Fred Thompson
Age: N/A | From: Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Person Details
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Aliases: Fred Dalton Thompson , Senator 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
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Arthur Branch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(1999) Arthur Branch
Life on Mars
(2008) Chief Harry Woolf
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
(2005) Arthur Branch
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(2001) Arthur Branch
Allegiance
(2015) FBI Director
The Hunt for Red October
(1990) Admiral Painter
Die Hard 2
(1990) TrudeauActing
| 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 |