Years active 1991–present Height 1.80 m Role Actor | Name Erik Thompson Nationality New Zealand, British | |
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Occupation Voice actor, television announcer Spouse Caitlin McDougall (m. 1999) Children James Thomson, Eilish Thomson Movies and TV shows Packed to the Rafters, The Black Balloon, All Saints, The Boys Are Back, Somersault Similar People Elissa Down, Caitlin McDougall, Toni Collette, Bevan Lee, Cate Shortland | ||
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Erik Thompson (born July 22, 1959 in La Jolla, California) is an American voice actor and television announcer.
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Career
After starting out as a disc jockey in San Diego and Los Angeles radio, he began pursuing a career in voiceover. Thompson eventually found work as a promotional voice of HBO, which led to promotional announcements and program narration on several other networks.
Currently he is narrator of the TV series The Universe on The History Channel, Crimes of the Century on CNN and many other television series featured on Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, The History Channel, NBC, MSNBC, The Weather Channel, The National Geographic Channel, Spike and CNN.
Thompson has performed voice-overs for hundreds of national television and radio commercials, non-broadcast narration, television infomercials, animated voice and web-based content.
As a promotional voice, he has at various times been a fixture of several television networks, including ION Television, The National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo Wild, FX, CBS, NBC, HBO, Animal Planet, Showtime, TBS, Discovery Channel, Investigation Discovery, and others. He also is the promotional voice of several local affiliate stations across the United States.
Filmography
Actor
-
Lost Beasts of the Ice Age (TV Series) as
Narrator (2019)
2019
Expedition Bigfoot (TV Series) as
Narrator
- Tunnel of Terror (2023) - Narrator (voice)
- Demon in the Dark (2023) - Narrator (voice)
- Bigfoot Island (2023) - Narrator (voice)
- Into Bigfoot's Den (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- A Massive Discovery (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Man Down (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- The Chase is On (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Divide and Conquer (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Tracks to Hell (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Sounds of Terror (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Where the Legend Began (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Return to Lake Fear (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Fresh Kills (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Creatures in the Trees (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Stalked in Terror (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Shadow Stalker (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- Strange Returns (2022) - Narrator (voice)
- New Discoveries (2021) - Narrator
- Closer Than Ever (2021) - Narrator
- Lake Fear (2021) - Narrator
- The Government Knows (2021) - Narrator
- Paranormal Anomoly (2021) - Narrator
- Dark Memories (2021) - Narrator
- The Quest Out West (2021) - Narrator (voice)
- Bigfoot's Lair? (2021) - Narrator (voice)
- Time's Running Out (2021) - Narrator (voice)
- Hand of the Beast (2021) - Narrator (voice)
- Creepy Hollows (2021) - Narrator (voice)
- Call and Response (2021) - Narrator (voice)
- The Search Continues (2021) - Narrator (voice)
- The Final Hours (2020) - Narrator (voice)
- It Knows We're Here (2020) - Narrator (voice)
- Bigfoot Moon Rising (2020) - Narrator (voice)
- Human Bait (2020) - Narrator (voice)
- Red Eyes at Night (2019) - Narrator (voice)
- The Nest (2019) - Narrator (voice)
- Did You Hear That? (2019) - Narrator (voice)
- The Search Begins (2019) - Narrator (voice)
2015
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) as
Narrator 'Holiday Jewelry' / Narrator, 'The Squad'
- Kevin Hart/Foo Fighters (2017) - Narrator 'Holiday Jewelry' (voice, uncredited)
- Miley Cyrus (2015) - Narrator, 'The Squad' (voice, uncredited)
2013
Grand Theft Auto V (Video Game) as
Various (voice, uncredited)
2012
Corpus Delicti: Tale of Joe Ball the Alligator Man (Short) as
Narrator / Wheeler
2011
Border Battles (TV Series) as
Narrator
- American Border Patrol: Glenn Spencer - Arizona (2012) - Narrator
- Minutemen: Shannon McGauley - Texas (2012) - Narrator
- The Last Gunslingers: Border Agent Eddie Cervantes - California (2012) - Narrator
- Hunt for El Loco: Border Agent Manny Lopez - California (2012) - Narrator
- Rio Grande Showdown: Officer Robert Wilson - Arizona (2012) - Narrator
- The Deadly Plunge: Deputy Russell Warren - Arizona (2012) - Narrator
- Christmas Miracle: Border Agent Tony Puente - California (2012) - Narrator
- Deadly Force: Officer Jesse Cesena - California (2012) - Narrator
- El Gato Shootout: Agent Paul Conover - Texas (2011) - Narrator
2009
CIA Confidential (TV Series) as
Narrator
- Pakistan Undercover (2009) - Narrator (voice)
- Hunt for Bin Laden (2009) - Narrator (voice)
2007
The Universe (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Beyond the Big Bang (2007) - Narrator
2004
Ghost Hunters (TV Series) as
Narrator
- Eastern State Penitentiary (2004) - Narrator
2003
Shakespeare's Dilemma (Short) as
Homeless #5
2000
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (Video Game)(voice)
2000
Nox (Video Game) as
Shopkeeper / Guard 4 / Townsman 2 (voice)
1999
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (Video Game)(voice)
1998
A Murder of Crows as
Reporter (as Eric Thompson)
1995
The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (Video Game) as
Castle Guards (voice)
1994
Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (TV Movie) as
Pork Announcer
1991
Deadly Desire (TV Movie) as
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
2009
The Universe (TV Series documentary) (narrator - 1 episode)
- Pulsars & Quasars (2009) - (narrator)
Thanks
2008
Secrets of the Dinosaur Mummy (TV Movie documentary) (special thanks)
Self
2020
As it Happened: Iwo Jima (Documentary short) as
Self - Narrator
2020
Hubble: Thirty Years of Discovery (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2020
Pandemic: Covid-19 (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2020
The Pacific War: Okinawa & Guadalcanal (Documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2019
Apollo: The Forgotten Films (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Einstein and Hawking: Unlocking the Universe (Documentary) as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2019
Madagascar, expédition en terre Makay (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2018
Buried: Knights Templar and the Holy Grail (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Land of Secrets (2018) - Narrator (voice)
