Jason Thompson (actor)

Infobox Actor

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name = Jason Thompson
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birthdate = birth date and age|1976|11|20
location = Flagicon|Canada St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
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notable role = Patrick Drake on "General Hospital" (2005-)

Jason Craig Thompson is a Canadian actor born November 20, 1976 in St. Albert, Alberta. He joined the cast of the American daytime drama "General Hospital" in December 2005 as arrogant yet brilliant neurosurgeon Dr. Patrick Drake. In 2007, Thompson became an original cast member of the "General Hospital" prime-time spin-off "" while maintaining his day job on "GH".

Early career

At 18 years old, Thompson left home to build a respectable career in runway, print and commercial modeling. One of his most well-known ad campaigns are the three TV commercials for Gap he did with director Pedro Romhanyi in 2002: "Everybody in Cords", "Everybody in Leather" and "Everybody in Vests". Though modeling paid the bills and allowed Jason the opportunity to travel extensively, he admits that becoming an actor was never far from his thoughts.

Within a few years of committing to an acting career, Thompson has amassed various television, film and theatre credits. He has had lead roles in such plays such as "The Academy", "More Than You" and "Jakob". In film, Thompson had starring roles in "Wishmaster 4: The Prophecy" and "Divide". In television, Thompson has landed guest roles on television shows like "Felicity" and "Flipper".

"General Hospital"

Thompson's most popular role to date is as Dr. Patrick Drake on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital". Since playboy Patrick Drake's first appearance on the show, he has flirted with various women (many who work at the hospital call him Dr. Hottie in reference to his good looks and as a tribute to fellow ABC hot doc "Grey's Anatomy"'s Dr.McDreamy), saved many lives, and mended a contentious relationship with his father, Dr. Noah Drake (played by returning castmember Rick Springfield). In one storyline, Patrick donated a part of his liver to save his father's life. At the same time, Patrick began falling for his co-worker and friend, the HIV-positive Dr. Robin Scorpio, which brought up the question of whether Patrick could give up his womanizing ways. In July 2006, through an operating room mishap, Patrick was himself exposed to HIV, though his HIV test returned a negative result.

He is currently expecting a child with Robin Scorpio, as they spent the night together after Robin's cousin Georgie's funeral. He just found out about it, and though he has stated his disinterest in becoming a father, he seems to be getting used to the idea since the mother is Robin, who currently wants him to have nothing to do with her and the baby.

As part of ABC's Fan February promotions in 2007, Thompson switched places for a day with a first-grade teacher and taught her class in Irving, Texas.cite news | title=Trading Places | date=2007-02-13 | publisher= "Soap Opera Weekly"| pages = 18 ] ""'

Personal life

Thompson currently lives in Los Angeles and loves to play hockey and surf. In addition, he co-owns two bars/night clubs in Edmonton. One of them is named Halo and the other is called Red Star.

He used to have a dog named Scarlet who, according to Jason, would sit on a person's lap for hours and not move. However, while living temporarily with co-star Greg Vaughan, she got loose and ran away. Jason has since become the owner of Vedder, a great dane named after the lead singer of his favourite band Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder.

Jason loves children. Before he got the job on General Hospital, he did some baby-sitting for a little girl named Brooke (who appeared in Ladder 49). He also has two nieces that he misses back in Canada.

Jason's love of children has motivated him to volunteer his time to Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

Jason is close friends with co-stars Rebecca Herbst, Natalia Livingston,Greg Vaughan and Kimberly McCullough.

References

External links

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* [http://www.jasonthompson.org/ JasonThompson.org]
* [http://abc.go.com/daytime/generalhospital/bios/100201_1.html Jason Thompson's Actor Biography on ABC.com]