John Douglas Thompson, recipient of the 2024 Obie Award for Sustained Achievement, has been hailed by The New York Times “as one of the most compelling classical stage actors of his generation.” He most recently appeared as Othello at the RSC and as Shylock in The Merchant of Venice at The Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. John has appeared on Broadway in King Lear with Glenda Jackson; Julius Caesar opposite Denzel Washington; Cyrano de Bergerac with Kevin Kline; and August Wilson’s Jitney, for which he received Tony, Drama Desk and Drama League nominations. Other classical credits include The Iceman Cometh with Brian Dennehy and Nathan Lane at BAM; Troilus & Cressida and King Lear at The Public Theater; The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, Othello, and Tamburlaine, for Theatre for a New Audience; The Emperor Jones at Irish Rep, and Women Beware Women at Red Bull Theater. John’s work has been recognized with the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel, and NAACP Theatre awards.