John Douglas Thompson

Acting

Born January 1, 1964, Bath, England, U.K.

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".

Filmography

• 2026The Punisher: One Last Kill — Old Vet
• 2025Highest 2 Lowest — Det. Earl Bridges
• 2024Hamlet — Claudius
• 2023Endgame — Hamm
• 2022The 355 — Larry Marks
• The Gilded Age — Arthur Scott
• 2022Till — Moses Wright
• Mare of Easttown — Chief Carter
• 2020Let Them All Talk — Dr. Mitchell
• 2020The Letter Room — Jackson
• 201921 Bridges — Reverend
• 2017The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks — Lawrence Lacks
• 2016Wolves — Socrates
• 2014A Most Violent Year — Male Radio Reporter
• 2014Glass Chin — Lou Gibson
• Madam Secretary — Four Star General
• 2012The Bourne Legacy — Lt. Gen. Paulsen
• Person of Interest — Murphy
• Gravity — Mack
• 2007Michael Clayton — Jail Guard
• Conviction — John Jenkins
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — ER Doctor, Mel Cantor
• Law & Order — Lloyd Jackson
• All the Sinners Bleed — Albert Crown