Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 3, 1959
Age
67
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, U.S
Popularity
0.5
Robert J. Thompson
Acting
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.
Also known as
Robert Thompson · Bob Thompson
Latest News
Known For
6.5
American Experience
1988 · TV
7.9
American Greed
2007 · TV
7.1
Dark Side of the 90's
2021 · TV
8.4
The Unexplained
1996 · TV
5.7
The Story of Late Night
2021 · TV
10.0
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
2009 · Movie
6.1
Dark Side of the 2000s
2023 · TV
10.0
Notorious
2019 · TV
0.0
Generation Boom
2006 · TV
7.0
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · Movie
7.7
Four Falls of Buffalo
2015 · Movie
5.2
The Real Mad Men of Advertising
2017 · TV
Filmography
2025
TV We Love
TV · Self
0.0
2024
Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains
TV · Self
9.0
2023
Dark Side of the 2000s
TV · Self
6.1
2021
Dark Side of the 90's
TV · Self
7.1
2021
The Story of Late Night
TV · Self
5.7
2020
What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show
Movie · Self
10.0
2019
Notorious
TV · Self
10.0
2018
Mr. SOUL!
Movie · Self
7.0
2017
The Real Mad Men of Advertising
TV · Self
5.2
2015
Four Falls of Buffalo
Movie · Self
7.7
2015
Driving America
Movie · Self
0.0
2009
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants
Movie · Self
10.0
2009
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Movie · Self
4.2
2007
American Greed
TV · Self
7.9
2006
Generation Boom
TV · Self
0.0
2006
American Cannibal
Movie · Self - Bob Thompson
4.7
1996
The Unexplained
TV · Self - Bob Thompson
8.4
1988
American Experience
TV · Self
6.5