Background[]
Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American character actor. His career began with a small role in the 1984 film The Terminator. He is best remembered for having played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film Cobra opposite Sylvester Stallone and Shao Khan in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), the 2nd Mortal Kombat movie based on the popular video Game Franchise His first named role was on Werewolf, a horror series that ran during Fox's inaugural broadcasting year of 1987–1988. Thompson has played several characters in the Star Trek franchise—the most notable being the Klingon Lieutenant Klag in which he informed Riker that "Gagh is always best when served live", the Alien Bounty Hunter on The X-Files, and Eddie Fiori on Kindred: The Embraced. In 2014, he produced, wrote and starred in the B movie parody The Extendables.
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Filmography[]
- Firefight (1983)
- Hardcastle and McCormick (1984) 1 episode
- The Terminator (1984)
- Fatal Vision (1984) 2 episodes
- Street Hawk (1985) 1 episode
- Otherworld (1985) 1 episode
- Moonlighting (1985) 1 episode
- Our Family Honor (1985) 1 episode
- Knight Rider (1985) 1 episode
- George Burns Comedy Week (1985) 2 episodes
- Cobra (1986)
- Three Amigos (1986)
- Catch the Heat (1987)
- Commando Squad (1987)
- You Talkin' to Me? (1987)
- Falcon Crest (1987) 5 episodes
- Werewolf (1987-88) 5 episodes
- Pass the Ammo (1988)
- Miracle Mile (1988)
- Alien Nation (1988)
- Something Is Out There (1988) 6 episode
- Favorite Son (1988) 1 episode
- Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
- Three Fugitives (1989)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989) 1 episode
- Nightwish (1989)
- Moon 44 (1990)
- Lionheart (1990)
- Alien Nation (1990) 1 episode
- Hired to Kill (1990)
- In the Cold of the Night (1990)
- After the Shock (1990)
- Superboy (1991) 1 episode
- Life Stinks (1991)
- The Owl (1991)
- Ted & Venus (1991)
- Doctor Mordrid (1992)
- The Naked Truth (1992)
- From Hollywood to Hanoi (1992)
- Renegade (1992) 1 episode
- Rage and Honor (1992)
- Key West (1993) 13 episodes
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) 1 episode
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-96) 2 episodes
- Star Trek: Generations (1994)
- Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) 1 episode
- The X-Files (1995-00) 9 episodes
- Weird Science (1996) 1 episode
- DragonHeart (1996)
- Kindred: The Embraced (1996) 6 episodes
- Perfect Target (1997)
- Bouncers (1997)
- Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997)
- The Guardian (1997)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-98) 4 episodes
- Seven Days (1998) 2 episodes
- Inside the X Files (1998)
- NYPD Blue (1998) 1 episode
- Soldier of Fortune, Inc. (1999) 1 episode
- Crusade (1999) 1 episode
- Baywatch (1999) 1 episode
- Jason and the Argonauts (2000) 2 episodes
- V.I.P. (2000) 1 episode
- If Tomorrow Comes (2000)
- Charmed (2000-03) 3 episodes
- Joe Dirt (2001)
- Epoch (2001)
- The Order (2001)
- Birds of Prey (2002) 1 episode
- Karen Sisco (2003) 1 episode
- Epoch: Evolution (2003)
- NCIS (2004) 1 episode
- Star Trek: Enterprise (2005) 3 episodes
- The Legend of Tillamook's Gold (2006)
- Flight of the Living Dead (2007)
- Fist of the Warrior (2007)
- El ultimo justo (2007)
- Chuck (2009) 1 episode
- Dragonquest (2009)
- Emissary (2009) ? episodes
- Whatdogsee (2010)
- Dawn of Darkness (2010)
- Put Up Your Dux (2010)
- The Arcadian (2011)
- Dark Games (2011)
- Love's Christmas Journey (2011)
- Californication (2012) 1 episode
- Spirit of a Denture (2012)
- Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation (2012)
- Fan Wars (2012) 6 episodes
- Perception (2013) 1 episode
- Hawaii Five-0 (2014) 1 episode
- An American Terror (2014)
- The Extendables (2014)
- Beyond the Game (2016)
- You're So Cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night (2016)
- Trafficked (2017)
- The Orville (2017) 1 episode
- Sunflower (2017)
- Big Muddy (2017)