Scott Thompson (actor)
Scott Thompson | |
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Born | John Scott Thompson June 12, 1959 North Bay, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation(s) | Actor, comedian |
Years active | 1980–present |
John Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959), known professionally as Scott Thompson, is a Canadian actor and comedian, best known as member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall and for playing Brian on The Larry Sanders Show.
Early life
Thompson was born in
He attended Brampton Centennial Secondary School, and was a witness to the 1975 Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting.[1] He enrolled at York University but in his third year was asked to leave for being "disruptive". He joined the comedy troupe The Love Cats, where he met Mark McKinney.
Career
In 1984, Thompson became a member of The Kids in the Hall, whose eponymous sketch comedy series aired starting 1989 on the CBC in Canada and on HBO in the United States, but moved to CBS for its fourth and fifth seasons. Openly gay,[2] Thompson became best known on the show for his monologues as "alpha queen" socialite Buddy Cole, and his appearances as Queen Elizabeth II, secretary Cathy, businessman Danny Husk, suburban housewife Fran, actress Francesca Fiore, and the demented old man in the popular "Love and Sausages" sketch.
Concurrently with The Kids in the Hall, Thompson and his writing colleague Paul Bellini collaborated in a queercore punk band called Mouth Congress.[3]
During the mid-1990s Thompson ran an interactive website, developed by his younger brother Craig and called ScottLand. It had a live-chat area, voting and comedy espionage and sold Buddy Cole T-shirts and video tapes of comedy sketches.[4]
He also appeared regularly on
Thompson published a humour book, Buddy Babylon: The Autobiography of Buddy Cole, and a graphic novel, The Hollow Planet, based on characters from The Kids in the Hall,[6] and has written and performed two one-man shows. In 2014, Thompson, in character as Buddy Cole, did a series of reports on The Colbert Report as the program's correspondent for the 2014 Winter Olympics.[7]
In 2015, Bellini and Thompson uploaded all of their Mouth Congress recordings to Bandcamp,[3] and they reunited the following year for several live shows to promote the release.[8] They launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a documentary film about the band; that film, Mouth Congress, premiered at the Kingston Canadian Film Festival in 2021.[9]
Around this time, Thompson performed his Buddy Cole monologues at the Portland Queer Comedy Festival.[10][11][12]
In 2018, Thompson launched Après le Déluge – The Buddy Cole Monologues, a one-man show in character as Buddy Cole.[13]
Personal life
Thompson is openly gay.
Firebombing
In 2000, Thompson was living with his boyfriend, French documentarian Joel Soler, in
This, along with many other incidents throughout Thompson's life, including the 1975
Health
In March 2009, Thompson was diagnosed with
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1985 | Head Office | Man Outside Office Building | Uncredited |
1989 | Millennium | Controller | |
1994 | Super 8½ | Buddy Cole | |
1996 | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally | |
1997 | Hijacking Hollywood | Russell | |
1997 | Hayseed | J.D. Wood | |
1999 | Mickey Blue Eyes | FBI Agent Lewis | |
2001 | Tart | Kenny | |
2002 | Run Ronnie Run! | Scott Thompson | |
2003 | Nobody Knows Anything! | Mechanic | |
2004 | My Baby's Daddy | Cashier | |
2004 | Ham & Cheese | Floyd | |
2005 | The Pacifier | Director | |
2006 | Another Gay Movie | Andy's Dad | |
2008 | Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild! | ||
2014 | Patch Town | Executive No. 2 | |
2017 | Don't Talk to Irene | Barrett | |
2018 | The Go-Getters | Young Guy | |
2023 | Zombie Town | Andy | |
2023 | My Animal | Marcel |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Street Legal | Director | Episode: "Desperate Alibi" |
1988, 1990 | The Campbells | Red | 2 episodes |
1988–1995; 2022 | The Kids in the Hall | Various characters | 109 episodes |
1995–1998 | The Larry Sanders Show | Brian | 35 episodes |
1998 | Tracey Takes On... | Matthew | Episode: "Religion" |
1998 | More Tales of the City
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Arlington Luce | Episode #1.2 |
1998 | Veronica's Closet | Scotty | Episode: "Veronica's Great Model Search" |
1999 | Jesse | Cecil | Episode: "Cecil, the Angry Postman" |
1999 | Star Trek: Voyager | Tomin | Episode: "Someone to Watch Over Me" |
2000 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Prince Rip / Rabbit | Episode: "The Frog Princess" |
2001 | Dharma & Greg | David | Episode: "Kitty Dearest" |
2001 | Further Tales of the City
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Arlington Luce | 3 episodes |
2001 | Providence | Elliot Anderman | 9 episodes |
2002 | The Red Sneakers | Aldo | Television film |
2002–2004 | RoboRoach | Rube | 52 episodes |
2003 | Odd Job Jack | Dr. Prof. Randalf | Episode: "Lord of the 3-Ring Binder" |
2003 | Touched by an Angel | Herbert | Episode: "The Show Must Not Go On" |
2003 | Made in Canada | Charles Strong | Episode: "Richard's Brother" |
2003 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | Mrs. Pleakley | 2 episodes |
2003–2018 | The Simpsons | Grady | 4 episodes |
