Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

1942-08-19 – 2015-11-01 (age 73) Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
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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.

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Sinister
Sinister

2012

as Sheriff

Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2

1990

as Trudeau

Cape Fear
Cape Fear

1991

as Tom Broadbent

The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)

Baby's Day Out
Baby's Day Out

1994

as FBI Agent Grissom

Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder

1990

as Big John

Secretariat
Secretariat

2010

as Bull Hancock

Racing Stripes
Racing Stripes

2005

as Sir Trenton (voice)

In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire

1993

as Harry Sargent

No Way Out
No Way Out

1987

as CIA Director Marshall

Thunderheart
Thunderheart

1992

as William Dawes

Curly Sue
Curly Sue

1991

as Bernard Oxbar

Flight of the Intruder
Flight of the Intruder

1991

as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)

23 Blast
23 Blast

2014

as Coach Powers

White Sands
White Sands

1992

as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)

God's Not Dead 2
God's Not Dead 2

2016

as Senior Pastor

Barbarians at the Gate
Barbarians at the Gate

1993

as Jim Robinson

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007

as President Ulysses S. Grant

Alleged
Alleged

2010

as William Jennings Bryan

Class Action
Class Action

1991

as Dr. Getchell