Fred Thompson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 19, 1942
- Died
- November 1, 2015
- Birthplace
- Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
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.
Filmography
God's Not Dead 2 2016
as Senior Pastor
90 Minutes in Heaven 2015
as Jay B. Perkins
- A Larger Life
A Larger Life 2014
as Robert Parker
23 Blast 2014
as Coach Powers
Persecuted 2014
as Dr. Charles Luther
Unlimited 2013
as Harold Finch, Executive Producer
All the President's Men Revisited 2013
as Self
Sinister 2012
as Sheriff
The Last Ride 2012
as O'Keefe
Alleged 2010
as William Jennings Bryan
The Genesis Code 2010
as Judge Hardin
Secretariat 2010
as Bull Hancock
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson 2009
as Self
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World 2006
as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
Racing Stripes 2005
as Sir Trenton (voice)
Last Best Chance 2005
as President Charles Ross
Evel Knievel 2004
as Jay Sarno
Baby's Day Out 1994
as FBI Agent Grissom
In the Line of Fire 1993
as 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 Captain (uncredited)
Die Hard 2 1990
as Trudeau
Days of Thunder 1990
as Big John
The Hunt for Red October 1990
as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Fat Man and Little Boy 1989
as Melrose Hayden Barry
Feds! 1988
as Bill Belecki
Unholy Matrimony 1988
as Frank Sweeny
No Way Out 1987
as CIA Director Marshall
Marie: A True Story 1985
as Fred Thompson
- Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings 1983
as Himself
Credits from TMDB.