For other persons named Eric Thompson, see Eric Thompson (disambiguation)

Eric Thompson (disambiguation)

Eric Thompson may refer to:* Eric Thompson , British actor, husband of Phyllida Law and father of Emma Thompson* J. Eric S. Thompson, English archeologist* Eric Thompson , British race car driver...

.

Erik Thompson (born July 22, 1959 in La Jolla, California

California

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) is an American

United States

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 voice actor

Voice acting

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 and television announcer.

Career

Erik Thompson is a radio and commercial voice actor and promotional announcer

Announcer

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 for television networks. He is currently the promotional voice of The National Geographic Channel and ION Television, and also voices promos for HBO, CBS

CBS

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, NBC

NBC

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, GAC

Great American Country

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, TBS

TBS (TV channel)

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, Showtime, Spike TV

Spike TV

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, FX, A&E

A&E Network

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, Tru TV, Speed

SPEED Channel

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, G4 and others.

Erik also provides narration for the TV series The Universe

The Universe (TV series)

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on The History Channel

The History Channel

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, and many other television documentary series featured on Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

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, The Science Channel

The Science Channel

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, The History Channel

The History Channel

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 and The National Geographic Channel.

External links

• Erik Thompson at http://www.laradio.com/whereTZ.htm "Where Are They Now?" LA Radio.com