W. Earl Brown
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W. Earl Brown (born September 7, 1963 in Murray, Kentucky) is an American character actor who has appeared in many mainstream film and television projects. He is perhaps best known as Cameron Diaz's mentally challenged brother Warren in There's Something About Mary.
Brown graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater from Murray State University before going on to DePaul University in Chicago where, with his fellow classmates John C. Reilly and Gillian Anderson, Brown received his master's degree. While building his résumé in Chicago's theater scene, Brown decided to give Los Angeles a try and moved to the City of Angels where he has remained ever since.
His first major movie role came as a dialogue coach in the film Backdraft, ironically teaching actors to speak with a Chicago accent. He also had a brief appearance on-screen in the film.
Brown can currently be seen as Al Swearengen's trusted henchman Dan Dority on the HBO series Deadwood (2004). His other film credits include Scream (1996), Being John Malkovich (1999) and The Alamo (2004) among many other projects, including television appearances on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Six Feet Under (2001), Charmed (2001), and The X-Files (1993). He is also the co-founder of the country band Sacred Cowboys, performing as a vocalist and guitar player.
Brown has gone by the name Earl his entire life, but added his first initial to his official SAG credit to avoid confusion with Earl Boen.
Brown is married to his high school sweetheart with whom he has one daughter.
