Fred Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 19, 1942
- Died
- Nov 1, 2015 (aged 73)
- Place of birth
- Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
- Credits
- 57
Freddie Dalton 'Fred' Thompson (August 19, 1942 - November 1, 2015), credited as Fred Thompson and Fred Dalton Thompson, is an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. He served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1994 through 2003. He served as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board at the United States Department of State, was a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.
As an actor, he has appeared in a large number of movies and television shows. He has frequently portrayed governmental figures. In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, he joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch. In May 2007, he took a break from acting in order to run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. In 2009, he returned to acting with a guest appearance on television series; and co-starred with Brian Dennehy in the movie Alleged, about the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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Known for
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
Trudeau
Sinister
2012Movie
Sheriff
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Arthur Branch
Cape Fear
1991Movie
Tom Broadbent
The Hunt for Red October
1990Movie
Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
In the Line of Fire
1993Movie
Harry Sargent
Filmography
God's Not Dead 2
2016Movie
Senior Pastor
90 Minutes in Heaven
2015Movie
Jay B. Perkins
Allegiance
2015TV
FBI Director
A Larger Life
2014Movie
Robert Parker
23 Blast
2014Movie
Coach Powers
Persecuted
2014Movie
Dr. Charles Luther
Unlimited
2013Movie
Harold Finch
All the President's Men Revisited
2013Movie
Self
Sinister
2012Movie
Sheriff
The Last Ride
2012Movie
O'Keefe
Alleged
2010Movie
William Jennings Bryan
The Genesis Code
2010Movie
Judge Hardin
Secretariat
2010Movie
Bull Hancock
The Good Wife
2009TV
Frank Michael Thomas
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
2009Movie
Self
Life on Mars
2008TV
Chief Harry Woolf
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007Movie
President Ulysses S. Grant
Conviction
2006TV
Arthur Branch
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006Movie
Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005TV
Arthur Branch
Racing Stripes
2005Movie
Sir Trenton (voice)
Last Best Chance
2005Movie
President Charles Ross
Evel Knievel
2004Movie
Jay Sarno
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001TV
Arthur Branch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Arthur Branch
Fox News Sunday
1996TV
Self
Baby's Day Out
1994Movie
FBI Agent Grissom
In the Line of Fire
1993Movie
Harry Sargent
Born Yesterday
1993Movie
Senator Hedges
Barbarians at the Gate
1993Movie
Jim Robinson
Keep the Change
1992Movie
Otis
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992TV
Self - Guest
Stay the Night
1992Movie
Det.Malone
White Sands
1992Movie
Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
Thunderheart
1992Movie
William Dawes
Bed of Lies
1992Movie
Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
Iron Eagle III
1992Movie
Stockmann
Cape Fear
1991Movie
Tom Broadbent
Curly Sue
1991Movie
Bernard Oxbar
Necessary Roughness
1991Movie
Carver Purcell
Class Action
1991Movie
Dr. Getchell
Flight of the Intruder
1991Movie
Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
Law & Order
1990TV
Arthur Branch
Die Hard 2
1990Movie
Trudeau
Days of Thunder
1990Movie
Big John
The Hunt for Red October
1990Movie
Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989Movie
Melrose Hayden Barry
Feds!
1988Movie
Bill Belecki
Roseanne
1988TV
Unholy Matrimony
1988Movie
Frank Sweeny
China Beach
1988TV
Wiseguy
1987TV
No Way Out
1987Movie
CIA Director Marshall
Matlock
1986TV
Gordon Lewis
Marie: A True Story
1985Movie
Fred Thompson
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
1983Movie
Himself
Glenn Beck
TV
Self