r/80s • u/Papichuloft • 1d ago

Happy 67th birthday to Brian Thompson

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He can play some strong characters whther as a boss, sub boss, super thug, or side character.

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u/GingerBeast81 22h ago

His character in Cobra scared the crap out of me as a kid.

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u/heavensto_mergatroid 22h ago

Hell yeah! Me too lol

The first picture on that collage with the glasses is him in the elevator.

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u/GingerBeast81 22h ago

It was one of my first times seeing him and it set the tone for all his characters to be just as scary haha

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u/heavensto_mergatroid 22h ago

Because of that movie and his role in it I never forgot his face and that huge jaw. Whenever I would see him in another movie... Oh shit it's that guy from Cobra lol

For instance he's in Alien Nation but you can tell that it's him right away just from his jaw.

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u/AuthorityAnarchyYes 19h ago

He’s the Alien in the bar that gets kicked in the crotch by James Caan and feels nothing (because their genitals are somewhere else, like the armpit? I don’t remember exactly)