- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 19, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
- Died
- November 1, 2015
Fred Thompson
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 D…
Filmography
movieGod's Not Dead 2
2016 · Senior Pastor
movie90 Minutes in Heaven
2015 · Jay B. Perkins
tvAllegiance
2015 · FBI Director
A Larger Life
movieA Larger Life
2014 · Robert Parker
movie23 Blast
2014 · Coach Powers
moviePersecuted
2014 · Dr. Charles Luther
movieUnlimited
2013 · Harold Finch, Executive Producer
movieAll the President's Men Revisited
2013 · Self
movieSinister
2012 · Sheriff
movieThe Last Ride
2012 · O'Keefe
movieAlleged
2010 · William Jennings Bryan
movieThe Genesis Code
2010 · Judge Hardin
movieSecretariat
2010 · Bull Hancock
tvThe Good Wife
2009 · Frank Michael Thomas
movieVote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
2009 · Self
tvLife on Mars
2008 · Chief Harry Woolf
movieBury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007 · President Ulysses S. Grant
tvConviction
2006 · