Fred Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 19, 1942
- Died
- November 1, 2015 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Known For
Filmography
Glenn Beck
TV · as Self · 1 ep
God's Not Dead 2
Movie · as Senior Pastor
90 Minutes in Heaven
Movie · as Jay B. Perkins
Allegiance
TV · as FBI Director · 3 eps
Persecuted
Movie · as Dr. Charles Luther
A Larger Life
Movie · as Robert Parker
23 Blast
Movie · as Coach Powers
All the President's Men Revisited
Movie · as Self
Unlimited
Movie · as Harold Finch
Sinister
Movie · as Sheriff
The Last Ride
Movie · as O'Keefe
Secretariat
Movie · as Bull Hancock
Alleged
Movie · as William Jennings Bryan
The Genesis Code
Movie · as Judge Hardin
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
Movie · as Self
The Good Wife
TV · as Frank Michael Thomas · 2 eps
Life on Mars
TV · as Chief Harry Woolf · 1 ep
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Movie · as President Ulysses S. Grant
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Movie · as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
Conviction
TV · as Arthur Branch · 1 ep
Last Best Chance
Movie · as President Charles Ross
Racing Stripes
Movie · as Sir Trenton (voice)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV · as Arthur Branch · 13 eps
Evel Knievel
Movie · as Jay Sarno
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Arthur Branch · 1 ep
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Arthur Branch · 11 eps
Fox News Sunday
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Baby's Day Out
Movie · as FBI Agent Grissom
In the Line of Fire
Movie · as Harry Sargent
Barbarians at the Gate
Movie · as Jim Robinson
Born Yesterday
Movie · as Senator Hedges
Iron Eagle III
Movie · as Stockmann
Thunderheart
Movie · as William Dawes
Stay the Night
Movie · as Det.Malone
Bed of Lies
Movie · as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
White Sands
Movie · as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
Keep the Change
Movie · as Otis
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Cape Fear
Movie · as Tom Broadbent
Curly Sue
Movie · as Bernard Oxbar
Class Action
Movie · as Dr. Getchell
Necessary Roughness
Movie · as Carver Purcell
Flight of the Intruder
Movie · as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
Days of Thunder
Movie · as Big John
Die Hard 2
Movie · as Trudeau
The Hunt for Red October
Movie · as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Law & Order
TV · as Arthur Branch · 116 eps
Fat Man and Little Boy
Movie · as Melrose Hayden Barry
Feds!
Movie · as Bill Belecki
Unholy Matrimony
Movie · as Frank Sweeny
China Beach
TV · 1 ep
Roseanne
TV · 1 ep
No Way Out
Movie · as CIA Director Marshall
Wiseguy
TV · 3 eps
Matlock
TV · as Gordon Lewis · 3 eps
Marie: A True Story
Movie · as Fred Thompson
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
Movie · as Himself