W. Earl Brown, 1986 Murray State alumnus, is a character on the popular television show, “The Mandalorian” and was featured in a recent article in “Entertainment Weekly”.
Brown said on his Facebook page, “I’ve been blessed to have been involved in the telling of so many wonderful stories over the years, however I’ve always flown under the radar. It is quite nice to receive such mainstream notice. I am forever grateful.”
The live-action Star Wars series follows a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
Brown, who was a 2017 recipient of Murray State’s distinguished alumni award, was born and raised in western Kentucky. During his undergraduate career at Murray State, Brown was heavily involved within the theatre and journalism and mass communication departments.
Brown’s television roles include Sheriff Hugo Root in the “Preacher” series, Captain Dan Wilkinson in “Wicked City,” Detective Teague Dixon in “True Detective” and Tom Carlin in the series “American Crime.” On television, he is probably best known as Dan Dority in HBO’s “Deadwood”.
Wes Craven was an early supporter of Brown’s; he cast him in “New Nightmare”, “A Vampire in Brooklyn” and the role of Kenny in the classic “Scream”. Two years after the success of “Scream,” Brown played Warren, Cameron Diaz’s brother, in “There’s Something About Mary”. Among his many other film credits are the highly regarded films “Being John Malkovich”, “The Master”, “The Sessions”, “Wild” and “Black Mass”.