Known for

Acting

Born

Aug 3, 1959 (67 years old)

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, U.S

Robert J. Thompson

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.

Titles

American Experience

Series • 1988

American Greed

Series • 2007

Dark Side of the 90's

Series • 2021

The Story of Late Night

Series • 2021

Dark Side of the 2000s

Series • 2023

Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains

Series • 2024

Mr. SOUL!

Movie • 2018

The Real Mad Men of Advertising

Series • 2017

Four Falls of Buffalo

Movie • 2015

Notorious

Series • 2019

What Is Jeopardy!?: Alex Trebek and America's Most Popular Quiz Show

Movie • 2020