Acting · North Bay, Ontario, Canada · Born June 12, 1959
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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as Jules Eros (voice)
MovieNight of the Zoopocalypse
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as Ash (voice)
MovieYoung Werther
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as Uncle Blochstein
TVHave I Got News for You
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as Self
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as Self
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as Self
MovieMr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
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as Self
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as Marcel
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as Andy
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as Dr. Pfeffer
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as Paul Grant
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as Early
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2022
as Self
MovieStand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
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TVThe Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022
TVShoresy
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as Shoresy's Foster Father
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2022
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as Self
TVReno 911! Defunded
2022
as Gary G. Werner
TVSort Of
2021
as Bryce
MovieBack Home Again
2021
as Principal Alters (voice)
MovieMouth Congress
2021
as Scott Thompson
TVHey Lady!
2020
as Judge
MovieSnowbound for Christmas
2019
as Lean-Luc
MovieThe Go-Getters
2018
as Young Guy
MovieDon't Talk to Irene
2017
as Barrett
TVSave Me
2017
as Dan
MovieBruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall
2017
as Headmaster Hartley
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2017
as Father Luke
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2016
as Mr. Elderberry
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2016
as Dr. Photon
MovieBruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool
2016
as Headmaster Hartley
MovieGetting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015
as Self
MovieDegrassi: Don't Look Back
2015
as Mr. Bane
TVThe Stanley Dynamic
2015
TVMan Seeking Woman
2015
as Tiresias
TVOdd Squad
2014
as Professor Square
MovieHannibal: This Is My Design
2014
as Self
MovieRocky Road
2014
as Reverend
TVHannibal
2013
as Jimmy Price
TVRocket Monkeys
2013
as Inky Mart Employee (voice)
TVMatch Game
2012
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2012
as Bob London
MovieA Russell Peters Christmas
2011
as Self
Movie4 Pounds
2011
Movie52
2011
TVThe Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
2010
MovieAnother Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
2008
as Andy's Dad
TVMatch Game
2008
as Panelist
MovieThe Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
2008
MovieCarfuckers
2008
as Mechanic
TVCarpoolers
2007
as Tom
TVTim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Ricardo
TVSecond City: First Family of Comedy
2006
as Self
TVThe Jane Show
2006
as Dr. Tyler Milgram
MovieAnother Gay Movie
2006
as Andy's Dad
MovieBurnt Toast
2005
as Tim
MovieThe Aristocrats
2005
as Self
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2005
MovieThe Pacifier
2005
as Director
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2005
TVAmerican Dad!
2005
as Henchman (voice)
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2004
as Mechanic
MovieProm Queen: The Marc Hall Story
2004
as Lonnie Winn
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2004
as Self
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2004
as Floyd
MovieMy Baby's Daddy
2004
as Cashier
TVLilo & Stitch: The Series
2003
as Mrs. Pleakley (voice)
TVReno 911!
2003
as Gary Werner
The New Tom Green Show
2003
as Self
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
TVPuppets Who Kill
2002
MovieThe Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty
2002
as Various
TVNever Mind the Buzzcocks
2002
as Self
MovieThe Red Sneakers
2002
as Aldo
MovieRun Ronnie Run
2002
as Self
TVRoboroach
2002
as Ruben "Rube" Roach (voice)
TVFurther Tales of the City
2001
as Arlington Luce (uncredited)
MovieTart
2001
as Kenny
MovieThe Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
2001
as Himself
TVGrounded for Life
2001
as Dr. Kagan
TVAqua Teen Hunger Force
2000
as Dusty Gozongas (voice)
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2000
as Gloria Veinous (voice)
MovieMickey Blue Eyes
1999
as FBI Agent Lewis
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999
as Self
TVProvidence
1999
as Elliot Anderman
TVJesse
1998
as Cecil
TVMore Tales of the City
1998
as Arlington Luce
TVVeronica's Closet
1997
as Scotty
TVDharma & Greg
1997
as David
MovieHayseed
1997
as J.D. Wood
MovieHijacking Hollywood
1997
as Russell
TVPulp Comics
1996
as himself
MovieKids in the Hall: Brain Candy
1996
as Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally Terzinsky / Malek / Big Stummies scientist / The Queen / Raj / Clemptor
MovieThe Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1996
TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
as Prince Rip / Rabbit (voice)
TVStar Trek: Voyager
1995
as Tomin
TVTouched by an Angel
1994
as Herbert
MovieSuper 8½
1994
as Buddy Cole
MovieOut: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth
1994
as Himself
TVSquirt TV
1994
as self
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TVThe Larry Sanders Show
1992
as Brian
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Grady (voice)
TVThe Kids in the Hall
1989
MovieMillennium
1989
as Controller
The Roommate
1989
MovieHot Paint
1988
TVStar Trek: The Next Generation
1987
as Daimon Goss
MovieHead Office
1985
as Man Outside Office Building (uncredited)
TVPalmerstown, U.S.A.
1980
MovieScott and Kevin Discuss Free Trade
MovieThe Buddy Cole Documentary
