Scott Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 12, 1959 (age 67)
- Place of birth
- North Bay, Ontario, Canada
- Credits
- 114
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
Filmography
Paying for It
2025Movie
Jules Eros (voice)
Night of the Zoopocalypse
2025Movie
Ash (voice)
Young Werther
2024Movie
Uncle Blochstein
Have I Got News for You
2024TV
Self
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024Movie
Self
Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn't Let Us Do
2024Movie
Self
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
2023Movie
Self
My Animal
2023Movie
Marcel
Zombie Town
2023Movie
Andy
FUBAR
2023TV
Dr. Pfeffer
Santa's Got Style
2022Movie
Paul Grant
Sugar Highs
2022TV
Early
Dark Side of Comedy
2022TV
Self
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022Movie
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022TV
Shoresy
2022TV
Shoresy's Foster Father
The Kids in the Hall
2022TV
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022Movie
Self
Reno 911! Defunded
2022TV
Gary G. Werner
Sort Of
2021TV
Bryce
Back Home Again
2021Movie
Principal Alters (voice)
Mouth Congress
2021Movie
Scott Thompson
Hey Lady!
2020TV
Judge
Snowbound for Christmas
2019Movie
Lean-Luc
The Go-Getters
2018Movie
Young Guy
Don't Talk to Irene
2017Movie
Barrett
Save Me
2017TV
Dan
Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at MacDonald Hall
2017Movie
Headmaster Hartley
What Would Sal Do?
2017TV
Father Luke
Holiday Joy
2016Movie
Mr. Elderberry
HumanTown
2016Movie
Dr. Photon
Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool
2016Movie
Headmaster Hartley
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015Movie
Self
Degrassi: Don't Look Back
2015Movie
Mr. Bane
The Stanley Dynamic
2015TV
Man Seeking Woman
2015TV
Tiresias
Odd Squad
2014TV
Professor Square
Hannibal: This Is My Design
2014Movie
Self
Rocky Road
2014Movie
Reverend
Hannibal
2013TV
Jimmy Price
Rocket Monkeys
2013TV
Inky Mart Employee (voice), Queen Bee (voice)
Match Game
2012TV
The Immigrant
2012Movie
Bob London
A Russell Peters Christmas
2011Movie
Self
4 Pounds
2011Movie
52
2011Movie
The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
2010TV
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
2008Movie
Andy's Dad
Match Game
2008TV
Panelist
The Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
2008Movie
Car Fuckers
2008Movie
Mechanic
Carpoolers
2007TV
Tom, Rich Carpooler
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007TV
Ricardo
Second City: First Family of Comedy
2006TV
Self, Self - Host
The Jane Show
2006TV
Dr. Tyler Milgram
Another Gay Movie
2006Movie
Andy's Dad
Burnt Toast
2005Movie
Tim
The Aristocrats
2005Movie
Self
Love Lounge
2005TV
The Pacifier
2005Movie
Director
Roots
2005Movie
American Dad!
2005TV
Henchman (voice)
Nobody Knows Anything!
2004Movie
Mechanic
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
2004Movie
Lonnie Winn
I, Curmudgeon
2004Movie
Self
Ham & Cheese
2004Movie
Floyd
My Baby's Daddy
2004Movie
Cashier
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
2003TV
Mrs. Pleakley (voice)
Reno 911!
2003TV
Gary Werner
The New Tom Green Show
2003TV
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
Puppets Who Kill
2002TV
The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty
2002Movie
Various
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2002TV
Self
The Red Sneakers
2002Movie
Aldo
Run Ronnie Run
2002Movie
Self
Roboroach
2002TV
Ruben "Rube" Roach (voice)
Further Tales of the City
2001TV
Arlington Luce (uncredited)
Tart
2001Movie
Kenny
The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
2001Movie
Himself
Grounded for Life
2001TV
Dr. Kagan
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
2000TV
Dusty Gozongas (voice)
Psyko Ferret
2000Movie
Gloria Veinous (voice)
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999Movie
Agent Lewis
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
1999Movie
Self
Providence
1999TV
Elliot Anderman
Jesse
1998TV
Cecil
More Tales of the City
1998TV
Arlington Luce
Veronica's Closet
1997TV
Scotty
Dharma & Greg
1997TV
David
Hayseed
1997Movie
J.D. Wood
Hijacking Hollywood
1997Movie
Russell
Pulp Comics
1996TV
himself
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
1996Movie
Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally Terzinsky / Malek / Big Stummies scientist / The Queen / Raj / Clemptor
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1996Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995TV
Prince Rip / Rabbit (voice)
Star Trek: Voyager
1995TV
Tomin
Touched by an Angel
1994TV
Herbert
Super 8½
1994Movie
Buddy Cole
Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth
1994Movie
Himself
Squirt TV
1994TV
self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993TV
Self - Guest, Self
The Larry Sanders Show
1992TV
Brian
The Simpsons
1989TV
Grady (voice)
The Kids in the Hall
1989TV
Millennium
1989Movie
Controller
The Roommate
1989Movie
Hot Paint
1988Movie
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987TV
Daimon Goss
Head Office
1985Movie
Man Outside Office Building (uncredited)
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
1980TV
Scott and Kevin Discuss Free Trade
Movie
The Buddy Cole Documentary
Movie
The Final Kiss
Movie