- Surviving the End (2018) - Narrator (voice)
- Last Stand in the Holy Land (2018) - Narrator (voice)
- Holy City, Holy Grail (2018) - Narrator (voice)
2018
Mega Machines (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- World's Wildest Roller Coaster (2018) - Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Planet Carnivore (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Perfect Killers (2016) - Narrator
2015
Wild South Africa (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- Clash of Currents (2015) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Killers of the Kalahari - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Land of the Giants - Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
The Universe (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- Omens of Doom (2015) - Self - Narrator
- Star of Bethlehem (2014) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Heavenly Destruction (2014) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Pyramids (2014) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Stonehenge (2014) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- When Space Changed History (2012) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Ride the Comet (2012) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Microscopic Universe (2012) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Deep Freeze (2012) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Our Place in the Milky Way (2012) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alien Sounds (2012) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- How Big, How Far, How Fast (2012) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- God and the Universe (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- UFO: The Real Deal (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Worst Days on Planet Earth (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Crash Landing on Mars (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- How the Solar System was Made (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Nemesis: The Sun's Evil Twin (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Dark Future of the Sun (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Total Eclipse (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Asteroid Attack (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Secrets of the Space Probes (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Time Travel (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Magnetic Storm (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Mars: The New Evidence (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- 7 Wonders of the Solar System (2010) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Extreme Energy (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Science Fiction, Science Fact (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Pulsars & Quasars (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Liquid Universe (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Space Wars (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Search for Cosmic Clusters (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- 10 Ways to Destroy the Earth (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Hunt for Ringed Planets (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Biggest Blasts (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- It Fell from Space (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Day the Moon Was Gone (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Death Stars (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Cosmic Phenomena (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Edge of Space (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Strangest Things (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Another Earth (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Stopping Armageddon (2009) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Living in Space (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Deadly Comets and Meteors (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alien Faces (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Sex in Space (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Light Speed (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Parallel Universes (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Deep Space Disasters (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Cosmic Apocalypse (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Gravity (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Biggest Things in the Universe (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Wildest Weather in the Cosmos (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Nebulas (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Colonizing Space (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Cosmic Collisions (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Unexplained Mysteries (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Constellations (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Supernovas (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Space Travel (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Astrobiology (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Dark Matter (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alien Moons (2008) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Milky Way (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Mysteries of the Moon (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Cosmic Holes (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alien Planets (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Search for E.T. (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Most Dangerous Places (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Outer Planets (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Life and Death of a Star (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alien Galaxies (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Saturn: Lord of the Rings (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Inner Planets: Mercury & Venus (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Spaceship Earth (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Moon (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Jupiter: The Giant Planet (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The End of the Earth (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Mars: The Red Planet (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Secrets of the Sun (2007) - Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
Wild Brazil (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- Enduring the Drought (2014) - Self - Narrator
