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.
Born: 19 August 1942 • Died: 01 November 2015
Played In
Movie
Apr 2016
God's Not Dead 2
Senior Pastor
Movie
Sep 2015
90 Minutes in Heaven
Jay B. Perkins
TV Show
Feb 2015
Allegiance
FBI Director
Movie
Nov 2014
A Larger Life
Robert Parker
Movie
Oct 2014
23 Blast
Coach Powers
Movie
May 2014
Persecuted
Dr. Charles Luther
Movie
Oct 2013
Unlimited
Harold Finch
Movie
Apr 2013
All the President's Men Revisited
Self
Movie
Oct 2012
Sinister
Sheriff
Movie
Jun 2012
The Last Ride
O'Keefe
Movie
Sep 2010
Alleged
William Jennings Bryan
Movie
Aug 2010
The Genesis Code
Judge Hardin
Movie
Aug 2010
Secretariat
Bull Hancock
TV Show
Sep 2009
The Good Wife
Frank Michael Thomas
Movie
Jan 2009
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
Self
TV Show
Oct 2008
Life on Mars
Chief Harry Woolf
Movie
May 2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
President Ulysses S. Grant
TV Show
Mar 2006
Conviction
Arthur Branch
Movie
Jan 2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
TV Show
Mar 2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
Arthur Branch
Movie
Jan 2005
Racing Stripes
Sir Trenton (voice)
Movie
Jan 2005
Last Best Chance
President Charles Ross
Movie
Jul 2004
Evel Knievel
Jay Sarno
TV Show
Sep 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Arthur Branch
TV Show
Sep 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Arthur Branch
TV Show
Apr 1996
Fox News Sunday
Self
Movie
Jul 1994
Baby's Day Out
FBI Agent Grissom
Movie
Jul 1993
In the Line of Fire
Harry Sargent
Movie
Mar 1993
Born Yesterday
Senator Hedges
Movie
Mar 1993
Barbarians at the Gate
Jim Robinson
Movie
Jun 1992
Keep the Change
Otis
TV Show
May 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
Movie
Apr 1992
Stay the Night
Det.Malone
Movie
Apr 1992
White Sands
Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
Movie
Apr 1992
Thunderheart
William Dawes
Movie
Jan 1992
Bed of Lies
Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
Movie
Jan 1992
Iron Eagle III
Stockmann
Movie
Nov 1991
Cape Fear
Tom Broadbent
Movie
Oct 1991
Curly Sue
Bernard Oxbar
Movie
Sep 1991
Necessary Roughness
Carver Purcell
Movie
Mar 1991
Class Action
Dr. Getchell
Movie
Jan 1991
Flight of the Intruder
Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
TV Show
Sep 1990
Law & Order
Arthur Branch
Movie
Jul 1990
Die Hard 2
Trudeau
Movie
Jun 1990
Days of Thunder
Big John
Movie
Mar 1990
The Hunt for Red October
Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Movie
Oct 1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
Melrose Hayden Barry
Movie
Oct 1988
Feds!
Bill Belecki
TV Show
Oct 1988
Roseanne
Movie
Oct 1988
Unholy Matrimony
Frank Sweeny
TV Show
Apr 1988
China Beach
TV Show
Sep 1987
Wiseguy
Movie
Aug 1987
No Way Out
CIA Director Marshall
TV Show
Mar 1986
Matlock
Gordon Lewis
Movie
Sep 1985
Marie: A True Story
Fred Thompson
Movie
Jan 1983
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
Himself
TV Show
Glenn Beck
Self