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Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

Acting August 19, 1942 (73 years old) November 1, 2015 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.

Movies 42

Sinister 6.9

Sinister

as Sheriff

2012
Die Hard 2 7.0

Die Hard 2

as Trudeau

1990
The Hunt for Red October 7.4

The Hunt for Red October

as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)

1990
Cape Fear 7.3

Cape Fear

as Tom Broadbent

1991
Days of Thunder 6.4

Days of Thunder

as Big John

1990
Baby's Day Out 6.4

Baby's Day Out

as FBI Agent Grissom

1994
In the Line of Fire 7.0

In the Line of Fire

as Harry Sargent

1993
No Way Out 6.9

No Way Out

as CIA Director Marshall

1987
Racing Stripes 6.0

Racing Stripes

as Sir Trenton (voice)

2005
Secretariat 7.4

Secretariat

as Bull Hancock

2010
Flight of the Intruder 5.8

Flight of the Intruder

as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)

1991
God's Not Dead 2 6.2

God's Not Dead 2

as Senior Pastor

2016
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 6.5

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

as President Ulysses S. Grant

2007
Thunderheart 6.4

Thunderheart

as William Dawes

1992
Curly Sue 6.4

Curly Sue

as Bernard Oxbar

1991
Fat Man and Little Boy 6.2

Fat Man and Little Boy

as Melrose Hayden Barry

1989
90 Minutes in Heaven 5.9

90 Minutes in Heaven

as Jay B. Perkins

2015
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World 5.0

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson

2006
Feds! 5.8

Feds!

as Bill Belecki

1988
Barbarians at the Gate 6.9

Barbarians at the Gate

as Jim Robinson

1993
Necessary Roughness 5.5

Necessary Roughness

as Carver Purcell

1991
White Sands 5.9

White Sands

as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)

1992
Iron Eagle III 4.1

Iron Eagle III

as Stockmann

1992
Marie: A True Story 5.8

Marie: A True Story

as Fred Thompson

1985
All the President's Men Revisited 7.0

All the President's Men Revisited

as Self

2013
Class Action 6.3

Class Action

as Dr. Getchell

1991
Persecuted 4.2

Persecuted

as Dr. Charles Luther

2014
Born Yesterday 5.3

Born Yesterday

as Senator Hedges

1993
23 Blast 6.8

23 Blast

as Coach Powers

2014
Bed of Lies 6.0

Bed of Lies

as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes

1992
Unholy Matrimony 8.2

Unholy Matrimony

as Frank Sweeny

1988
Keep the Change 7.0

Keep the Change

as Otis

1992
Evel Knievel 5.3

Evel Knievel

as Jay Sarno

2004
The Last Ride 5.3

The Last Ride

as O'Keefe

2012
Stay the Night 4.2

Stay the Night

as Det.Malone

1992
Alleged 4.2

Alleged

as William Jennings Bryan

2010
The Genesis Code 2.5

The Genesis Code

as Judge Hardin

2010
Last Best Chance 6.0

Last Best Chance

as President Charles Ross

2005
Unlimited 7.5

Unlimited

as Harold Finch

2013
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson

Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson

as Self

2009
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings

Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings

as Himself

1983
A Larger Life

A Larger Life

as Robert Parker

2014

TV Shows 15

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 8.0

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Arthur Branch

1999
Law & Order 7.3

Law & Order

as Arthur Branch

1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Arthur Branch

2001
The Good Wife 7.6

The Good Wife

as Frank Michael Thomas

2009
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 5.3

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

as Self - Guest

1992
Fox News Sunday 3.8

Fox News Sunday

as Self

1996
Matlock 7.0

Matlock

as Gordon Lewis

1986
Wiseguy 6.6

Wiseguy

1987
China Beach 7.4

China Beach

1988
Law & Order: Trial by Jury 8.1

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

as Arthur Branch

2005
Life on Mars 6.4

Life on Mars

as Chief Harry Woolf

2008
Roseanne 6.8

Roseanne

1988
Conviction 6.0

Conviction

as Arthur Branch

2006
Allegiance 6.7

Allegiance

as FBI Director

2015
Glenn Beck 1.0

Glenn Beck

as Self

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