Fred Thompson
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
Credits
- 2016 · God's Not Dead 2 as Senior Pastor
- 2015 · 90 Minutes in Heaven as Jay B. Perkins
- 2015 · Allegiance as FBI Director
- 2014 · A Larger Life as Robert Parker
- 2014 · 23 Blast as Coach Powers
- 2014 · Persecuted as Dr. Charles Luther
- 2013 · Unlimited as Harold Finch
- 2013 · All the President's Men Revisited as Self
- 2012 · The Last Ride as O'Keefe
- 2012 · Sinister as Sheriff
- 2010 · Alleged as William Jennings Bryan
- 2010 · The Genesis Code as Judge Hardin
- 2010 · Secretariat as Bull Hancock
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Frank Michael Thomas
- 2009 · 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
- 2006 · Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
- 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Arthur Branch
- 2005 · Racing Stripes as Sir Trenton (voice)
- 2005 · 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
- 1994 · Baby's Day Out as FBI Agent Grissom
- 1993 · In the Line of Fire as White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent
- 1993 · Born Yesterday as Senator Hedges
- 1993 · Barbarians at the Gate as Jim Robinson
- 1992 · Keep the Change as Otis
- 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Himself
- 1992 · Stay the Night as Det.Malone
- 1992 · White Sands as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
- 1992 · Thunderheart as William Dawes
- 1992 · Bed of Lies as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
- 1992 · Iron Eagle III as Stockmann
- 1991 · Cape Fear as Tom Broadbent
- 1991 · Curly Sue as Bernard Oxbar
- 1991 · Necessary Roughness as Carver Purcell
- 1991 · Class Action as Dr. Getchell
- 1991 · Flight of the Intruder as Court Martial Officer (uncredited)
- 1990 · Law & Order as Arthur Branch
- 1990 · Die Hard 2 as Trudeau
- 1990 · Days of Thunder as Big John
- 1990 · The Hunt for Red October as Admiral Painter
- 1989 · Fat Man and Little Boy as Melrose Hayden Barry
- 1988 · Feds as Bill Belecki
- 1988 · Roseanne as
- 1988 · Unholy Matrimony as Frank Sweeny
- 1988 · China Beach as
- 1987 · Wiseguy as
- 1987 · No Way Out as CIA Director Marshall
- 1986 · Matlock as Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal (uncredited)
- 1985 · Marie: A True Story as Fred Thompson