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