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* ChronicallyKilledActor: A career of playing thugs and villains doesn't do wonders for your characters' chances of making it to the credits. It's less a matter of if his characters will be killed and more when and in what way.
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* FauxAffablyEvil: If his characters express any kind of manners or geniality, it's very much this trope.
* PlayingAgainstType: He will occasionally get a chance to play good guys and does so surprisingly well.
* PlayingAgainstType: He will occasionally get a chance to play good guys and does so surprisingly well.
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Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington) is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, Alien Monsters, {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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* EvilIsBigger: He's 6'4 and almost exclusively plays villains who tower over the heroes.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has an almost ludicrously deep voice and plays bad guys whose vocals sound borderline demonic at times.
* EvilSoundsDeep: He has an almost ludicrously deep voice and plays bad guys whose vocals sound borderline demonic at times.
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!Tropes Pertaining to Brian Thompson:
* BadassBaritone: Has a voice so deep you can feel it in your feet.
* EvilIsBigger: He's 6'4 and muscular and usually towers over the actors playing heroes.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Per BadassBaritone, one of the reasons he makes such wonderful villains.
* PlayingAgainstType: On rare occasions, he will get a chance to play heroic characters and often surprises people by how well he can pull it off.
* ThinChinOfSin: His face is very angular, giving another reason why he's frequently cast as a villain.
* BadassBaritone: Has a voice so deep you can feel it in your feet.
* EvilIsBigger: He's 6'4 and muscular and usually towers over the actors playing heroes.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Per BadassBaritone, one of the reasons he makes such wonderful villains.
* PlayingAgainstType: On rare occasions, he will get a chance to play heroic characters and often surprises people by how well he can pull it off.
* ThinChinOfSin: His face is very angular, giving another reason why he's frequently cast as a villain.
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* BadassBaritone: Has a voice so deep you can feel it in your feet.
* EvilIsBigger: He's 6'4 and muscular and usually towers over the actors playing heroes.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Per BadassBaritone, one of the reasons he makes such wonderful villains.
* PlayingAgainstType: On rare occasions, he will get a chance to play heroic characters and often surprises people by how well he can pull it off.
* ThinChinOfSin: His face is very angular, giving another reason why he's frequently cast as a villain.
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* EvilIsBigger: He's 6'4 and muscular and usually towers over the actors playing heroes.
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* TypeCasting: He's almost exclusively cast as intimidating villains. He doesn't seem overly bothered by it though.
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In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for ''Series/KeyWest'', he fell in love with the titular island, and now lives there full-time with his family.
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In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for ''Series/KeyWest'', he fell in love with the titular island, and now lives there full-time with his family.family.
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!Tropes Pertaining to Brian Thompson:
* BadassBaritone: Has a voice so deep you can feel it in your feet.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Per BadassBaritone, one of the reasons he makes such wonderful villains.
* ThinChinOfSin: His face is very angular, giving another reason why he's frequently cast as a villain.
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!Tropes Pertaining to Brian Thompson:
* BadassBaritone: Has a voice so deep you can feel it in your feet.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Per BadassBaritone, one of the reasons he makes such wonderful villains.
* ThinChinOfSin: His face is very angular, giving another reason why he's frequently cast as a villain.
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Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington) is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington) is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], Monsters, {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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His very first film role was in ''Film/TheTerminator'', where he played the eponymous killing machine's first victim in the modern day. About a year after Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger stole Thompson's clothes, Creator/SylvesterStallone wanted a crack at Brian Thompson as well when he was cast as the main villain in Stallone's ''Film/{{Cobra}}'' (wherein Thompson was impaled on a meat hook then burned alive). This began a string of credits that has left Thompson in and around some of Hollywood's biggest and best projects, including ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', ''Film/WeirdScience'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Series/AlienNation'', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and many, many, ''many'' more.
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His very first film role was in ''Film/TheTerminator'', where he played the eponymous killing machine's first victim in the modern day. About a year after Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger stole Thompson's clothes, Creator/SylvesterStallone wanted a crack at Brian Thompson as well when he was cast as the main villain in Stallone's ''Film/{{Cobra}}'' (wherein Thompson was impaled on a meat hook then burned alive). This began a string of credits that has left Thompson in and around some of Hollywood's biggest and best projects, including ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', ''Film/WeirdScience'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/Charmed1998'', ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Series/AlienNation'', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and many, many, ''many'' more.
