Acting · Sheffield, Alabama, U.S. · Born August 19, 1942
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.
MovieGod's Not Dead 2
2016
as Senior Pastor
Movie90 Minutes in Heaven
2015
as Jay B. Perkins
TVAllegiance
2015
as FBI Director
A Larger Life
2014
as Robert Parker
Movie23 Blast
2014
as Coach Powers
MoviePersecuted
2014
as Dr. Charles Luther
MovieUnlimited
2013
as Harold Finch
MovieAll the President's Men Revisited
2013
as Self
MovieSinister
2012
as Sheriff
MovieThe Last Ride
2012
as O'Keefe
MovieAlleged
2010
as William Jennings Bryan
MovieThe Genesis Code
2010
as Judge Hardin
MovieSecretariat
2010
as Bull Hancock
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Frank Michael Thomas
MovieVote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
2009
as Self
TVLife on Mars
2008
as Chief Harry Woolf
MovieBury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as President Ulysses S. Grant
TVConviction
2006
as Arthur Branch
MovieLooking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
TVLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Arthur Branch
MovieRacing Stripes
2005
as Sir Trenton (voice)
MovieLast Best Chance
2005
as President Charles Ross
MovieEvel Knievel
2004
as Jay Sarno
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Arthur Branch
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Arthur Branch
TVFox News Sunday
1996
as Self
MovieBaby's Day Out
1994
as FBI Agent Grissom
MovieIn the Line of Fire
1993
as Harry Sargent
MovieBorn Yesterday
1993
as Senator Hedges
MovieBarbarians at the Gate
1993
as Jim Robinson
MovieKeep the Change
1992
as Otis
TVThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
MovieStay the Night
1992
as Det.Malone
MovieWhite Sands
1992
as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
MovieThunderheart
1992
as William Dawes
MovieBed of Lies
1992
as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
MovieIron Eagle III
1992
as Stockmann
MovieCape Fear
1991
as Tom Broadbent
MovieCurly Sue
1991
as Bernard Oxbar
MovieNecessary Roughness
1991
as Carver Purcell
MovieClass Action
1991
as Dr. Getchell
MovieFlight of the Intruder
1991
as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Arthur Branch
MovieDie Hard 2
1990
as Trudeau
MovieDays of Thunder
1990
as Big John
MovieThe Hunt for Red October
1990
as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
MovieFat Man and Little Boy
1989
as Melrose Hayden Barry
MovieFeds!
1988
as Bill Belecki
TVRoseanne
1988
MovieUnholy Matrimony
1988
as Frank Sweeny
TVChina Beach
1988
TVWiseguy
1987
MovieNo Way Out
1987
as CIA Director Marshall
TVMatlock
1986
as Gordon Lewis
MovieMarie: A True Story
1985
as Fred Thompson
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
1983
as Himself
Glenn Beck
as Self
