sky, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, The Alamo, dan The Big White. Tahun 2009, Brown menulis skenario dan memprodusri Bloodworth. Bersama Brown dia dinominasikan dalam penghargaan Oscar melalui film The Master dan The Sessions serta The Lone Ranger and Brother's Keeper, dan Wild 2014.
Di ranah televisi, Brown dikenal memerankan sebagai Dan Dority di film produksi HBO berjudul Deadwood. Selama musim tayang, dia diundang bergabung untuk menuliskan naskah pertunjukan David Milch. Tahun 2007, Brown dinominasikan dalam WGA untuk penulisan naskah drama serial dan nominasi di SAG untuk perannya dalam drama. Selama beberapa tahun, dia menjadi bintang tamu di televisi di antaranya 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, dan lainnya.
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| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
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| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Diagnosis: 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 | Meat Loaf: 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 | CSI: 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 | Preacher | Hugo Root | 9 episodes |
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| Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | The Last of Us | Bill | Voice and motion capture |
Referensi sunting
- . Murray State University. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2015-01-06. Diakses tanggal December 25, 2013.
- "From DePaul to "Deadwood": The Scene Stealing Characters of W. Earl Brown". DePaul Advancement News. May 30, 2013. Diakses tanggal December 25, 2013.
- Sean O'Neal (January 6, 2011). "W. Earl Brown". The A.V. Club. Diakses tanggal December 25, 2013.
- Fitz-Gerald, Sean (June 6, 2015). "Here's a Description of the True Detective 2 Premiere". Vulture. Diakses tanggal June 12, 2015.
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- W. Earl Brown di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- (Inggris) W. Earl Brown di AllMovie