Acting · Bath, England, U.K.
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".
MovieThe Punisher: One Last Kill
2026
as Old Vet
MovieHighest 2 Lowest
2025
as Det. Earl Bridges
MovieHamlet
2024
as Claudius
MovieEndgame
2023
as Hamm
MovieTill
2022
as Moses Wright
TVThe Gilded Age
2022
as Arthur Scott
MovieThe 355
2022
as Larry Marks
TVMare of Easttown
2021
as Chief Carter
MovieLet Them All Talk
2020
as Dr. Mitchell
MovieThe Letter Room
2020
as Jackson
Movie21 Bridges
2019
as Reverend
MovieThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017
as Lawrence Lacks
MovieWolves
2016
as Socrates
MovieA Most Violent Year
2014
as Male Radio Reporter
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Four Star General
MovieGlass Chin
2014
as Lou Gibson
MovieThe Bourne Legacy
2012
as Lt. Gen. Paulsen
TVPerson of Interest
2011
as Murphy
TVGravity
2010
as Mack
MovieMichael Clayton
2007
as Jail Guard
TVConviction
2006
as John Jenkins
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as ER Doctor
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Lloyd Jackson
All the Sinners Bleed
as Albert Crown
