Fred Thompson
Born: 1942-08-19 in Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Died: 2015-11-01
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2016
- God's Not Dead 2 as Senior Pastor
2015
- Allegiance as FBI Director
- 90 Minutes in Heaven as Jay B. Perkins
2014
- Persecuted as Dr. Charles Luther
- 23 Blast as Coach Powers
- A Larger Life as Robert Parker
2013
- All the President's Men Revisited as Self
- Unlimited as Harold Finch
2012
- Sinister as Sheriff
- The Last Ride as O'Keefe
2010
- Secretariat as Bull Hancock
- Alleged as William Jennings Bryan
- The Genesis Code as Judge Hardin
2009
- The Good Wife as Frank Michael Thomas
- Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson as Self
2008
- Life on Mars as Chief Harry Woolf
2007
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as President Ulysses S. Grant
2006
- Conviction as Arthur Branch
- Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
2005
- Racing Stripes as Sir Trenton (voice)
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Arthur Branch
- Last Best Chance as President Charles Ross
2004
- Evel Knievel as Jay Sarno
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Arthur Branch
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Arthur Branch
1996
- Fox News Sunday as Self
1994
- Baby's Day Out as FBI Agent Grissom
1993
- In the Line of Fire as Harry Sargent
- Born Yesterday as Senator Hedges
- Barbarians at the Gate as Jim Robinson
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
- Thunderheart as William Dawes
- Iron Eagle III as Stockmann
- Stay the Night as Det.Malone
- Bed of Lies as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
- Keep the Change as Otis
- White Sands as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
1991
- Curly Sue as Bernard Oxbar
- Cape Fear as Tom Broadbent
- Class Action as Dr. Getchell
- Flight of the Intruder as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
- Necessary Roughness as Carver Purcell
1990
- Law & Order as Arthur Branch
- Die Hard 2 as Trudeau
- The Hunt for Red October as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
- Days of Thunder as Big John
1989
- Fat Man and Little Boy as Melrose Hayden Barry
1988
- China Beach
- Feds! as Bill Belecki
- Roseanne
- Unholy Matrimony as Frank Sweeny
1987
- Wiseguy
- No Way Out as CIA Director Marshall
1986
- Matlock as Gordon Lewis
1985
- Marie: A True Story as Fred Thompson