Biography
John Douglas Thompson (born 1964) is an English-American actor. He is a Tony Award nominee and the recipient of two Drama Desk Awards, three Obie Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award. The New York Times critic Ben Brantley described Thompson as "one of the most compelling classical stage actors of his generation".
Known For
Complete Filmography
Highest 2 Lowest
2025
as Det. Earl Bridges
When a titan music mogul, widely known as having the "best ears in the business", is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death m...
Hamlet
2024
as Claudius
From The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, experience this Shakespearean classic directed by Ton...
Endgame
2023
as Hamm
Endgame tells the story of Hamm, who is reduced to living in one room, in which he sits blind and chair-bound. His only escape from his solitary world...
Till
2022
as Moses Wright
The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his...
The 355
2022
as Larry Marks
A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organiza...
Let Them All Talk
2020
as Dr. Mitchell
A celebrated author takes a journey with some old friends to have some fun and heal old wounds. Her nephew comes along to wrangle the ladies and finds...
The Letter Room
2020
as Jackson
Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.
21 Bridges
2019
as Reverend
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the ...
Wolves
2016
as Socrates
Anthony Keller, star of his NYC high school basketball team, is riding his way to Cornell on a sports scholarship. But he can only maintain his popula...
A Most Violent Year
2014
as Male Radio Reporter
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the live...
Glass Chin
2014
as Lou Gibson
After going down in the fifth round, boxer Bud Gordon bowed out of the limelight. Now residing in a fixer-upper apartment in New Jersey with his girlf...
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Lt. Gen. Paulsen
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Michael Clayton
2007
as Jail Guard
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty ...