Person Details

Birthday: 1942-08-19 08:28:24

Death: 2005-11-01 08:28:24

Aliases: Fred Thompson

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 31

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson; August 19, 1942), 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. Thompson 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, Thompson 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, Thompson 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 is co-starring with Brian Dennehy in the movie Alleged, about the Scopes Monkey Trial. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Fred Dalton Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Law & Order
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7

Law & Order

(1990) Arthur Branch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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8

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Arthur Branch
Life on Mars
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7

Life on Mars

(2008) Chief Harry Woolf
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
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8

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

(2005) Arthur Branch
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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8

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Arthur Branch
Allegiance
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7

Allegiance

(2015) FBI Director
The Hunt for Red October
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7

The Hunt for Red October

(1990) Admiral Painter
Die Hard 2
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7

Die Hard 2

(1990) Trudeau

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2016 Senior Pastor
2015 FBI Director
2014 Robert Parker
Coach Powers
Dr. Charles Luther
2013 Harold Finch
Self
2012 O'Keefe
Sheriff
2010 William Jennings Bryan
Judge Hardin
Bull Hancock
2009 Self
2008 Chief Harry Woolf
2007 President Ulysses S. Grant
2006 Arthur Branch
Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
2005 Arthur Branch
Sir Trenton (voice)
N/A
2004 Jay Sarno
2001 Arthur Branch
1999 Arthur Branch
1994 FBI Agent Grissom
1993 White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent
Senator Hedges
Jim Robinson
1992 Otis
Himself
Det.Malone
Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
William Dawes
Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
Stockmann
1991 Tom Broadbent
Bernard Oxbar
Carver Purcell
Dr. Getchell
Court Martial Officer (uncredited)
1990 Arthur Branch
Trudeau
Big John
Admiral Painter
1989 Melrose Hayden Barry
1988 Bill Belecki
N/A
Frank Sweeny
N/A
1987 N/A
CIA Director Marshall
1986 N/A
1985 Fred Thompson
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2013 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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