2004 | Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story | Lonnie Winn | Television film |
2004 | Aqua Teen Hunger Force | Dusty Gozongas | Episode: "Dusty Gozongas" |
2004 | Grounded for Life | Dr. Kagan | Episode: "Psycho Therapy" |
2005 | Puppets Who Kill | Jules Cashear | Episode: "Cuddles the Artist" |
2005 | Burnt Toast | Tim | Television film |
2005, 2006 | G-Spot | Counsellor / Group Leader | 2 episodes |
2006 | The Jane Show | Dr. Tyler Milgram | Episode: "Should Have Said" |
2007 | Fawlty Tower Oxnard | The Major | 3 episodes |
2007, 2008 | Carpoolers | Tom / Rich Carpooler | 4 episodes |
2009 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! | Ricardo | Episode: "Hair" |
2009 | Reno 911! | Gary Werner | 2 episodes |
2010 | The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town | Various roles | 8 episodes |
2010 | The Soup | Grownup Pageant Princess | 1 episode |
2011 | ACME Saturday Night | Guest Host | Episode: "Scott Thompson" |
2011 | She's the Mayor | Walter Sussman | Episode: "Gimme Shelter" |
2011 | Dream Crushers | Scott | 2 episodes |
2011–2012 | Wingin' It | Agent 45 | 3 episodes |
2012 | Comedy Bar | Swa S. Tika | Episode: "Episode 2" |
2013 | Rocket Monkeys | Baron von Monkey | 2 episodes |
2013 | Fugget About It | Queen Elizabeth II | Episode: "Royally Screwed" |
2013 | But I'm Chris Jericho! | AJ Mirkin | 10 episodes |
2013–2015 | Hannibal | Jimmy Price | 27 episodes |
2014 | Working the Engels | Harry Le Maire | Episode: "Meet Irene Horowitz" |
2014 | Spun Out | Sebastian | Episode: "Middle Aged Men in the Hall" |
2014 | Rocky Road | Reverend | Television film |
2014 | Dark Rising | Skcraab | 5 episodes |
2014 | Odd Squad | Professor Square | Episode: "Crime at Shapely Manor" |
2014 | The Stanley Dynamic | Mr. Blount | Episode: "The Stanley Feud" |
2015 | Degrassi: The Next Generation | Mr. Bane | 4 episodes |
2015 | Degrassi: Don't Look Back | Mr. Bane | |
2015 | SuperMansion | Kid Victory | Episode: "A Shop in the Dark" |
2016 | Man Seeking Woman | Tiresias | Episode: "Balloon" |
2016 | Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool | Headmaster Hartley | Television film |
2016 | HumanTown | Dr. Photon | |
2016 | The Amazing Gayl Pile | Mike | 3 episodes |
2016 | Holiday Joy | Mr. Elderberry | Television film |
2017 | What Would Sal Do? | Father Luke | 8 episodes |
2017 | American Gods | Kind Man | Episode: "Head Full of Snow" |
2017 | Pitch Off with Doug Benson | Guest | Episode: "Pitch "Woody Allen Disney Movie" to Doug." |
2017 | American Dad! | Henchman | Episode: "The Long Bomb" |
2018 | Let's Get Physical | Herbert Langworth | Episode: "Paybacks a Bitch" |
2018 | Conan | Queen Elizabeth II | 1 episode |
2019 | Save Me | Dan | Episode: "First Call" |
2019 | Snowbound for Christmas | Jean-Luc | Television film |
2021 | Hey Lady! | Judge | Episode #1.8 |
2022–present | Pinecone & Pony | Thistle (voice) | Recurring role |
2022 | Sort Of | Bryce | guest star 4 episodes |
2022 | Shoresy | Shoresy's foster father | Episode #1.4 |
2023 | FUBAR | Dr. Louis Pfeffer | Recurring role |
Other works
- ISBN 0-440-50828-2
- The Lowest Show on Earth, a 2001 one-man show produced in Toronto
- Scottastrophe, 2006 multimedia show
- The Hollow Planet, a graphic novel by Scott Thompson, Kyle Morton, and Stephan Nilson, from IDW Publishing; featuring Thompson's The Kids in the Hall character Danny Husk.
References
- ^ "Just for Laughs venue for new 'shock' material", CTV Television Network, July 21, 2001, archived from the original on July 13, 2010, retrieved September 9, 2008
- ^ Hanania, Joseph (October 25, 1996). "Ellen Takes Back Seat at Talk on Gays' Role in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ a b Mike Vanderbilt, "Now you can listen to Scott Thompson's pre-Kids In The Hall band online". The A.V. Club, September 28, 2015.
- ^ "An actor's site gag", Entertainment Weekly, October 20, 1995.
- ^ Van Meter, William (May 16, 2013). "Kids in the Hall Alum Scott Thompson on Hannibal and Why Being Gay Is Now Boring". Vulture. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
- Torontoist, March 16, 2011.
- Huffington Post, February 11, 2014.
- ^ Carly Maga, "Two different kinds of Canadian classic: Plus, an exciting sampler of African Canadian dance to cap off Black History Month". Toronto Star, February 21, 2016.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini resurrect a gay punk band you've never heard of". Now, March 2, 2021.
- ^ "Scott Thompson – Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
- ^ "Home".
- ^ "Our Picks for the 2019 Portland Queer Comedy Festival".
- ^ "Scott Thompson goes toe-to-toe with political correctness ... again". The Globe and Mail, October 22, 2018.
- ^ Kurt, Elvira (September 4, 2013). "Scott Thompson on how terror helped him to love his gift". DailyXtra. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- ^ Brown, Jesse (August 9, 2015). "Scott Thompson: Veteran comedian Scott Thompson on why nothing happened after The Kids In The Hall, the biggest problems with the Canadian film & TV industry, and why gay men still have to be defanged to be accepted". CANADALAND. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
- Xtra!, December 28, 2009.
- ^ "Scott Thompson overcomes cancer and career setbacks on road to Kids comeback" Archived January 11, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! News, January 10, 2010.
External links
- Scott Thompson at IMDb