Acting credits
22
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
John Douglas Thompson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.3
Low visibility
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Movies: 14Series: 8
TMDB ID: 1218156
IMDb ID: nm1479034
Known for: Acting
Place of birth: Bath, England, U.K.
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q6229925
Biography
John Douglas Thompson (born 1964) is an English-American actor. He is a Tony Award nominee and the recipient of two Drama Desk Awards, three Obie Awards, an Outer Critics Circle Award, and a Lucille Lortel Award. The New York Times critic Ben Brantley described Thompson as "one of the most compelling classical stage actors of his generation".
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with John Douglas Thompson.
5.5
Highest 2 Lowest
as Det. Earl Bridges
2025 Movie
9.5
Hamlet
as Claudius
2024 Movie
Endgame
as Hamm
2023 Movie
7.3
Till
as Moses Wright
2022 Movie
6.0
The 355
as Larry Marks
2022 Movie
5.6
Let Them All Talk
as Dr. Mitchell
2020 Movie
6.7
The Letter Room
as Jackson
2020 Movie
6.8
21 Bridges
as Reverend
2019 Movie
6.3
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Lawrence Lacks
2017 Movie
5.8
Wolves
as Socrates
2016 Movie
6.6
A Most Violent Year
as Male Radio Reporter
2014 Movie
5.0
Glass Chin
as Lou Gibson
2014 Movie
6.2
The Bourne Legacy
as Lt. Gen. Paulsen
2012 Movie
6.8
Michael Clayton
as Jail Guard
2007 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with John Douglas Thompson.
7.6
The Gilded Age
as Arthur Scott • 19 eps
2022 Series
8.2
Mare of Easttown
as Chief Carter • 7 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Madam Secretary
as Four Star General • 1 eps
2014 Series
8.1
Person of Interest
as Murphy • 1 eps
2011 Series
5.1
Gravity
as Mack • 1 eps
2010 Series
5.7
Conviction
as John Jenkins • 2 eps
2006 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as ER Doctor • 1 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Lloyd Jackson • 1 eps
1990 Series