Acting credits
17
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Robert J. Thompson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.2
Low visibility
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Movies: 7Series: 10
TMDB ID: 5339422
IMDb ID: nm1302758
Known for: Acting
Born: August 3, 1959
Age: 66
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1988 - 2025
Years active: 38
Average TMDB rating: 7.12
Wikidata: Q450024
Also known as
Robert Thompson • Bob Thompson
Biography
Robert James Thompson is an American media scholar. He's been a professor at Syracuse University since 1990 and is the founding director of the Bleier Center for Television and Popular Culture. He has written multiple books and has been interviewed on many documentaries, radio and television shows for his expansive knowledge in television history.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Robert J. Thompson.
as Self
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
2020 • Movie
as Self
Mr. SOUL!
2018 • Movie
as Self
Four Falls of Buffalo
2015 • Movie
as Self
Driving America
2015 • Movie
as Self
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009 • Movie
as Self
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
2009 • Movie
as Self - Bob Thompson
American Cannibal
2006 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Robert J. Thompson.
as Self • 8 eps
TV We Love
2025 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains
2024 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Dark Side of the 2000s
2023 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Dark Side of the 90's
2021 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
The Story of Late Night
2021 • Series
as Self • 10 eps
Notorious
2019 • Series
as Self • 4 eps
The Real Mad Men of Advertising
2017 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
American Greed
2007 • Series
as Self - Bob Thompson • 1 eps
The Unexplained
1996 • Series
as Self • 3 eps
American Experience
1988 • Series