Andy Thompson

Andy Thompson is a Canadian actor and filmmaker who also works in theater and teaching. Born and raised in Chilliwack, British Columbia, he trained in acting at Studio 58 in Vancouver and earned his theater arts diploma in 1993, later founding the multimedia theater company The Virtual Stage. He co-produced and performed in the 2008 production of No Exit, which won a Jessie Award for Outstanding Production and a Critics' Choice Innovation Award. The short film The Provider, which he co-produced, co-wrote and appeared in, won the 2010 Bloodshots 48-Hour Horror Filmmaking Competition and took a Coup de Coeur at Cannes in 2011. His science fiction musical comedy Broken Sex Doll earned good reviews and seven Jessie Richardson Theatre Award nominations, among them Outstanding Direction for him. He created the interactive, site-specific Vancouver event The Zombie Syndrome, and his screen roles include Supernatural, Riverdale, Yellowjackets, Upload and Antlers (2021).