JOHN DOUGLAS THOMPSON

John Douglas Thompson (title role in Othello) previously appeared at the A.R.T. as the Duke of York in Richard II, as the Cook in Mother Courage, as Creon in Antigone, as Polixines in The Winter's Tale, and in The Ohio State Murders, The Idiots Karamazov, Full Circle, and Henry V. He previously appeared as Othello in a production at the Trinity Repertory Company, where he was also seen in A Preface To An Alien Garden, A Christmas Carol, Measure for Measure, The Good Times Are Killing Me, and The Winter's Tale. His off-Broadway credits include The Changeling at the Salon, Overtime (understudy) at Manhattan Theatre Club, and Oroonoko at The Mint Theatre. Resident credits include Spunk at Portland Stage; Richard III, The Merchant of Venice, All's Well that Ends Well, Comedy of Errors, Coriolanus, and Much Ado About Nothing at Shakespeare and Company; A Thousand Clowns and To Kill a Mockingbird at Vineyard Playhouse; and Romeo and Juliet at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. He has also worked at the Huntington Theatre, Hartford Stage, People's Light and Theatre Company, and Philadelphia Theatre Company, and he performed the role of the Narrator in "With Voices Raised" with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His films and television credits include Malcolm X, The Secret, "American Shakespeare" (BBC), and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," with Claire Bloom and the Boston Pops Orchestra (WGBH). He is a 1994 graduate of Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island.

See also Business and the Bard, a Spring 2000 A.R.T. News profile of John Douglas Thompson, and "Ever Moor: John Douglas Thompson" by Carolyn Clay of the Boston Phoenix.

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