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