Name: Brian Thompson
Date of Birth: 28 August 1959 Kite surfs to stay in shape. Hit two holes in one in the same year on the same course, same hole. Son, Jordan, Daughter, Daphne. Lives with his family in Los Angeles. He has played shape-shifting characters at least four times, "The X Files" (1993), "Birds of Prey" (2002), "Werewolf" (1987), "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) and Fright Night Part 2 (1988). Has appeared with Jeffrey Combs in three different productions: Doctor Mordrid (1992), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Enterprise" (2001). ... He played the first character killed by the title character in The Terminator (1984). Once portrayed a villain in the TV series "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995). In Jason and the Argonauts (2000) (TV), he portrayed "Hercules". Has played recurring characters on several TV shows. But on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993), "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) and "Charmed" (1998), he played different characters in different episodes. Also, he played two different aliens in Alien Nation (1988) movie and the "Alien Nation" (1989) series. Black belt in Hapkido. Hit two holes-in-one in the same year on the same golf course, same hole. He won critical praise for his character of Sheriff Cody on the Fox series Key West. When not playing aliens, Brian has taken on a quirky series of human characters. He has been a Scandinavian wrestler on an episode of Weird Science, a prisoner on the premiere episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and a brawling redneck on Walker: Texas Ranger. Thompson has a long history with Star Trek, having appeared in three series and one film, as two Klingons, a Dosi, a Jem'Hadar and a Romulan. He gathered some bad reputation for his portrayal of Shao Khan in the unpopular video-game movie-sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. Cast against his "bad-guy" type, Thompson stars in a family film, Tillamook Treasure (to be released in 2006) as Uncle Jimmy, a rough around the edges Oregon logger. Raised on the Columbia River in Longview, he learned the value of academics and athletics, as the son of two teachers and the second of six siblings. Rather like playing comedy. He has played shape-shifting characters at least five times, The X-Files, Birds of Prey, Werewolf (1987), Buffy, and the movie Fright Night II. Thompson is one of only people to play two different villains on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Tom Lenk was the other. He is the Director of the Actor's School of Mount Hood Community College in Portland, Oregon. Degree in theater (acting) at University of California-Irvine. Read more Brian Thompson movies (actor)User Comments |
