JAMES BREWSTER THOMPSON
Sex: Male
Height: 6 1"
Weight: 255 lbs.
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
EXPERIENCE
Television
"The Tom Joyner Show", REACH Media, Inc.
America's Got Talent" , NBC
"The New Gong Show", Comedy Central
"The David Letterman Show NBC
"The Late Show with Arsenio Hall", FOX Network
"Good Morning America" , ABC
"Today Show ", NBC
"Regis Philbin's Lifestyles", Lifetime Network
"Midnight Caller", NBC TV
"Attitudes", Lifetime Network
"Into the Night with Rick James", ABC
Film
"The Johnnie Mae Gibson Story", FBI Agent (principal)
"Best Shots", Door Man (principal)
"Itinerary of the Spoiled Child", Limo Driver (principal)
"Gunhed", Biodroid (principal)
"Lionheart", Fighter vs. Jean Claude Van Damme
Commercials
"Jump Roper", Dixie Cup
"Everybody Loves a Nut", Planter's Peanuts
Radio
"Celebrity Stars", All Talk Radio
Performances
"Beacher's Madhouse", Hard Rock Café
"Obama Inauguration Ball", Plaza Hotel, Las Vegas
White House Easter Egg Roll, under Presidents Bush, Sr. and Clinton.
School Assemblies all over the US and Canada. Performed as a specialty act for a variety of corporate events.
EDUCATION
San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
BA Psychology, Minor in Asian American Studies
DeAnza Community College, Cupertino
Acting Class & Commercial Acting Class
San Francisco Bay Area Stuntman's Association
Stuntman Training Workshop
Hartnell College, Salinas, CA
AA General
SKILLS
Specialty Acts
Professional Ventriloquist - Soul Brother Rickie
James Brewster Thompson: The Jump Rope Master
5th Degree Black Belt in Judo
Oldest person in history to make the US Olympic Judo trials in 2008.
National Senior Judo Champion 1985
Alternate for the Judo Olympic Team in 1984
US Team Competitor for the World Judo Championships in 1975 and 1979
National College Champion in Judo 1975 and 1977
Miscellaneous
1st Degree Black Belt in Sumo
3rd place Semi Finals World Championship for Public Speaking with Toast Masters 2001.
1994 Winner of the Bay Area Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Good Neighbors Award.
Bodyguard for Michael Jackson' s father, Joe Jackson, for special events.
MEMBERSHIPS
AFTRA
SAG
BOOKING NOW FOR
Comedy Clubs
Fundraisers
Television & Film
Cruise Ship Entertainer (Visual Act)
Commercials
Self Defense Workshops
Jump Rope Workshops
Radio Guest
School Assemblies
Celebrity Golf Tournaments
Corporate Events
Private Parties & Weddings
SPORTS HISTORY
High School Year- 1972
AllLeague Honorable Mention Center - Basketball / All League Football Split End/
All League Track, All Northern California, All State (High Jumper)
Hartnell Junior College -1973
All League Wrestling (177 lbs), All Northern California (3rd) / All State (8th), no prior experience
Wrestling /All League in Track
Hartnell Junior College. - 1974
Lettered in Football / All League in High Jumping and Triple Jumping /
2rd in State Decathlon Championships
May 18, 1976 - Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Volunteer Service
1980 - Road to Moscow Series - Jumped rope with a young man on back
1980 - Dinah Shore TV Show - Jumped rope with Steve Garvey on back for a set of fifty (50)
JUDO and SUMO WRESTLING HISTORY
1976 - 2nd NCAA
1975 - 2nd Tournament of Champions / 3rd AAU / 1 st NCAA
1977 - 1st NCAA
1978 - 3rd AAU / 3rd Pan American Championship / 1st in the National Sports Festival and competed in Kano Cups, Japan.
1979 - Competed in the 1979 Judo World Championship
1980 - 3rd AAU / 3rd Dutch Open in Holland / 3rd Olympic Trials
1981 - 3rd AAU /1st US Open Black Belt Championship
1982 - 3rd National Sports Festival fought number one in weight division twice, finished first in preliminaries.
1983 - 3rd Senior National Championship
1984 - 2nd Senior National Championship / 2nd in 1984 Judo 0lympic Trials / Alternate to the 1984 0lympic Judo team /6th in 1984 Greco-Roman Wrestling Olympic Trials
1985 -1st in Open Weight division of Senior National Judo Championship
1985 -1994 - Retired from the sport of Judo
1994 -2nd in team division of Sumo World Championship, Japan
1995 -2nd in Heavy Weight Division of Senior National Judo Championship (coming out of ten year retirement at the age of forty one)
1996 -2000 - 2nd retirement from the sport of Judo
2000 - 2nd in Heavy Weight Division of Senior National Judo Championship 2001-1st in Judo World Masters (age group 45-49) Championships
2005 - 2nd in Sumo Wrestling National Championships, USA / Competed in Sumo World Championship, Japan/6th in Sumo Wrestling, 2005 World Games, Germany
2008 - Ranked 5th in nation going into the 2008 Judo Olympic Trials, became the oldest American to qualify for the Judo Olympic trials at the age of fifty five (55)
2010 - 2nd in Sumo Wrestling National Championships, USA and 1st alternate for the Sumo World Championship
2010 - Guinness World Record Holder for Jumping Rope with the most weight