Scott Thompson
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.
Born: 12 June 1959
Played In
Paying for It
Jules Eros (voice)
Night of the Zoopocalypse
Ash (voice)
Young Werther
Uncle Blochstein
Have I Got News for You
Self
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Self
Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn't Let Us Do
Self
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
Self
My Animal
Marcel
Zombie Town
Andy
FUBAR
Dr. Pfeffer
Santa's Got Style
Paul Grant
Sugar Highs
Early
Dark Side of Comedy
Self
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Shoresy
Shoresy's Foster Father
The Kids in the Hall
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Self
Reno 911! Defunded
Gary G. Werner
Sort Of
Bryce
Back Home Again
Principal Alters (voice)
Mouth Congress
Scott Thompson
Hey Lady!
Judge
Snowbound for Christmas
Lean-Luc
The Go-Getters
Young Guy
Don't Talk to Irene
Barrett
Save Me
Dan
Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall
Headmaster Hartley
What Would Sal Do?
Father Luke
Holiday Joy
Mr. Elderberry
HumanTown
Dr. Photon
Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool
Headmaster Hartley
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Self
Degrassi: Don't Look Back
Mr. Bane
The Stanley Dynamic
Man Seeking Woman
Tiresias
Odd Squad
Professor Square
Hannibal: This Is My Design
Self
Rocky Road
Reverend
Hannibal
Jimmy Price
Rocket Monkeys
Inky Mart Employee (voice)
Rocket Monkeys
Queen Bee (voice)
Match Game
The Immigrant
Bob London
A Russell Peters Christmas
Self
4 Pounds
52
The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Andy's Dad
Match Game
Panelist
The Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
Carfuckers
Mechanic
Carpoolers
Tom
Carpoolers
Rich Carpooler
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Ricardo
Second City: First Family of Comedy
Self
The Jane Show
Dr. Tyler Milgram
Another Gay Movie
Andy's Dad
Burnt Toast
Tim
The Aristocrats
Self
Love Lounge
The Pacifier
Director
Roots
American Dad!
Henchman (voice)
Nobody Knows Anything!
Mechanic
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
Lonnie Winn
I, Curmudgeon
Self
Ham & Cheese
Floyd
My Baby's Daddy
Cashier
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Mrs. Pleakley (voice)
Reno 911!
Gary Werner
The New Tom Green Show
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Puppets Who Kill
The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty
Various
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self
The Red Sneakers
Aldo
Run Ronnie Run
Self
Roboroach
Ruben "Rube" Roach (voice)
Further Tales of the City
Arlington Luce (uncredited)
Tart
Kenny
The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
Himself
Grounded for Life
Dr. Kagan
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Dusty Gozongas (voice)
Psyko Ferret
Gloria Veinous (voice)
Mickey Blue Eyes
FBI Agent Lewis
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Self
Providence
Elliot Anderman
Jesse
Cecil
More Tales of the City
Arlington Luce
Veronica's Closet
Scotty
Dharma & Greg
David
Hayseed
J.D. Wood
Hijacking Hollywood
Russell
Pulp Comics
himself
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally Terzinsky / Malek / Big Stummies scientist / The Queen / Raj / Clemptor
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Prince Rip / Rabbit (voice)
Star Trek: Voyager
Tomin
Touched by an Angel
Herbert
Super 8½
Buddy Cole
Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth
Himself
Squirt TV
self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self
The Larry Sanders Show
Brian
The Simpsons
Grady (voice)
The Kids in the Hall
Millennium
Controller
The Roommate
Hot Paint
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Daimon Goss
Head Office
Man Outside Office Building (uncredited)
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Scott and Kevin Discuss Free Trade
The Buddy Cole Documentary