# Hugh Thompson (Canadian actor)

Hugh Thompson is a Canadian stage and screen actor known for Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111, Black Harbour and Forgive Me.

## Career

Thompson won the Gemini Award for Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111. He was nominated for an ACTRA Award and a Canadian Screen Award for his work on Forgive Me. For his theatre work, Thompson was honored by the Robert Merritt Awards for his performances in Whale Riding Weather in 2013 for The Beauty Queen of Leenane in 2012, for Kingfisher Days in 2018, and was nominated for his work in Jacob's Wake in 2004 and Some Blow Flutes in 2019.
His other film credits have included Noise, Whole New Thing, Poor Boy's Game, Copperhead, Splinters and Stage Mother.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1996 | Maximum Risk | Bohemia Doorman |
| 2005 | Whole New Thing | Claude |
| 2006 | A Stone's Throw | Jean Marc |
| 2007 | Snow Angels | Inspector Burns |
| 2007 | Poor Boy's Game | Chris Webb |
| 2008 | Growing Op | Bowman |
| 2013 | Copperhead | Hurley |
| 2014 | Lure | Warden |
| 2015 | Across the Line | Len Jacobsen |
| 2017 | Touched | Gabriel |
| 2018 | Splinters | Henry |
| 2020 | Stage Mother | Jeb |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1989 | War of the Worlds | Ray | Episode: "The Raising of Lazarus" |
| 1989 | Looking for Miracles | Mo | Television film |
| 1995 | The Great Defender | Jimmy McDonald | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1995 | Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story | Sergeant Greenway | Television film |
| 1995 | Net Worth | Red Kelly | Television film |
| 1996 | A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story | Richard Beres | Television film |
| 1996 | Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice | Det. Cotton Hawes | Television film |
| 1996 | Mistrial | Sergeant A. Reeves | Television film |
| 1996, 1999 | Psi Factor | Carl Brewster / John Gardner | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Due South | Bradley Torrance | Episode: "The Bounty Hunter" |
| 1997–1999 | Black Harbour | Buddy Brigley | 21 episodes |
| 1998 | Recipe for Revenge | Elliot Saunders | Television film |
| 1999 | Total Recall 2070 | Meadows | Episode: "Bones Beneath My Skin" |
| 1999–2000 | Traders | Wayne Kettler | 5 episodes |
| 2000 | Blessed Stranger: After Flight 111 | Everett Barkhouse | Television film |
| 2001 | Stolen Miracle | Phil Lewis | Television film |
| 2002 | Trudeau | Ron Basford | Television film |
| 2002 | The Christmas Shoes | Jack Andrews | Television film |
| 2002 | 100 Days in the Jungle | Colin Fraser | Television film |
| 2002 | Society's Child | Sean Best | Television film |
| 2003 | Another Country | Bruce Connelly | Television film |
| 2005 | The Eleventh Hour | Sgt. Tom Huber | Episode: "Das Bootcamp" |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Tom Blanchette | Television film |
| 2005 | The Christmas Blessing | Jack Andrews | Television film |
| 2005 | Tripping the Wire: A Stephen Tree Mystery | Brian Pritzker | Television film |
| 2006 | October 1970 | Donald McLeery | 8 episodes |
| 2006 | Canada Russia '72 | Gary Bergman | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | MVP | Joe | 3 episodes |
| 2008 | The Memory Keeper's Daughter | Al | Television film |
| 2009 | Flashpoint | Brian Baumann | Episode: "Business as Usual" |
| 2009 | Sea Wolf | Johanssen | Episode #1.2 |
| 2010 | Haven | Captain Richards | Episode: "Sketchy" |
| 2011 | Rookie Blue | Ray Nixon | Episode: "The One That Got Away" |
| 2013–2018 | Forgive Me | Smith | 11 episodes |
| 2015 | The Book of Negroes | Constable Theodore Barnes | Episode #1.5 |
| 2019 | Murdoch Mysteries | Dan Seavey | Episode: "Pirates of the Great Lakes" |
| 2019 | Pure | Sergeant Wolfitt | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Reel East Coast | Gerard | Episode #5.4 |
| 2019–2020 | Diggstown | Gregor Ross | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | Chapelwaite | Constable Dennison | 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Reacher | Officer Baker | 8 episodes |