{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Person",
  "@id": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1924806/tony-thompson",
  "name": "Tony Thompson",
  "url": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/person/1924806/tony-thompson",
  "knownForDepartment": "Acting",
  "description": "Anthony Terrence \"Tony\" Thompson was an American session drummer best known as the drummer of the Power Station and a member of Chic. He also notably performed on Rodgers/Edwards-produced hits by Diana Ross, Sister Sledge, and David Bowie, plus hits for Madonna and Jody Watley. Thompson died of kidney cancer just a month after being diagnosed, three days before his 49th birthday.",
  "birthDate": "1954-11-15",
  "deathDate": "2003-11-12",
  "birthPlace": "New York City, New York, USA",
  "alternateName": [
    "Anthony Terrence Thompson",
    "Anthony Thompson"
  ],
  "image": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/8VrHYjskvxBjMfCXEw366IGMti7.jpg",
  "sameAs": [
    "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1648736"
  ],
  "lastVerified": "4 May 2026",
  "filmography": [
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 132781,
      "title": "David Bowie: Serious Moonlight",
      "year": "1984",
      "role": "as Self - Drums / Percussion",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 8.6,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/oYtDPLKqjxlZLuyCCOwvOtq5tIO.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/132781/david-bowie-serious-moonlight-1984"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 487456,
      "title": "Ricochet",
      "year": "1984",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 9,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nOzs9cKG9qhKmiPSZDcxIgIpjZc.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/487456/ricochet-1984"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 1201216,
      "title": "The Power Station Video EP",
      "year": "1986",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pLx8nblxVUwkrv3WmptqnCKN6Kv.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/1201216/the-power-station-video-ep-1986"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 689445,
      "title": "Led Zeppelin: Live Aid 1985",
      "year": "1985",
      "role": "as Self",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": null,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/2eeKEwUG4SQ0eNSFZNaxnrbgl3T.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/689445/led-zeppelin-live-aid-1985-1985"
    },
    {
      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 226105,
      "title": "Chic: Live at the Budokan",
      "year": "2009",
      "role": "as Drums",
      "roleKind": "cast",
      "voteAverage": 4.8,
      "posterUrl": "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/QYSR3g10OoHZK86JP0geZ3t2Rp.jpg",
      "screenSearchUrl": "https://www.screensearch.co.uk/watch/movie/226105/chic-live-at-the-budokan-2009"
    }
  ]
}