Wesley Thompson

Wesley Thompson (lahir 2 Oktober 1956) muncul sebagai Korps Angkatan Darat di episode Musim 11 M*A*S*H berjudul "As Time Goes By". Penampilan tamu serial TV Wesley lainnya termasuk The White Shadow, The Larry Sanders Show, Boston Legal, dan Seinfeld. Dia memiliki gelar di bidang Seni Teater dari San Francisco State University & UCLA. Lahir di Chicago, IL dan dibesarkan di Pasadena, CA, Wesley memulai karirnya di panggung. Dia terpilih sebagai Aktor Terbaik di perguruan tinggi untuk peran utamanya dalam dramawan produktif dan drama pertama sutradara George C. Wolfe, "Up For Grabs". dia tampil di seluruh Southland dalam peran seperti Honey dalam "A Member of the Wedding" (bersama Virginia Capers), terpidana penjahat Ice dalam drama penjara Miguel Pinero "Short Eyes", dan dalam tiga produksi jangka panjang di Teater Odyssey LA Barat: Filtch dalam "The Miser" karya Molière bersama George Murdock, prajurit McGlade dalam drama Vietnam, "The Bridgehead", disutradarai oleh Stephen Tobolowsky, dan pitcher bantuan yang bijaksana Duke in hit komedi bisbol, "Bullpen", yang dipindahkan, setelah penayangan perdananya, ke Hasty Pudding Theatre Boston di Harvard. Sejak saat itu, ia telah memainkan lusinan drama di seluruh dunia, namun tidak ada yang lebih bermanfaat daripada peran pendukungnya sebagai rentenir Jumbo yang menggemaskan dalam produksi komedi romantis "Panache" tahun 2000. Itu dibuka di Pasadena Playhouse tetapi dalam waktu dua bulan dengan cepat dipindahkan ke luar Broadway, ke Players Theatre di Greenwich Village, di mana The New York Times menyebut Wesley "kehadiran di atas panggung yang elektrik". Dia adalah serial reguler di dua program ABC: Dia Walikota (1986) dan Mengejar Kebahagiaan (1987). Tugas terakhirnya termasuk Friends (1994), Providence (1999), Just Shoot Me! (1997), Malcolm in the Middle (2000) dan peran berulang di ER (1994) dan Grounded for Life (2001). Dia sangat beruntung telah melakukan lebih dari 200 iklan selama bertahun-tahun. Audisi film pertamanya adalah untuk drama berbiaya rendah yang dimaksudkan sebagai film dokumenter di mana para aktornya harus dipercaya sebagai orang sungguhan. Sutradara, seorang pendatang baru dalam pembuatan film layar lebar, langsung mempekerjakannya. Sutradara, Taylor Hackford ("An Officer and a Gentleman", "The Devil's Advocate"). Film "Teenage Father" (1978), memenangkan Academy Award sebagai Film Pendek Aksi Langsung Terbaik. Dari sana ia muncul dalam film-film seperti film Walter Hill Brewster's Millions (1985) bersama Richard Pryor dan John Candy, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), disutradarai oleh Joe Dante dan bekerja bersama Alfre Woodard dalam film Ivan Passer Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991). Peran film lainnya termasuk manajer panggung di L.A. Story (1991) bersama Steve Martin; Guru Christina Ricci, Tuan Curtis, dalam Casper yang disutradarai Brad Silberling/diproduseri Steven Spielberg (1995); sebagai bos John Travolta dalam White Man's Burden (1995) karya Desmond Nakano bersama Harry Belafonte dan pemenang Discovery Award di Festival Film Toronto 1999, Smiling Fish & Goat on Fire (1999) yang diproduseri oleh Martin Scorsese. Dia terakhir terlihat bersama Vivica A. Fox di Two Can Play That Game (2001), ditulis dan disutradarai oleh Mark Brown (penulis Barbershop (2002)). (tumbuk wikia)

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)