- Facing the Flood (2014) - Self - Narrator
- A Dangerous World (2014) - Self - Narrator
2013
Deadly Garden (Documentary short) as
Mr. Dunn
2013
Crimes of the Century (TV Mini Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- The Unabomber (2013) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Siege at Waco (2013) - Self - Narrator
- The Prosecution of Amanda Knox (2013) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Oklahoma City Bombing (2013) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Shooting of Ronald Reagan (2013) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- The State of Texas vs. Andrea Yates (2013) - Self - Narrator
- The Murder of John Lennon (2013) - Self - Narrator
- The DC Snipers (2013) - Self - Narrator
2013
Good Morning America (TV Series) as
Self - Guest
- Episode dated 15 August 2013 (2013) - Self - Guest
2013
Cheetah: Fatal Instinct (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator in English Version (voice)
2012
Caught on Camera Presents the Hitman Tapes (TV Mini Series) as
Narrator
2012
Sandy: The Anatomy of a Superstorm (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator (2012)
2012
Forensic Firsts (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Smoking Guns (2012) - Narrator
- Proving Poison (2012) - Narrator
- Insect Evidence (2012) - Narrator
- Skeletal Secrets (2012) - Narrator
- Fingerprints (2012) - Narrator
- DNA Profiling (2012) - Narrator
2012
American Transgender (TV Movie documentary)(voice)
2011
Madagascar: The Lost Makay (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2011
CIA Confidential (TV Series) as
Self - Narrator
- 9/11 Mastermind (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Inside the Drone War (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Live Fire (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Marines (2011) - Narrator
2011
Secret Service Files (TV Series documentary) as
Self - Narrator
- United Nations Lockdown (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Undercover Miami (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Frontline New York City (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
- Battlefront Colombia (2011) - Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Counterterror NYC (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2011
Hunt for the Somali Pirates (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2010
American Ninja Warrior (TV Series) as
Narrator
- Episode #2.1 (2010) - Narrator
2010
What a Tool (TV Series) as
Self - Narrator
- Slashers and Crushers (2010) - Self - Narrator
- Annihilators (2010) - Self - Narrator
- Earth Beasts (2010) - Self - Narrator
2009
Patton 360 (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Crushing the Third Reich (2009) - Narrator
- Leading the Charge (2009) - Narrator (voice)
- American Blitzkrieg (2009) - Narrator (voice)
- Rogue General (2009) - Narrator (voice)
- Baptism of Blood (2009) - Narrator (voice)
- Rommel's Last Stand (2009) - Narrator (voice)
- Blood and Guts (2009) - Narrator (voice)
2007
Stringers: LA (TV Series) as
Narrator
- Pilot (2007) - Narrator
2008
42 Ways to Kill Hitler (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
The Brain (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2008
Jurassic Fight Club (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Armageddon (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Raptor vs T-Rex (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Ice Age Monsters (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- River of Death (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Raptors Last Stand (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Biggest Killers (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Hunter Becomes Hunted (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Deep Sea Killers (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Gang Killers (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Bloodiest Battle (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- T-Rex Hunter (2008) - Narrator (voice)
- Cannibal Dinosaur (2008) - Narrator (voice)
2008
Pact with the Devil (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2007
Time Limits (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2006
Animal Extractors (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Pets in Peril (2007) - Narrator
- Snake Attack (2007) - Narrator
- Rattlesnake Family (2007) - Narrator
- Triple Trash Bears (2007) - Narrator
- Race Against Time (2006) - Narrator
- Raccoon Attack (2006) - Narrator
- Double Trouble Gators (2006) - Narrator
- Break-in Bear (2006) - Narrator
- Bedroom Bat (2006) - Narrator
2006
Megastructures (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Science of Steel (2006) - Narrator
2005
Shootout! (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- Return to Fallujah (2006) - Narrator
- Afghanistan's Deadliest Snipers (2006) - Narrator
- Big Red One (2006) - Narrator
- Battlecry Iraq: Ramadi (2006) - Narrator
- Tet Offensive (2006) - Narrator
- WWII: Raid on the Bataan Death Camp (2006) - Narrator
- Okinawa: Last Battle of WWII (2006) - Narrator
- Iraq's Most Wanted: Terror at the Border (2006) - Narrator
- Battle of the Bulge (2006) - Narrator
- Iwo Jima: Fight to the Death (2006) - Narrator
- Iraq's Most Wanted (2005) - Narrator
- Battle for Baghdad (2005) - Narrator
- Hunt for Bin Laden (2005) - Narrator
- Storming France (2005) - Narrator
- Iraq's Ambush Alley (2005) - Narrator
- Assault on Germany (2005) - Narrator
- SWAT Team Shootouts (2005) - Narrator
- Pacific War (2005) - Narrator
- North Hollywood Shootout (2005) - Narrator
- D-Day Fallujah (2005) - Narrator
- Guadalcanal (2005) - Narrator
- Wild West (2005) - Narrator
2006
Discovery Atlas (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- China Revealed (2006) - Narrator
2004
Inside the U.S. Secret Service (TV Movie documentary) as
Self - Narrator
2004
Mysterious Worlds (TV Series documentary) as
Narrator
- The Salida Massacre (2004) - Narrator
2000
Wild California (TV Movie) as
Self - Narrator (voice)
1999
World's Most Amazing Videos (TV Series) as
Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.26 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.25 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.24 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.23 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.22 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.21 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.20 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.19 (1999) - Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.18 (1999) - Self - Narrator
1997
The Journeyman Project: Pegasus Prime (Video Game) as
Self - Narrator
1971
A.V.M.? (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.8 (1971) - Self
References
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