Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 19, 1942
Place of Birth:
Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
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Fred Thompson
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 | Senior Pastor |
| 2015 | 90 Minutes in Heaven | Jay B. Perkins |
| 2014 | Persecuted | Dr. Charles Luther |
| 2014 | A Larger Life | Robert Parker |
| 2014 | 23 Blast | Coach Powers |
| 2013 | All the President's Men Revisited | Self |
| 2013 | Unlimited | Harold Finch |
| 2012 | Sinister | Sheriff |
| 2012 | The Last Ride | O'Keefe |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Bull Hancock |
| 2010 | Alleged | William Jennings Bryan |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code | Judge Hardin |
| 2009 | Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson | Self |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 2006 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson |
| 2005 | Last Best Chance | President Charles Ross |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes | Sir Trenton (voice) |
| 2004 | Evel Knievel | Jay Sarno |
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out | FBI Agent Grissom |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire | Harry Sargent |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | Jim Robinson |
| 1993 | Born Yesterday | Senator Hedges |
| 1992 | Iron Eagle III | Stockmann |
| 1992 | Thunderheart | William Dawes |
| 1992 | Stay the Night | Det.Malone |
| 1992 | Bed of Lies | Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes |
| 1992 | White Sands | Arms Dealer (Uncredited) |
| 1992 | Keep the Change | Otis |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Tom Broadbent |
| 1991 | Curly Sue | Bernard Oxbar |
| 1991 | Class Action | Dr. Getchell |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Court Martial Officer (uncredited) |
| 1991 | Necessary Roughness | Carver Purcell |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Big John |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Trudeau |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group) |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Melrose Hayden Barry |
| 1988 | Feds | Bill Belecki |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Frank Sweeny |
| 1987 | No Way Out | CIA Director Marshall |
| 1985 | Marie: A True Story | Fred Thompson |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Allegiance | FBI Director |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Frank Michael Thomas |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Chief Harry Woolf |
| 2006 | Conviction | Arthur Branch |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Arthur Branch |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Arthur Branch |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Arthur Branch |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Arthur Branch |
| 1988 | China Beach | |
| 1988 | Roseanne | |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | |
| 1986 | Matlock | Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal (uncredited) |