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Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington) is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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On the very, '''''very''''' rare occasion where he has been allowed to go beyond his rough exterior, he's turned in amazingly thoughtful and sensitive performances as brave, inspiring, and [[KnightInShiningArmor truly noble]] good guys. It seems the man is a living incarnation of RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor.
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On the very, '''''very''''' rare occasion where he has been allowed to go beyond his rough exterior, he's turned in amazingly thoughtful and sensitive performances as brave, inspiring, and [[KnightInShiningArmor truly noble]] good guys. It seems the man is a living incarnation of RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor.\n
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Brian Thompson is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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On the very, '''''very''''' rare occasion where he has been allowed to go beyond his rough exterior, he's turned in amazingly thoughtful and sensitive performances as brave, inspiring, and [[KnightInShiningArmor truly noble]] good guys. It seems the man is a living incarnation of MeanCharacterNiceActor.
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On the very, '''''very''''' rare occasion where he has been allowed to go beyond his rough exterior, he's turned in amazingly thoughtful and sensitive performances as brave, inspiring, and [[KnightInShiningArmor truly noble]] good guys. It seems the man is a living incarnation of MeanCharacterNiceActor.
RealLife/MeanCharacterNiceActor.
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-->''"Sure, I do wish I sometimes got to play more heroes, but hey, I can't beat the fact that I am working constantly. Anyway, look at me. I'm six-four, three feet wide, have a really deep voice, and this face; I'm not precisely the romantic comedy stereotype, right?"''
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On the very, '''''very''''' rare occasion where he has been allowed to go beyond his rough exterior, he's turned in amazingly thoughtful and sensitive performances as brave, inspiring, and [[WhiteKnight [[KnightInShiningArmor truly noble]] good guys. It seems the man is a living incarnation of MeanCharacterNiceActor.
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If you're a fan of science fiction or horror, he's most likely on your [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey! It's That Guy]] list.
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Most of those roles were as villains, or at least as semi-antagonistic tough guys. His first heroic role was as the surprisingly spiritual Sheriff Cody Johnson in the short-lived 1993 Fox comedy ''KeyWest'', where Thompson's understated portrayal of a modern-day KnightInShiningArmor was often cited as one of the best things about the show. He also played the title hero of 1999's ''Conan the Librarian'', a PBS special wherein he encouraged kids to read.
In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for ''KeyWest'', he fell in love with the titular island, and now lives there full-time with his family.
In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for ''KeyWest'', he fell in love with the titular island, and now lives there full-time with his family.
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Most of those roles were as villains, or at least as semi-antagonistic tough guys. His first heroic role was as the surprisingly spiritual Sheriff Cody Johnson in the short-lived 1993 Fox comedy ''KeyWest'', ''Series/KeyWest'', where Thompson's understated portrayal of a modern-day KnightInShiningArmor was often cited as one of the best things about the show. He also played the title hero of 1999's ''Conan the Librarian'', a PBS special wherein he encouraged kids to read.
In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for''KeyWest'', ''Series/KeyWest'', he fell in love with the titular island, and now lives there full-time with his family.
In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for
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BrianThompson is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
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-->''"Sure, I do wish I sometimes got to play more heroes, but hey, I can't beat the fact that I am working constantly. Anyway, look at me. I'm six-four, three feet wide, have a really deep voice, and this face; I'm not precisely the romantic comedy stereotype, right?"''
-->-- '''Brian Thompson'''
BrianThompson is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
On the very, '''''very''''' rare occasion where he has been allowed to go beyond his rough exterior, he's turned in amazingly thoughtful and sensitive performances as brave, inspiring, and [[WhiteKnight truly noble]] good guys. It seems the man is a living incarnation of MeanCharacterNiceActor.
If you're a fan of science fiction or horror, he's most likely on your [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey! It's That Guy]] list.
A native of Ellensburg, Washington (the same area where ''Series/NorthernExposure'' would later be filmed), he was a high school jock whose interest in acting was sparked when, during his senior year, he was cast as the Russian ballet instructor Boris in the comedy "You Can't Take it With You". Under the pretense of attending Central Washington University to play football and study business management, he quietly auditioned for every available production he could reach.
