Scott Thompson
Acting • Born 1959-06-12
Biography
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.
Filmography
116 credits
Another Gay Movie
Movie • 2006
Andy's Dad
Back Home Again
Movie • 2021
Principal Alters (voice)
The Aristocrats
Movie • 2005
Self
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
Movie • 1996
Baxter / Mrs. Hurdicure / Wally Terzinsky / Malek / Big Stummies scientist / The Queen / Raj / Clemptor
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
Movie • 2022
Self
Mouth Congress
Movie • 2021
Scott Thompson
Carfuckers
Movie • 2008
Mechanic
Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
Movie • 2023
Self
The Red Sneakers
Movie • 2002
Aldo
The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
Movie • 1996
The Making of a Mobster: 'Mickey Blue Eyes'
Movie • 1999
Self
Burnt Toast
Movie • 2005
Tim
Rocky Road
Movie • 2014
Reverend
Hijacking Hollywood
Movie • 1997
Russell
Head Office
Movie • 1985
Man Outside Office Building (uncredited)
Hayseed
Movie • 1997
J.D. Wood
Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
Movie • 2022
The Roommate
Movie • 1989
I, Curmudgeon
Movie • 2004
Self
Mickey Blue Eyes
Movie • 1999
FBI Agent Lewis
Night of the Zoopocalypse
Movie • 2025
Ash (voice)
Psyko Ferret
Movie • 2000
Gloria Veinous (voice)
Zombie Town
Movie • 2023
Andy
Run Ronnie Run
Movie • 2002
Self
Santa's Got Style
Movie • 2022
Paul Grant
Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
Movie • 2004
Lonnie Winn
Ham & Cheese
Movie • 2004
Floyd
The Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty
Movie • 2002
Various
Hot Paint
Movie • 1988
Nobody Knows Anything!
Movie • 2004
Mechanic
Millennium
Movie • 1989
Controller
My Animal
Movie • 2023
Marcel
Scott and Kevin Discuss Free Trade
Movie
Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
Movie • 2024
Self
Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
Movie • 2015
Self
Hannibal: This Is My Design
Movie • 2014
Self
Holiday Joy
Movie • 2016
Mr. Elderberry
Degrassi: Don't Look Back
Movie • 2015
Mr. Bane
The Pacifier
Movie • 2005
Director
Tart
Movie • 2001
Kenny
Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall
Movie • 2017
Headmaster Hartley
Don't Talk to Irene
Movie • 2017
Barrett
The Go-Getters
Movie • 2018
Young Guy
The Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
Movie • 2008
HumanTown
Movie • 2016
Dr. Photon
Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth
Movie • 1994
Himself
The Immigrant
Movie • 2012
Bob London
Super 8½
Movie • 1994
Buddy Cole
52
Movie • 2011
Snowbound for Christmas
Movie • 2019
Lean-Luc
The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
Movie • 2001
Himself
4 Pounds
Movie • 2011
My Baby's Daddy
Movie • 2004
Cashier
Roots
Movie • 2005
Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
Movie • 2008
Andy's Dad
Kids in the Hall: Scenes They Wouldn't Let Us Do
Movie • 2024
Self
Young Werther
Movie • 2024
Uncle Blochstein
The Buddy Cole Documentary
Movie
Bruno & Boots: Go Jump in the Pool
Movie • 2016
Headmaster Hartley
Paying for It
Movie • 2025
Jules Eros (voice)
A Russell Peters Christmas
Movie • 2011
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Grady (voice)
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
TV • 2000
Dusty Gozongas (voice)
Star Trek: The Next Generation
TV • 1987
Daimon Goss
The Kids in the Hall
TV • 1989
Providence
TV • 1999
Elliot Anderman
Star Trek: Voyager
TV • 1995
Tomin
The Larry Sanders Show
TV • 1992
Brian
Reno 911!
TV • 2003
Gary Werner
Dharma & Greg
TV • 1997
David
Carpoolers
TV • 2007
Tom
Roboroach
TV • 2002
Ruben "Rube" Roach (voice)
Puppets Who Kill
TV • 2002
Jesse
TV • 1998
Cecil
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV • 1980
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 2002
Self
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
TV • 2003
Mrs. Pleakley (voice)
The New Tom Green Show
TV • 2003
Self
Love Lounge
TV • 2005
The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town
TV • 2010
Man Seeking Woman
TV • 2015
Tiresias
FUBAR
TV • 2023
Dr. Pfeffer
Dark Side of Comedy
TV • 2022
Self
What Would Sal Do?
TV • 2017
Father Luke
Save Me
TV • 2017
Dan
The Jane Show
TV • 2006
Dr. Tyler Milgram
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
TV • 2007
Ricardo
Hey Lady!
TV • 2020
Judge
Rocket Monkeys
TV • 2013
Inky Mart Employee (voice)
Rocket Monkeys
TV • 2013
Queen Bee (voice)
The Kids in the Hall
TV • 2022
The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
TV • 2022
Hannibal
TV • 2013
Jimmy Price
Second City: First Family of Comedy
TV • 2006
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV • 1995
Prince Rip / Rabbit (voice)
Shoresy
TV • 2022
Shoresy's Foster Father
Sort Of
TV • 2021
Bryce
Match Game
TV • 2012
Sugar Highs
TV • 2022
Early
More Tales of the City
TV • 1998
Arlington Luce
Further Tales of the City
TV • 2001
Arlington Luce (uncredited)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Henchman (voice)
Match Game
TV • 2008
Panelist
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Herbert
Veronica's Closet
TV • 1997
Scotty
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self
Pulp Comics
TV • 1996
himself
Squirt TV
TV • 1994
self
Reno 911! Defunded
TV • 2022
Gary G. Werner
Odd Squad
TV • 2014
Professor Square
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Carpoolers
TV • 2007
Rich Carpooler
Grounded for Life
TV • 2001
Dr. Kagan
The Stanley Dynamic
TV • 2015
Have I Got News for You
TV • 2024
Self