Brian Thompson starred in many cult projects of the 80s and 90s and was especially remembered by fans of the action movie with Sylvester Stallone called “Cobra”. How did the acting career of a celebrity develop after the release of this film and how does it live now?
Childhood and youth
Our hero was born in a family of teachers in the American city of Ellensburg on August 28, 1959. By the way, in addition to him, five more children grew up in the family. In high school, he began to show interest in acting, and more often in the scripts of various school projects, the name Thompson appeared. Brian played in various performances, but did not clearly realize whether he wanted to completely connect life with acting. That is why the young man became a student at Washington State Central University, choosing the specialty “Business and Management”. Nevertheless, he regularly attended castings, and in the end he was accepted to the theater. Soon he was entrusted with the leading role in the production of “The King and Me”.
Careers in film and television
In the mid-eighties, James Cameron manned the team of participants in his film "Terminator", and Thompson was among them. Brian made an impressive debut, playing in several scenes with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Soon after, he starred with Sylvester Stallone in the Cobra project. Despite the fact that for this film a young American was nominated for Golden Raspberry, the producers paid attention to him, and proposals for promising cooperation were not long in coming.
In the early 90's, he received one of the leading roles in the action movie "Volunteer." Subsequently, he played in several parts of the major Star Trek franchise. Critics noted that the actor’s game is becoming brighter, especially emphasizing that it was Thompson who became one of the discoveries of the adventure action movie “Dragon Heart”. Brian starred not only in numerous films, but also appeared on TV in such projects as The X-Files, Star Trek, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charmed, and others.
Early 2000s
The new century greeted the actor with a leading role in the drama film “If It Doesn't Come Tomorrow”, where James Franco became his shooting partner. Then the authors of the film "Jason and the Argonauts" began to search for the performer of the role of Hercules, and soon they became interested in Brian Thompson. The filmography of the talented American confidently replenished with new roles.
Later he participated in the filming of "Order", "Joe Dirt", "Doomed Flight" and other projects.
Catchy images
He had occasion to embody on the screens a very diverse character: from warriors to maniac psychopaths.
For many fans, the actor was remembered for his role as captain of the Tower, who was the leader of the ranger army, leading it deeper into the mysterious monolith in the project “Age II. Evolution". Most often, he got secondary images, while his colleagues, in the person of Mark Singer, Christoph Waltz, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Seth Rogen, Jay Chow and others, took over the leading parties.
Nevertheless, even in these cases, the heroes played by Thompson more often crashed into the memory of the audience. Brian also distinguished himself with a very remarkable work in Dragon Cave, where in the story he participated in the search for a huge and dangerous monster. In "Cobra" he portrayed a colorful villain-killer, and in "Terminator" - a wayward punk.