His very first film role was in ''Film/TheTerminator'', where he played the eponymous killing machine's first victim in the modern day. About a year after Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger stole Thompson's clothes, Creator/SylvesterStallone wanted a crack at Brian Thompson as well when he was cast as the main villain in Stallone's ''Film/{{Cobra}}'' (wherein Thompson was impaled on a meat hook then burned alive). This began a string of credits that has left Thompson in and around some of Hollywood's biggest and best projects, including ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', ''Film/WeirdScience'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Series/AlienNation'', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and many, many, ''many'' more.
Most of those roles were as villains, or at least as semi-antagonistic tough guys. His first heroic role was as the surprisingly spiritual Sheriff Cody Johnson in the short-lived 1993 Fox comedy ''KeyWest'', where Thompson's understated portrayal of a modern-day KnightInShiningArmor was often cited as one of the best things about the show. He also played the title hero of 1999's ''Conan the Librarian'', a PBS special wherein he encouraged kids to read.
In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for ''KeyWest'', he fell in love with the titular island, and now lives there full-time with his family.
-->''"Sure, I do wish I sometimes got to play more heroes, but hey, I can't beat the fact that I am working constantly. Anyway, look at me. I'm six-four, three feet wide, have a really deep voice, and this face; I'm not precisely the romantic comedy stereotype, right?"''
-->-- '''Brian Thompson'''
BrianThompson is a veteran genre actor who has made a career of playing {{Mooks}}, [[AliensAndMonsters Alien Monsters]], {{Mad Bomber}}s, [[ImplacableMan Implacable Men]], {{Black Knight}}s, [[TheJuggernaut Juggernauts]], {{Serial Killer}}s, {{Dirty Cop}}s, [[TheDragon an entire host of Dragons]], {{Dimension Lord}}s, {{Evil Overlord}}s, not to mention his one appearance as an EldritchAbomination. He even played a NobleDemon once.
On the very, '''''very''''' rare occasion where he has been allowed to go beyond his rough exterior, he's turned in amazingly thoughtful and sensitive performances as brave, inspiring, and [[WhiteKnight truly noble]] good guys. It seems the man is a living incarnation of MeanCharacterNiceActor.
If you're a fan of science fiction or horror, he's most likely on your [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey! It's That Guy]] list.
A native of Ellensburg, Washington (the same area where ''Series/NorthernExposure'' would later be filmed), he was a high school jock whose interest in acting was sparked when, during his senior year, he was cast as the Russian ballet instructor Boris in the comedy "You Can't Take it With You". Under the pretense of attending Central Washington University to play football and study business management, he quietly auditioned for every available production he could reach.
His very first film role was in ''Film/TheTerminator'', where he played the eponymous killing machine's first victim in the modern day. About a year after Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger stole Thompson's clothes, Creator/SylvesterStallone wanted a crack at Brian Thompson as well when he was cast as the main villain in Stallone's ''Film/{{Cobra}}'' (wherein Thompson was impaled on a meat hook then burned alive). This began a string of credits that has left Thompson in and around some of Hollywood's biggest and best projects, including ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'', ''Film/WeirdScience'', ''Series/TheXFiles'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Series/{{Chuck}}'', ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'', ''Series/KnightRider'', ''Film/ThreeAmigos'', ''Series/AlienNation'', ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'', ''Series/{{NCIS}}'', and many, many, ''many'' more.
Most of those roles were as villains, or at least as semi-antagonistic tough guys. His first heroic role was as the surprisingly spiritual Sheriff Cody Johnson in the short-lived 1993 Fox comedy ''KeyWest'', where Thompson's understated portrayal of a modern-day KnightInShiningArmor was often cited as one of the best things about the show. He also played the title hero of 1999's ''Conan the Librarian'', a PBS special wherein he encouraged kids to read.
In addition to his acting chops, Brian Thompson is a dedicated wind-surfer, a black belt in Hapkido, a trained classical pianist, and an expert sushi chef. While filming on location for ''KeyWest'', he fell in love with the titular island, and now lives there full-time with his family.
