Thompson was born in
Florissant, Missouri, a suburb of
St. Louis, the son to Ruth Thompson, a Licensed Health and Life Agent with a bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Major in Marketing, and Jeffery Thompson, a high school football and track coach, a professional football coach for an indoor football team and a Social Worker for the Homeless in the state of Missouri with a degree in Social Services. He graduated from
Trinity Catholic High School in 2005, and then went on to
West Virginia University to play
college football for the
Mountaineers, as
cornerback and return man, participating in WVU's win against the
Georgia Bulldogs in the
2006 Sugar Bowl. He also played for the
Oklahoma Panhandle State University Aggies where he won some awards as an all-offensive back, and
Simon Fraser Clan football in
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. In 2010, he played for Montreal's
McGill University Redmen, as
kick returner, where he was the first player in the school's history to open a game with a touchdown, and was named as
Canadian Interuniversity Sport Athlete of the Week. He graduated from
Simon Fraser University in 2011 with a
Bachelor of General Studies, and then lived in Montreal for a time. When he was an extra on the set of the action film
Wolverine while it was filming in British Columbia, he became intrigued by filmmaking. He had always been a fan of directors such as
Christopher Nolan,
Rob Zombie, and
Martin Scorsese, and began writing several films of his own. He produced and acted in a few short films, then expanded into writing and recording some
hip hop music and creating some
music videos, releasing tracks such as "Dear Nas", "Rap Wars", and "Dying Gods". In 2014, he also branched into comic book writing, creating (with the assistance of artist Aaron Foster) his own comic book
Diaries of the Invasion. It received several positive reviews, including an "A−" on
IGN. His best known film was
Boundary of Love, which was screened in multiple countries. He has continued playing football after college, but switched to the international circuit, being recruited by American football teams in countries such as Egypt, Poland, Slovakia, and Brazil to play and coach. In 2014, he played
American football professionally on a 6-month contract with the Brazilian
Jundiai Ocelots, where he received the Super Nove 9th Brazil game MVP award, as Brazil American Football champion. Also in 2014, Thompson began working on a horror film based on an old St. Louis legend, that of the murderous "Bubblehead Family". He created a concept trailer which was entirely shot and edited on an iPhone, In 2015, Thompson further expanded his repertoire by branching out into poetry, with his poem, "These Moments". ==Works==