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Brian Thompson

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 star in many action films, and a large number of comedies: Joe Dirt, The Three Amigos, Weird Science, Key West, and Life Stinks. Thompson was born in Ellensburg, Washington, and raised in Longview. He attended Central Washington University, where he studied business management, played football, and appeared in many school productions. He then moved to California and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Irvine. He initially trained and pursued a career in musical theater, performing at Riverside Civil Light Opera's production of "The King and I", Long Beach Civic Light Opera's "Bittersweet", and several other musicals. In 1982, he was a resident actor at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival

Known For: Acting

Born: Ellensburg, Washington, USA, 1959-08-28

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Firefight		0
2	1984	The Terminator	Punk	77
3	1986	Cobra	Night Slasher	61
4	1986	¡Three Amigos!	German's Other Friend	63
5	1987	Commando Squad	Clint Jensen	36
6	1987	You Talkin' To Me?	James	27
7	1987	Catch the Heat	Danny Boy	46
8	1988	Pass the Ammo	Kenny Hamilton	41
9	1988	Fright Night Part 2	Bozworth	63
10	1988	Alien Nation	Trent Porter	61
11	1989	Three Fugitives	Second Thug	67
12	1989	Miracle Mile	Power Lifter	69
13	1989	Nightwish	Dean	49
14	1990	Moon 44	Jake O'Neal	51
15	1990	Lionheart	Russell	66
16	1990	In the Cold of the Night	Phil	51
17	1990	After the Shock	Tom	58
18	1990	Hired to Kill	Frank Ryan	47
19	1991	Life Stinks	Mean Victor	56
20	1991	The Owl	Barkeeper	45
21	1991	Ted & Venus	Herb	43
22	1992	Rage and Honor	Conrad Drago	49
23	1992	The Naked Truth	Bruno	26
24	1992	Doctor Mordrid	Kabal	52
25	1994	Star Trek: Generations	Klingon Helm	65
26	1996	DragonHeart	Brok	65
27	1997	The Guardian	Chester Calvado	0
28	1997	Bouncers	Victor	0
29	1997	Perfect Target	Major Oxnard	57
30	1997	Mortal Kombat: Annihilation	Shao Kahn	45
31	1998	Inside The X-Files	Self	68
32	2000	If Tomorrow Comes	Sergio	10
33	2001	Joe Dirt	Buffalo Bob	56
34	2001	The Order	Cyrus	51
35	2001	Epoch	Captain Tower	47
36	2003	Epoch Evolution	Tower	52
37	2005	Monsters Gone Wild		10
38	2006	The Legend of Tillamook's Gold	Jimmy Kimbell	53
39	2007	Flight of the Living Dead	Kevin	50
40	2007	Fist of the Warrior	Max	44
41	2008	The Last of the Just	Shein	40
42	2009	Dragonquest	Kirill	32
43	2011	The Arcadian	Agmundr	0
44	2011	Dark Games	Detective Joe Grimes	60
45	2011	Love's Christmas Journey	Cass	67
46	2012	Spirit of a Denture	Jasper Crow	57
47	2012	Put Up Your Dux: The True Story of Bloodsport	Himself	60
48	2013	An American Terror	The Junker	37
49	2014	The Extendables	Vardell Duseldorfer	30
50	2014	Beyond the Game	Hunter	63
51	2016	You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night	Himself	68
52	2017	Big Muddy	Wyatt Cooper	20
53	2017	Trafficked	Max	67
54	2017	Made Vicious	Al	0
55	2019	Disappearance	Captain Cody	41
56	2019	Hoax	John Singer	48
57	2019	I Am That Man	CIA Agent Gregory Halpin	100
58	2021	Finding Love in Quarantine: The Movie	Roger Grandstand	0
59	2021	The Tragedy of Macbeth	Murderer	69
60	2024	Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	93

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	Falcon Crest	Hopkins	55
2	1982	Knight Rider	Kurt	76
3	1984	Fatal Vision	Lt. Harrison	63
4	1985	Street Hawk	Punk #1	68
5	1985	Moonlighting	Simon's Man	75
6	1987	Werewolf	Nicholas Remy	86
7	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Second Officer Klag	84
8	1988	Superboy		64
9	1988	Something Is Out There		76
10	1988	Favorite Son	Peterson	47
11	1989	Baywatch		60
12	1989	Alien Nation		69
13	1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Inglatu	79
14	1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Toman'torax	79
15	1993	Key West	Sheriff Cody Jeremiah Jefferson	80
16	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Leo Cale	70
17	1993	The X-Files	Alien Bounty Hunter	84
18	1994	Weird Science		67
19	1995	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Goth the Barbarian	70
20	1996	Kindred: The Embraced	Eddie Fiori	71
21	1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Luke	81
22	1997	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	The Judge	81
23	1998	V.I.P.	Thomas Binford Shaklee	53
24	1998	Charmed	War	82
25	1998	Seven Days		68
26	1998	Charmed	Cronus	82
27	1999	Crusade	Robert Black	67
28	2000	Jason and the Argonauts	Hercules	61
29	2001	Star Trek: Enterprise	Admiral Valdore	76
30	2002	Birds of Prey	The Crawler	61
31	2003	NCIS	Vince Nutter	76
32	2007	Californication	Mr. Scary	77
33	2007	Chuck	Cliff	77
34	2009	NCIS: Los Angeles	CIA Officer Steven Erdnase	75
35	2010	Hawaii Five-0	IA Detective Nicholas Cruz	78
36	2012	Perception	Vernon Hill	72
37	2017	The Orville	Drogen	76
38	2018	9-1-1	Capt. Vincent Gerrard	82