Brian Thompson

For other uses, see Brian Thompson (disambiguation).

Brian Thompson
File:BThompsonBeardDenim5x7.jpg Love's Christmas Journey
Born	(1959-08-28) August 28, 1959 Ellensburg, Washington, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1983–present

Brian Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His distinctive square-jaw profile, powerful voice, and imposing stature (193 cm, six-foot-four) has led him to many memorable roles in many action films, TV series, and several comedies: Joe Dirt, Three Amigos, Weird Science, Key West, Pass the Ammo and Life Stinks.

Biography

Thompson was born in Ellensburg, Washington. Brian's father, Bert, taught science and has since retired from Robert A Long High School, Longview, Washington. Thompson currently lives in Los Angeles.

Career

Film

Thompson has played supporting roles in a number of movies, including The Terminator and Joe Dirt. He played the role of Tenctonese Trent Porter in the film Alien Nation and Hercules in Jason and the Argonauts. Thompson has also often been cast as the villain such as in the movies Cobra and Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.

Television

Thompson has also appeared in a wide variety of television shows, including seven seasons on the The X-Files as an alien bounty hunter, and the pilot episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Kindred: The Embraced as Eddie Fiori, the leader of the Brujah clan, and Charmed as both War from the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and the Titan Cronos. He appeared on the Fox Network cult science fiction TV series Alien Nation as a Newcomer named Peter Rabbitt, which the series is based on the 1988 film, which he also appeared in and played a Newcomer. Thompson has also appeared in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as the warlord Goth, and in Birds of Prey as the Crawler in Episode 7 "Split", as well as in the series NCIS, Californication, and in the television movie Love's Christmas Journey on the Hallmark Channel.

Cast as a more fatherly figure, Thompson starred in the family film, Tillamook Treasure as Uncle Jimmy, a rough Oregon logger.

Other Work

Thompson also appeared in the video game inspired movie Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as the Emperor Shao Kahn. He has also produced a feature comedy, Action Hero.

Selected Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Terminator	street punk	Bit character attacked and robbed by Schwarzenegger
1986	Cobra	Night Slasher	Key villain
1986	Three Amigos	Thug	A lackey of The German
1986	Doctor Mordrid	Kabal	Key villain, an evil wizard
1988	Fright Night II	Bozworth	Bug-eating lackey
1988	Alien Nation	Trent Porter
1988	Miracle Mile	Helicopter Pilot
1990	Lionheart	Russel	Billed 5th
1990	Moon 44	Jake O'Neal
1994	Star Trek: Generations	Klingon Helm	Klingon helmsman
1996	Dragonheart	Brok	Task executor
1997	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Shao Kahn	Outworld Ruler
2001	Joe Dirt	Buffalo Bob	Parodies the Buffalo Bill role from Silence of the Lambs

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Werewolf	Nicholas Remy	6 Episodes
1989	Star Trek	Various Klingons	Appeared as different named or unnamed Klingons in four Star Trek series
1993	Key West	Sheriff Cody Jeremiah Johnson	13 episodes
1994	The X-Files	Alien Bounty Hunter	Episodes: "Colony", End Game, 7 more episodes
1996	Kindred: The Embraced	Eddie Fiori	6 episodes as a the leader of the Brujah clan of vampires
1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Luke, The Judge	Episodes: "Welcome to the Hellmouth", "The Harvest", 2 more
2000	Charmed	Horseman of War	Episode: "Apocalypse, Not" (season 2, Episode 21)
2003	Charmed	Titan Cronos	Episode: "Oh My Goddess (Part 1 & 2)" (season 5, Episodes 22 & 23)
2005	Star Trek: Enterprise	Romulan Admiral Valdore	See notes
2009	Chuck	Cliff Arculin / Cliff Siljak	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Suburbs"
2012	Californication		One episode, slaps Charlie with his penis

External links

• Brian Thompson at IMDb
• Brian Thompson at Memory Alpha