
John Douglas Thompson
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".
Movie Appearances

Till
as Moses Wright
2022

Endgame
as Hamm
2023

The 355
as Larry Marks
2022

The Bourne Legacy
as Lt. Gen. Paulsen
2012

Glass Chin
as Lou Gibson
2014

Hamlet
as Claudius
2024

Wolves
as Socrates
2016

21 Bridges
as Reverend
2019

A Most Violent Year
as Male Radio Reporter
2014

Michael Clayton
as Jail Guard
2007

The Letter Room
as Jackson
2020

Let Them All Talk
as Dr. Mitchell
2020

Highest 2 Lowest
as Det. Earl Bridges
2025

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
as Lawrence Lacks
2017
TV Appearances

Gravity
as Mack
2010

Mare of Easttown
as Chief Carter
2021

Person of Interest
as Murphy
2011

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as ER Doctor
1999

Law & Order
as Lloyd Jackson
1990

The Gilded Age
as Arthur Scott
2022

Conviction
as John Jenkins
2006

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Mel Cantor
1999

Madam Secretary
as Four Star General
2014
All the Sinners Bleed
as Albert Crown
TBA