
Scott Thompson
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.
Acting (48 movies)

Another Gay Movie
2006

Back Home Again
2021

The Aristocrats
2005

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy
1996

The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks
2022

Mouth Congress
2021

Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make Believe
2023

The Red Sneakers
2002

The Kids In The Hall: Laughing Ourselves Sick
1996

Burnt Toast
2005

Rocky Road
2014

Hijacking Hollywood
1997

Head Office
1985

Hayseed
1997

Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration
2022

Mickey Blue Eyes
1999

Night of the Zoopocalypse
2025

Zombie Town
2023

Run Ronnie Run
2002

Santa's Got Style
2022

Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story
2004

Ham & Cheese
2004

Hot Paint
1988

Nobody Knows Anything!
2004

Millennium
1989

My Animal
2023

Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution
2024

Getting the Old Scent Again: Reimagining Red Dragon
2015

Hannibal: This Is My Design
2014

Holiday Joy
2016

Degrassi: Don't Look Back
2015

The Pacifier
2005

Tart
2001

Bruno & Boots: This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall
2017

Don't Talk to Irene
2017

The Go-Getters
2018

The Kids in the Hall: Sketchfest Tribute
2008

HumanTown
2016

Out: Stories of Lesbian and Gay Youth
1994

Super 8½
1994

52
2011

Snowbound for Christmas
2019

The Kids in the Hall: Same Guys, New Dresses
2001

4 Pounds
2011

My Baby's Daddy
2004

Roots
2005

Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!
2008

Young Werther
2024
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | 1996 | Writer | 
| Uncle Saddam | 2000 | Writer | 
| 52 | 2011 | Writer | 
