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Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

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Born: August 19, 1942Sheffield, 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.

Known For
Filmography
God's Not Dead 2

God's Not Dead 2

Senior Pastor

2016
90 Minutes in Heaven

90 Minutes in Heaven

Jay B. Perkins

2015

A Larger Life

Robert Parker

2014
23 Blast

23 Blast

Coach Powers

2014
Persecuted

Persecuted

Dr. Charles Luther

2014
Unlimited

Unlimited

Harold Finch

2013
All the President's Men Revisited

All the President's Men Revisited

Self

2013
The Last Ride

The Last Ride

O'Keefe

2012
Sinister

Sinister

Sheriff

2012
Alleged

Alleged

William Jennings Bryan

2010
The Genesis Code

The Genesis Code

Judge Hardin

2010
Secretariat

Secretariat

Bull Hancock

2010
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson

Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson

Self

2009
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

President Ulysses S. Grant

2007
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson

2006
Racing Stripes

Racing Stripes

Sir Trenton (voice)

2005
Last Best Chance

Last Best Chance

President Charles Ross

2005
Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel

Jay Sarno

2004
Baby's Day Out

Baby's Day Out

FBI Agent Grissom

1994
In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

Harry Sargent

1993
Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday

Senator Hedges

1993
Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

Jim Robinson

1993
Keep the Change

Keep the Change

Otis

1992
Stay the Night

Stay the Night

Det.Malone

1992
White Sands

White Sands

Arms Dealer (Uncredited)

1992
Thunderheart

Thunderheart

William Dawes

1992
Bed of Lies

Bed of Lies

Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes

1992
Iron Eagle III

Iron Eagle III

Stockmann

1992
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

Tom Broadbent

1991
Curly Sue

Curly Sue

Bernard Oxbar

1991
Necessary Roughness

Necessary Roughness

Carver Purcell

1991
Class Action

Class Action

Dr. Getchell

1991
Flight of the Intruder

Flight of the Intruder

Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)

1991
Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

Trudeau

1990
Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder

Big John

1990
The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)

1990
Fat Man and Little Boy

Fat Man and Little Boy

Melrose Hayden Barry

1989
Feds!

Feds!

Bill Belecki

1988
Unholy Matrimony

Unholy Matrimony

Frank Sweeny

1988
No Way Out

No Way Out

CIA Director Marshall

1987
Marie: A True Story

Marie: A True Story

Fred Thompson

1985

Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings

Himself

1983