Question: Brian Thompson played a villainous character in which 1986 American action film directed by George Cosmatos?

Context articles: Rambo: First Blood Part II
Moon 44
Francis of Assisi (film)
George P. Cosmatos
The Extendables
Brian Thompson (footballer, born 1952)
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Lionheart (1990 film)
Brian Thompson
Cobra (1986 film)

Rambo: First Blood Part II (also known as Rambo II or First Blood II) is a 1985 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, who reprises his role as Vietnam veteran John Rambo.
 It is the sequel to the 1982 film "First Blood", and the second installment in the "Rambo" film series.
 Picking up where the first film left, the sequel is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue; it sees Rambo released from prison by federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing, thus enabling the government to sweep the issue under the rug.
 In addition to Stallone, Richard Crenna reprises his role as Col. Samuel Trautman, with Charles Napier, Steven Berkoff, Julia Nickson, Martin Kove, George Cheung, and Andy Wood also included in the cast.
Moon 44 is a 1990 German English-language science fiction action film from Centropolis Film Productions, directed by Roland Emmerich and starring Michael Paré and Lisa Eichhorn alongside Brian Thompson and Malcolm McDowell.
 The film is set on a futuristic mining site on an unspecific moon, where convicts and teenage technicians are partnered.
 An undercover agent (Paré) must discover what has happened to missing corporate shuttles.
Francis of Assisi is a 1961 DeLuxe CinemaScope film directed by Michael Curtiz, based on the novel "The Joyful Beggar" by Louis de Wohl.
 It was shot entirely in Italy.
 The film was a box office loss.
 It starred Bradford Dillman in one of his few sympathetic leading film roles (he usually played a villainous character onscreen, despite having originated the role of Jamie in the original stage version of Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" in 1956).
George Pan Cosmatos (4 January 1941 – 19 April 2005) was a Greco-Italian film director and screenwriter.
 Following early success in his home country with drama films such as "Massacre in Rome" with Richard Burton (based on the real-life Ardeatine massacre), Cosmatos retooled his career towards mainstream 'blockbuster' action and adventure films, including "The Cassandra Crossing" and "Escape to Athena", both of which were British-Italian co-productions.
 After relocating to North America, he directed the horror film "Of Unknown Origin".
 This was followed by some of his best-known work, including the action films "" and "Cobra" (both of which star Sylvester Stallone), the science-fiction horror film "Leviathan", and the critically acclaimed Western "Tombstone".
The Extendables (also known as "Action Hero") is a 2014 American parody film directed by Brian Thompson.
 The film is a parody of "The Expendables" and similar action movies.
 The director, Brian Thompson said it contained actual events he had witnessed.
 The film was released on iTunes.
George Brian Thompson (born 7 August 1952), known as Brian Thompson, is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker or as a defender in the Football League for York City and Mansfield Town, in non-League football for Yeovil Town and Maidstone United, and was on the books of Sunderland without making a league appearance.
 He was capped 15 times by the semi-professional national team from 1979 to 1984.
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts action film directed by John R. Leonetti.
 Based on the "Mortal Kombat" series of fighting games, the film is the sequel to 1995's "Mortal Kombat".
 It stars Robin Shou, Talisa Soto, Brian Thompson, Sandra Hess, Irina Pantaeva and James Remar.
 The storyline was largely an adaptation of "Mortal Kombat 3", following a band of warriors as they attempt to save Earth from the evil Shao Kahn.
 Although the story picks up where the last film left off, only two of the lead actors reprised their roles.
 It has a 3% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes and 11/100 at Metacritic.
Lionheart (also known as Wrong Bet, A.W.O.L.: Absent Without Leave, Leon and Full Contact) is a 1990 action film, directed by Sheldon Lettich, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and co-starring Brian Thompson, along with Harrison Page, Deborah Rennard, Lisa Pelikan, and Ashley Johnson.
Brian Earl Thompson (born August 28, 1959) is an American actor.
 Thompson has worked in the action adventure and science fiction genres where his stature and unique appearance often lends him to imposing roles, although he has earned many comedic parts as well.
 His career began with a small role in the 1984 film "The Terminator".
 His second feature was the hit comedy "The Three Amigos".
 He played the villainous "Night Slasher" in the 1986 film Cobra.
 His first named role was on "Werewolf", a horror series that ran during Fox's inaugural broadcasting year of 1987–1988.
 Thompson has played several characters in the "Star Trek" franchise, the Alien Bounty Hunter on "The X-Files", and Eddie Fiori on "".
 In 2014, he produced, wrote and starred in the B movie parody "The Extendables".
Cobra is a 1986 American action film directed by George P. Cosmatos, and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also starred in the title role.
 The film co-stars Reni Santoni, Brigitte Nielsen and Andrew Robinson.
 It is the first film where Brian Thompson plays a prominent role.
 The film was loosely based on the novel "Fair Game" by Paula Gosling, which was later filmed under that title in 1995.
 However, Stallone's screenplay was originally conceived from ideas he had during pre-production of "Beverly Hills Cop", whose screenplay he heavily revised.
 He had wanted to make "Beverly Hills Cop" a less comedic and more action-oriented film, which the studio rejected as being far too expensive.
 When he left that project, Eddie Murphy was brought in to play the lead role.