(John) Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959 in North Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and comedian best known as a member of the comedy group The Kids in the Hall.
Thompson grew up in Brampton in Southern Ontario and attended York University, although he was expelled after two years for "disruptive behavior." Afterwards he performed in a comedy group called the Love Cats with Mark McKinney. In 1984 McKinney brought him into another group he'd started with Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, and Kevin McDonald. These "Kids in the Hall" would make a splash in Toronto's comedy scene and got their own TV show in 1988, produced by Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels.
One of KITH's claims to fame is that it was one of the first successful comedy troupes with an openly gay member—namely Thompson, who played it up with his recurring "alpha fag" raconteur Buddy Cole. Of course given their playful approach to sexuality, the other four could play gay, Scott could play conservative straight guys, and any or all might be playing women in any given scene.
When the group officially broke up in 1994, Thompson moved on to other comedy and acting roles, including recurring-to-regular parts on The Larry Sanders Show and Hannibal. He reunited with KITH in 2010 for the miniseries Death Comes to Town, but was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma before production began. Happily, he survived, and his cancer entered remission — though two of his characters didn't survive the miniseries. He rejoined the troupe again for a live tour in 2015, and appeared with them in the revived sixth season of their series for Amazon Prime in 2022.
Works with Scott Thompson:
Film
- 1980 Cheech and Chong's Next Movie: Extra
- 1989 Millennium (1989): Controller
- 1996 Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy: Various
- 1999 Mickey Blue Eyes: FBI Agent Lewis
- 2002 Run Ronnie Run: Himself
- 2003 Nobody Knows Anything: Mechanic
- 2005 The Pacifier: Director
- 2006 Another Gay Movie: Dad
- 2017 Dont Talk To Irene: Barrett
Television
- 1987 Street Legal: Director (1 episode)
- 1988-90 The Campbells: Red (2 episodes)
- 1988-94, 2022 The Kids in the Hall: Himself/Various
- 1995-98 The Larry Sanders Show: Brian
- 1998 Tracey Takes On...: Matthew
- 1998 More Tales Of The City: Arlington Luce (1 episode)
- 1998 Veronica's Closet: Scotty (1 episode)
- 1999 Jesse: Cecil (1 episode)
- 1999 Star Trek: Voyager: Tomin (1 episode)
- 2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child: Prince Rip/Rabbit (1 episode)
- 2001 Dharma & Greg: David (1 episode)
- 2001 Providence: Elliot Anderman (9 episodes)
- 2002-04 Roboroach: Rube
- 2003 Touched by an Angel: Herbert (1 episode)
- 2003-18 The Simpsons: Grady (4 episodes)
- 2003 Lilo & Stitch: The Series: Mrs. Pleakley (2 episodes)
- 2004 Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Dusty Gozongas (1 episode)
- 2004 Grounded for Life: Dr. Kagan (1 episode)
- 2005 Puppets Who Kill: Jules Cashear (1 episode)
- 2005-06 G Spot: Group Leader/Marriage Counsellor
- 2007-08 Carpoolers Tom (4 episodes)
- 2009 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!: Ricardo (1 episode)
- 2009 Reno 911!: Gary Werner (2 episodes)
- 2010 Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town: Crim Hollingsworth/Heather Weather/Dusty Diamond
- 2010 The Soup: Grownup Pageant Princess
- 2011 Shes The Mayor: Walter Sussman (1 episode)
- 2012 Detentionaire - Superintendent Blompkins
- 2013-15 Hannibal: Jimmy Price
- 2015 Degrassi: The Next Generation: Mr. Bane (4 episodes)
- 2015 SuperMansion: Kid Victor (1 episode)
- 2016 Man Seeking Woman: Tiresias (1 episode)
- 2017 American Gods: Kind Man (1 episode)
- 2017 American Dad!: Henchman (1 episode)
- 2023 FUBAR: Dr. Louis Pfeffer
Web Original
- 2013 But I'm Chris Jericho!: AJ Mirkin
