Background
Thompson, Erik was born on July 11, 1959 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States. Son of Jack Neal and Ingrid (Kringstad) Thompson.
Thompson, Erik was born on July 11, 1959 in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, United States. Son of Jack Neal and Ingrid (Kringstad) Thompson.
Bachelor of Science, University State New York, Albany, 1984. Postgraduate, Naval War College, 1993. Master of Science, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1995.
Foreign other persons named Eric Thompson, see Eric Thompson (disambiguation). Erik Thompson is an American announcer and voice actor featured on commercial radio and television After starting out as a disc jockey in San Diego and Los Angeles radio, he began pursuing a career in voiceover.
Thompson eventually found work as a promotional voice of Home Box Office, which lead to promotional announcements and program narration on several other networks.
Currently he is narrator of the television series The Universe on The History Channel, Crimes of the Century on Cable News Network and many other television series featured on Discovery Channel, The Science Channel, The History Channel, National Broadcasting Company, Microsoft and National Broadcasting Company, The Weather Channel, The National Geographic Channel, Spike and Cable News Network. Thompson has performed voice-overs for hundreds of national television and radio commercials, non-broadcast narration, television infomercials, animated voice and web-based content. As a promotional voice, he has at various times been a fixture of several television networks, including ION Television, The National Geographic Channel, National Geo Wild, Forex, Columbia Broadcasting System, National Broadcasting Company, Home Box Office, Animal Planet, Showtime, Turner Broadcasting System, Discovery Channel, Investigation Discovery, and others
He also is the promotional voice of several local affiliate stations across the United States.
Assistant scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Monterey, California, 1991-1995. Member National Rifle Association (life).
Married Mary Lou Pupke, May 12, 1979. Children: Edward J., Kristine A.