Brian Thompson’s acting career began starring alongside some of the biggest names in Hollywood. He played a punk who had his heart ripped out by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1984’s The Terminator, and later starred as Night Slasher in Stallone’s 1986 film Cobra.

Landing a number of television roles in between, Brian would later portray Shao Kahn in 1997’s Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and most recently appeared in 2021’s The Tradegy of Macbeth alongside Denzel Washington.