Scott Thompson

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Scott Thompson (born June 12, 1959) is a Canadian television comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe "Kids in the Hall".

Thompson was born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, and grew up in Brampton, Ontario. He is the oldest of the five boys. He attended Brampton Centennial Secondary School and was a student there at the time of the 1975 shooting massacre.citation |title=Just for Laughs venue for new 'shock' material |url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20010721/ctvnews93406/20010721/ |date=July 21, 2001 |accessdate=2008-09-09 |periodical=CTV Television Network ] He enrolled in York University but in his third year was asked to leave for being 'disruptive'. He joined the comedy troupe "The Love Cats" and while performing with them met Mark McKinney. In 1984 he became a member of "The Kids in the Hall". That troupe's series aired starting 1989 on the CBC in Canada and on HBO in the United States, but moved to CBS for the fourth and fifth seasons.

Openly gay, he became best-known on the show for his monologues as the effeminate Buddy Cole, as well as his appearances as Queen Elizabeth II. He also acted regularly on "The Larry Sanders Show" and made numerous guest appearances on other television series, including "Politically Incorrect", "The Late Show", "Late Night with Conan O'Brien", and "Train 48". Scott Thompson was also the host of a reality television program in Canada called "My Fabulous Gay Wedding". Thompson defended Mordecai Richler's novel "Cocksure" in "Canada Reads 2006".

Thompson was one of the earliest celebrities to set up a personal web page during the advent of the internet.Fact|date=September 2008 Called Scottland.com, it was a fully interactive site where fans could sign up as "citizens" of the fictional nation of Scottland. (As Thompson explained in a video clip, dressed like Queen Elizabeth: "This Scottland has TWO T's; MY Scotland has ONE T.")

Filmography

* "Shifting the Canvas" (2009)
* "Another Gay Movie" (2006)
* "My Fabulous Gay Wedding" (2005) (TV series)
* "Burnt Toast" (2005) (TV)
* "The Pacifier" (2005)
* "Stunt C*ocks" (2004)
* "" (2004) (TV)
* "Ham & Cheese" (2004)
* "My Baby's Daddy" (2004)
* "Nobody Knows Anything!" (2003)
* "The Red Sneakers" (2003) (TV)
* "Kids in the Hall: Tour of Duty" (2002) (V)
* "Roboroach" (2002) (TV series)
* "Run Ronnie Run" (2002)
* "Tart" (2001)
* "Further Tales of the City" (2001) (mini series)
* "Mickey Blue Eyes" (1999)
* "More Tales of the City" (1998) (mini series)
* "Hayseed" (1997)
* "Hijacking Hollywood" (1997)
* "" (1996)
* "The Larry Sanders Show" (1992) (TV series) (1995-1998)
* "Super 8-1/2" (1993)
* "Millennium" (1989)
* "Day One" (1989) (TV)
* "The Kids in the Hall" (1988) (TV series)
* "Hot Paint" (1988) (TV)
* "Head Office" (1985)
* "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" (1980)

Other works

* "Buddy Babylon, The Autobiography of Buddy Cole" (with Paul Bellini) in 1998, a humor novel, ISBN 0-440-50828-2
* "The Lowest Show on Earth", a 2001 one-man show produced in Toronto
* "Scottastrophe", 2006 multimedia show

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