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A native of Ellensburg, Washington (the same town where ''[[Northern Exposure]]'' would later be filmed), he was a high school jock whose interest in acting was sparked when, during his senior year, he was cast as the Russian ballet instructor Boris in the comedy "You Can't Take it With You". Under the pretense of attending Central Washington University to play football and study business management, he quietly auditioned for every available production he could reach.
His very first film role was in ''[[The Terminator]]'', where he played the eponymous killing machine's first victim in the modern day. About a year after [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]] stole Thompson's clothes, [[Sylvester Stallone]] wanted a crack at Brian Thompson as well when he was cast as the main villain in Stallone's ''Cobra'' (wherein Thompson was impaled on a meat hook then burned alive). This began a string of credits that has left Thompson in and around some of Hollywood's biggest and best projects, including ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'', ''[[Weird Science (
Most of those roles were as villains, or at least as semi-antagonistic tough guys. His first heroic role was as the surprisingly spiritual Sheriff Cody Johnson in the short-lived 1993 Fox comedy ''[[Key West]]'', where Thompson's understated portrayal of a modern-day [[Knight in Shining Armor]] was often cited as one of the best things about the show. He also played the title hero of 1999's ''Conan the Librarian'', a PBS special wherein he encouraged kids to read.
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