Brian Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His distinctive square-jaw profile, powerful voice, and imposing stature (190.5 cm, six-foot-three) has led him to star in many action films, often as a villain. Thompson was born in Ellensburg, Washington to teacher parents. His first role was playing one of the punks who are killed by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in The Terminator at the beginning of the film.

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  • Brian Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His distinctive square-jaw profile, powerful voice, and imposing stature (190.5 cm, six-foot-three) has led him to star in many action films, often as a villain. Thompson was born in Ellensburg, Washington to teacher parents. His first role was playing one of the punks who are killed by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in The Terminator at the beginning of the film. His most prominent role was as the Night Slasher, the enigmatic leader of a cult of serial killers in Cobra alongside action star Sylvester Stallone. The same year, Thompson played a nasty German in John Landis' comedy Three Amigos. Thompson also appeared as Russel in the 1990 action film Lionheart, and as Buffalo Bob in the 2001 comedy film Joe Dirt, starring David Spade. In the 1990 film, Hired To Kill, he got to kiss Oliver Reed. Thompson has also appeared in a wide variety of television shows, primarily science-fiction and fantasy series, including the season 4 episode of Knight Rider Sky Knight, The X-Files; the pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Welcome to the Hellmouth" as Luke, disciple of The Master, and also as the Judge in two episodes from Season Two, "Surprise" and "Innocence"; ' (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). Thompson has also appeared in ' (as the warlord Goth) as well as Hercules himself in Jason and the Argonauts. Thompson appears in the Star Trek franchises Star Trek: Enterprise (as Romulan admiral Valdore), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and the film Star Trek Generations. He played the role of Tenctonese Trent Porter in the film Alien Nation. Thompson also appeared in the video game inspired movie Mortal Kombat: Annihilation as the Emperor Shao Kahn. He appeared alongside Ho-Sung Pak and Peter Greene in the martial arts/crime film Fist of the Warrior. Cast against his "bad-guy" type, Thompson starred in a family film, Tillamook Treasure as Uncle Jimmy, a rough Oregon logger, for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the Mid-Valley Film Festival in Salem, Oregon. Thompson lives in Los Angeles with his son and daughter.
  • Brian Thompson ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Sein unverwechselbares Profil und seine imposante Statur haben ihm viele Rollen, hauptsächlich als Bösewicht, verschafft.
  • Brian Thompson est un acteur américain né le 28 août 1959 à Ellensburg aux États-Unis. Il a joué son premier rôle dans le film Terminator, un punk tué par Arnold Schwarzenegger (le terminator) au début du film...
  • Dopo un'apparizione nel telefilm Streghe, nel 2003 recita nel seguito del film Epoch intitolato '. Nel 2004 recita nel telefilm Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service mentre nel 2005 è in tre episodi del telefilm Star Trek: Enterprise. Nel 2006 e'protagonista del film indipendente The Tillamook Treasure, premiato al Toronto Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival come "miglior film per famiglie". Nel 2007 debutta come regista nella pellicola Vardell Duseldorfer: The Great V.D. , in cui è anche attore; lo stesso anno fa un cameo nell'horror Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane e gira un film in Messico: El ùltimo justo. L'attore ha da poco finito di girare il film Dark Games con Danny Trejo e a breve prenderà parte all'episodio pilota di una nuova serie tv d'azione dal titolo Emissary. Prossimamente lo vedremo nel film thriller Roney's Point accanto all'attore Emmet Walsh, e nel film fantasy Dragonquest.
  • Brian Thompson – amerykański aktor, reżyser, scenarzysta oraz producent filmowy i telewizyjny.
  • Brian Thompson, född 28 augusti 1959 i Ellensburg, Washington, USA, är en amerikansk skådespelare. Hans utmärkande fyrkantiga haka, djupa röst och långa (191 cm), muskulösa kropp har gjort honom till en populär skådespelare i många actionfilmer, främst kanske som skurk. En av hans första roller var i Arnold Schwarzeneggers Terminator. Han har också bland annat medverkat i en mängd tv-serier såsom Arkiv X, NCIS, Buffy och vampyrerna, Förhäxad, Vampyrernas hemlighet, Gothams änglar, Star Trek: Enterprise, Walker, Texas Ranger, Baywatch, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Renegade, Par i brott, Knight Rider, Falcon Crest och Star Trek: The Next Generation. Han har svart bälte i Hapkido.
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  • Thompson at the 2009 New York Comicon
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  • Brian Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor. His distinctive square-jaw profile, powerful voice, and imposing stature (190.5 cm, six-foot-three) has led him to star in many action films, often as a villain. Thompson was born in Ellensburg, Washington to teacher parents. His first role was playing one of the punks who are killed by Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in The Terminator at the beginning of the film.
  • Brian Thompson ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Sein unverwechselbares Profil und seine imposante Statur haben ihm viele Rollen, hauptsächlich als Bösewicht, verschafft.
  • Brian Thompson est un acteur américain né le 28 août 1959 à Ellensburg aux États-Unis. Il a joué son premier rôle dans le film Terminator, un punk tué par Arnold Schwarzenegger (le terminator) au début du film...
  • Dopo un'apparizione nel telefilm Streghe, nel 2003 recita nel seguito del film Epoch intitolato '. Nel 2004 recita nel telefilm Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service mentre nel 2005 è in tre episodi del telefilm Star Trek: Enterprise. Nel 2006 e'protagonista del film indipendente The Tillamook Treasure, premiato al Toronto Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival come "miglior film per famiglie". Nel 2007 debutta come regista nella pellicola Vardell Duseldorfer: The Great V.D.
  • Brian Thompson – amerykański aktor, reżyser, scenarzysta oraz producent filmowy i telewizyjny.
  • Brian Thompson, född 28 augusti 1959 i Ellensburg, Washington, USA, är en amerikansk skådespelare. Hans utmärkande fyrkantiga haka, djupa röst och långa (191 cm), muskulösa kropp har gjort honom till en populär skådespelare i många actionfilmer, främst kanske som skurk. En av hans första roller var i Arnold Schwarzeneggers Terminator.
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