John Douglas Thompson (born 1964) is an English-American actor. He is
the recipient of a Lucille Lortel Award, an Outer Critics Circle
Award, two Drama Desk Awards and two Obie Awards, as well as being
nominated for a Tony Award.The New York Times critic Ben Brantley
described Thompson as "one of the most compelling classical stage
actors of his generation".Thompson was born in Bath, England, to
Jamaican parents, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated
from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York in 1985, where he studied
marketing and business. In the early 1990s he worked as a traveling
computer salesman in New England. After losing his job, Thompson
decided to pursue acting and enrolled at the Trinity Repertory
Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island.Thompson began appearing in a
variety of lead and supporting roles across New England, most notably
at the American Repertory Theater and Shakespeare and Company, also
giving his first performance as Othello at the Trinity Repertory
Company prior to attaining critical success in New York. He made his
Broadway debut as Flavius, opposite Denzel Washington in Julius Caesar
in 2005, and later appeared as Le Bret in Cyrano de Bergerac,
alongside Jennifer Garner and Kevin Kline in 2007.
the recipient of a Lucille Lortel Award, an Outer Critics Circle
Award, two Drama Desk Awards and two Obie Awards, as well as being
nominated for a Tony Award.The New York Times critic Ben Brantley
described Thompson as "one of the most compelling classical stage
actors of his generation".Thompson was born in Bath, England, to
Jamaican parents, and was raised in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated
from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York in 1985, where he studied
marketing and business. In the early 1990s he worked as a traveling
computer salesman in New England. After losing his job, Thompson
decided to pursue acting and enrolled at the Trinity Repertory
Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island.Thompson began appearing in a
variety of lead and supporting roles across New England, most notably
at the American Repertory Theater and Shakespeare and Company, also
giving his first performance as Othello at the Trinity Repertory
Company prior to attaining critical success in New York. He made his
Broadway debut as Flavius, opposite Denzel Washington in Julius Caesar
in 2005, and later appeared as Le Bret in Cyrano de Bergerac,
alongside Jennifer Garner and Kevin Kline in 2007.
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