Fred Thompson
Acting
Born: August 19, 1942 · Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Died: November 1, 2015 (aged 73)
Highest Rated
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
Die Hard 2
1990
Sinister
2012
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Cape Fear
1991
The Hunt for Red October
1990
In the Line of Fire
1993
Days of Thunder
1990
Baby's Day Out
1994
No Way Out
1987
Law & Order
1990
The Good Wife
2009
Racing Stripes
2005
Photos (1)
Movies (38)
Sinister
Sheriff
Cape Fear
Tom Broadbent
Die Hard 2
Trudeau
The Hunt for Red October
Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Days of Thunder
Big John
In the Line of Fire
Harry Sargent
Secretariat
Bull Hancock
Baby's Day Out
FBI Agent Grissom
Racing Stripes
Sir Trenton (voice)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
President Ulysses S. Grant
Thunderheart
William Dawes
No Way Out
CIA Director Marshall
Curly Sue
Bernard Oxbar
God's Not Dead 2
Senior Pastor
Fat Man and Little Boy
Melrose Hayden Barry
Iron Eagle III
Stockmann
Class Action
Dr. Getchell
Marie: A True Story
Fred Thompson
White Sands
Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
Flight of the Intruder
Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
90 Minutes in Heaven
Jay B. Perkins
Feds!
Bill Belecki
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
Necessary Roughness
Carver Purcell
Born Yesterday
Senator Hedges
Barbarians at the Gate
Jim Robinson
The Last Ride
O'Keefe
23 Blast
Coach Powers
Persecuted
Dr. Charles Luther
The Genesis Code
Judge Hardin
Evel Knievel
Jay Sarno
Bed of Lies
Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
Stay the Night
Det.Malone
Unholy Matrimony
Frank Sweeny
Alleged
William Jennings Bryan
Keep the Change
Otis
Unlimited
Harold Finch
Last Best Chance
President Charles Ross
TV Shows (12)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Arthur Branch · 11 eps
Law & Order
Arthur Branch · 116 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Arthur Branch · 1 eps
The Good Wife
Frank Michael Thomas · 2 eps
Matlock
Gordon Lewis · 3 eps
Wiseguy
3 eps
China Beach
1 eps
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Arthur Branch · 13 eps
Life on Mars
Chief Harry Woolf · 1 eps
Conviction
Arthur Branch · 1 eps
Roseanne
1 eps
Allegiance
FBI Director · 3 eps
