John Robert Thompson Jr. (September 2, 1941 – August 30, 2020) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach for the Georgetown Hoyas men's team. He became the first African-American head coach to win a major collegiate championship in basketball when he led the Hoyas to the NCAA Division I national championship in 1984. Thompson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

KNOWN FOR

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
1995
Basketball: A Love Story
2018
Like Mike
2002
He Got Game
1998
The 6th Man
1997
Without Bias
2009
Requiem for the Big East
2014
Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible
2021
Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft
2021
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
2005
Allen Iverson - The Answer
2002
Patrick Ewing - Standing Tall
1993

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
13
2021
Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft
2021
Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possible
as Self (Archive Footage)
2018
Basketball: A Love Story
as Self
2014
Requiem for the Big East
as Self
2012
Going Big
as Self
2009
Without Bias
as Self
2005
Perfect Upset: The 1985 Villanova vs. Georgetown NCAA Championship
as Self
2002
Allen Iverson - The Answer
as Himself
2002
Like Mike
as Self (uncredited)
1998
He Got Game
as John Thompson
1997
The 6th Man
as John Thompson
1995
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
as John Thompson
1993
Patrick Ewing - Standing Tall
as Himself