Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian television actor and comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe Kids in the Hall and for playing Brian on The Larry Sanders Show.
Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian television actor and comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe Kids in the Hall and for playing Brian on The Larry Sanders Show.
Thompson was born in North Bay, Ontario and grew up in Brampton. Named for his uncle, he later dropped the name "John" to simplify his name for the stage. He is the second oldest of the five children in his family.
He attended Brampton Centennial Secondary School, and was a witness to the 1975 Brampton Centennial Secondary School shooting. 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.
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, 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.
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.
He also appeared regularly on The Larry Sanders Show as Hank Kingsley's personal assistant Brian, and made numerous guest appearances on other television series, including Politically Incorrect, The Late Show, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and Train 48. Thompson hosted a reality television program in Canada called My Fabulous Gay Wedding. Thompson defended Mordecai Richler's novel Cocksure in Canada Reads 2006. He has continued to tour, and act in numerous movies and on TV. He joined the other Kids in the Hall to tour as recently as 2014, guest-starred in two episodes of Reno 911!, and performed in the project Death Comes to Town (2010) with fellow KITH members Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney, and Kevin McDonald. He had a recurring role in the NBC series Hannibal, playing Jimmy Price, an FBI crime scene investigator.
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Filmography (Movies)
Paying for It
Character:Jules Eros (voice)
Release Date:31/01/2025
Night of the Zoopocalypse
Character:Ash (voice)
Release Date:23/01/2025
Young Werther
Character:Uncle Blochstein
Release Date:05/12/2024
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Character:Self
Release Date:07/06/2024
Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn't Let Us Do
Character:Self
Release Date:24/01/2024
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
Character:Self
Release Date:08/09/2023
My Animal
Character:Marcel
Release Date:08/09/2023
Zombie Town
Character:Andy
Release Date:01/09/2023
Santa's Got Style
Character:Paul Grant
Release Date:11/12/2022
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
Character:
Release Date:09/06/2022
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Character:Self
Release Date:15/03/2022
Back Home Again
Character:Principal Alters (voice)
Release Date:28/10/2021
Mouth Congress
Character:Scott Thompson
Release Date:12/03/2021
Snowbound for Christmas
Character:Lean-Luc
Release Date:15/12/2019
The Go-Getters
Character:Young Guy
Release Date:02/03/2018
Don't Talk to Irene
Character:Barrett
Release Date:07/08/2017
Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall
Character:Headmaster Hartley
Release Date:01/04/2017
Holiday Joy
Character:Mr. Elderberry
Release Date:08/12/2016
HumanTown
Character:Dr. Photon
Release Date:26/07/2016
Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool
Character:Headmaster Hartley
Release Date:01/04/2016
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2015
Degrassi: Don't Look Back
Character:Mr. Bane
Release Date:02/08/2015
Hannibal: This Is My Design
Character:Self
Release Date:16/09/2014
Rocky Road
Character:Reverend
Release Date:20/07/2014
The Immigrant
Character:Bob London
Release Date:26/05/2012
4 Pounds
Character:
Release Date:09/04/2011
52
Character:
Release Date:08/04/2011
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Character:Andy's Dad
Release Date:06/11/2008
The Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
Character:
Release Date:04/04/2008
Carfuckers
Character:Mechanic
Release Date:26/01/2008
Another Gay Movie
Character:Andy's Dad
Release Date:28/04/2006
Burnt Toast
Character:Tim
Release Date:01/10/2005
The Aristocrats
Character:Self
Release Date:29/07/2005
The Pacifier
Character:Director
Release Date:04/03/2005
Roots
Character:
Release Date:03/03/2005
Nobody Knows Anything!
Character:Mechanic
Release Date:24/08/2004
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
Character:Lonnie Winn
Release Date:01/06/2004
I, Curmudgeon
Character:Self
Release Date:01/05/2004
Ham & Cheese
Character:Floyd
Release Date:12/03/2004
My Baby's Daddy
Character:Cashier
Release Date:09/01/2004
The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty
Character:Various
Release Date:18/03/2002
The Red Sneakers
Character:Aldo
Release Date:10/02/2002
Run Ronnie Run
Character:Self
Release Date:20/01/2002
Tart
Character:Kenny
Release Date:23/04/2001
The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
Character:Himself
Release Date:02/03/2001
Psyko Ferret
Character:Gloria Veinous (voice)
Release Date:01/01/2000
Mickey Blue Eyes
Character:FBI Agent Lewis
Release Date:16/08/1999
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/1999
Hayseed
Character:J.D. Wood
Release Date:17/09/1997
Hijacking Hollywood
Character:Russell
Release Date:06/06/1997
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Character:Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally Terzinsky / Malek / Big Stummies scientist / The Queen / Raj / Clemptor
Release Date:02/04/1996
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
Character:
Release Date:29/03/1996
Super 8½
Character:Buddy Cole
Release Date:08/09/1994
Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth
Character:Himself
Release Date:27/05/1994
Millennium
Character:Controller
Release Date:25/08/1989
The Roommate
Character:
Release Date:20/01/1989
Hot Paint
Character:
Release Date:20/03/1988
Head Office
Character:Man Outside Office Building (uncredited)
Release Date:06/06/1985
Television Appearances
FUBAR
Character:Dr. Pfeffer
Sugar Highs
Character:Early
Dark Side of Comedy
Character:Self
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Character:
Shoresy
Character:Shoresy's Foster Father
The Kids in the Hall
Character:
Reno 911! Defunded
Character:Gary G. Werner
Sort Of
Character:Bryce
Hey Lady!
Character:Judge
Save Me
Character:Dan
What Would Sal Do?
Character:Father Luke
The Stanley Dynamic
Character:
Man Seeking Woman
Character:Tiresias
Odd Squad
Character:Professor Square
Hannibal
Character:Jimmy Price
Rocket Monkeys
Character:Inky Mart Employee (voice)
Rocket Monkeys
Character:Queen Bee (voice)
Match Game
Character:
The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
Character:
Match Game
Character:Panelist
Carpoolers
Character:Tom
Carpoolers
Character:Rich Carpooler
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Character:Ricardo
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Character:Self
The Jane Show
Character:Dr. Tyler Milgram
Love Lounge
Character:
American Dad!
Character:Henchman (voice)
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Character:Mrs. Pleakley (voice)
Reno 911!
Character:Gary Werner
The New Tom Green Show
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Puppets Who Kill
Character:
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character:Self
Roboroach
Character:Ruben "Rube" Roach (voice)
Further Tales of the City
Character:Arlington Luce (uncredited)
Grounded for Life
Character:Dr. Kagan
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Character:Dusty Gozongas (voice)
Providence
Character:Elliot Anderman
Jesse
Character:Cecil
More Tales of the City
Character:Arlington Luce
Veronica's Closet
Character:Scotty
Dharma & Greg
Character:David
Pulp Comics
Character:himself
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Character:Prince Rip / Rabbit (voice)
Star Trek: Voyager
Character:Tomin
Touched by an Angel
Character:Herbert
Squirt TV
Character:self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self
The Larry Sanders Show
Character:Brian
The Simpsons
Character:Grady (voice)
The Kids in the Hall
Character:
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character:Daimon Goss
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Character:
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