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Wesley Thompson
Acting

Wesley Thompson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1956-10-02,Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Wesley Thompson (born October 2, 1956) appeared as an Army Corpsman in the Season 11 episode of M*A*S*H titled "As Time Goes By". Wesley's other TV series guest appearances include The White Shadow, The Larry Sanders Show, Boston Legal, and Seinfeld. He has degrees in Theater Arts from San Francisco State University & UCLA. Born in Chicago, IL and raised in Pasadena, CA, Wesley began his career on the stage. He was voted Best Actor in college for his leading role in prolific playwright and director George C. Wolfe's very first play, "Up For Grabs". he's performed all over the Southland in such roles as Honey in "A Member of the Wedding" (with Virginia Capers), convicted felon Ice in Miguel Pinero's prison drama "Short Eyes", and in three long-running productions at West LA's Odyssey Theater: Filtch in Molière's "The Miser" with George Murdock, soldier McGlade in a Vietnam drama, "The Bridgehead", directed by Stephen Tobolowsky, and wisecracking relief pitcher Duke in the baseball comedy hit, "Bullpen", which moved, after its initial run, to Boston's Hasty Pudding Theater at Harvard. He has since gone on to do dozens of plays all over, but none as rewarding as his supporting role as the lovable loan shark Jumbo in the 2000 production of the romantic-comedy "Panache". It opened at the Pasadena Playhouse but within two months was swiftly moved to off-Broadway, to the Players Theater in Greenwich Village, in which The New York Times called Wesley "an electric, on-stage presence". He was a series regular on two ABC programs: He's the Mayor (1986) and Pursuit of Happiness (1987). His most recent stints include Friends (1994), Providence (1999), Just Shoot Me! (1997), Malcolm in the Middle (2000) and recurring roles on ER (1994) and Grounded for Life (2001). He has been very fortunate to have done over 200 commercials over the years. His first audition for film was for a low-budget drama intended as a documentary where the actors had to be believed as real people. The director, a young newcomer to feature filmmaking, hired him on the spot. The director, Taylor Hackford ("An Officer and a Gentleman", "The Devil's Advocate"). The film, "Teenage Father" (1978), won the Academy Award as Best Live Action Short. From there he has appeared such films as the Walter Hill film Brewster's Millions (1985) with Richard Pryor and John Candy, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), directed by Joe Dante and working alongside Alfre Woodard in the Ivan Passer film Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991). Other film roles include the stage manager in L.A. Story (1991) with Steve Martin; Christina Ricci's teacher, Mr. Curtis, in the Brad Silberling-directed/Steven Spielberg-produced Casper (1995); as John Travolta's boss in Desmond Nakano's White Man's Burden (1995) with Harry Belafonte and the winner of the Discovery Award at the 1999 Toronto Film Festival, Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire (1999) produced by Martin Scorsese. He was last seen with Vivica A. Fox in Two Can Play That Game (2001), written and directed by Mark Brown (writer of Barbershop (2002)). (mash wikia)

Filmography

6.3

Casper
1995-05-26

Brewster's Millions

6.6

Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22

The Violation of Sarah McDavid

3

The Violation of Sarah McDavid
1981-05-19

6.93

Iron Man 3
2013-04-18

5.6

Bounty Tracker
1993-05-05

6.6

Teenage Father
1978-01-01

Drew Peterson: Untouchable

5.292

Drew Peterson: Untouchable
2014-01-29

6.5

L.A. Story
1991-02-08

5.841

Infestation
2009-02-05

7.9

M*A*S*H
1972-09-17

10

New Attitude
1990-08-08

6.7

Mad About You
1992-09-23

Tales from the Crypt

7.9

Tales from the Crypt
1989-06-10

8.4

Friends
1994-09-22

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

6.453

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992-09-22

6.63

Just Shoot Me!
1997-03-04

7.827

ER
1994-09-19

8.213

Grey's Anatomy
2005-03-27

8.3

Seinfeld
1989-07-05

6.8

Dream On
1990-07-08

7.6

Cheers
1982-09-30

7.6

The Middle
2009-09-30

Home Improvement

7.4

Home Improvement
1991-09-17

6.4

Dave's World
1993-09-20

6.1

Ellen
1994-03-29

Caroline in the City

6.4

Caroline in the City
1995-09-21

5.1

Whitney
2011-09-22

Malcolm in the Middle

8.5

Malcolm in the Middle
2000-01-09

6.7

Coach
1989-02-28

8.2

Family Law
1999-09-20

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

6.453

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1992-09-22

6.5

The Unicorn
2019-09-16

7.1

Sister, Sister
1994-04-01

7

The Division
2001-01-07

7.9

Boston Legal
2004-10-03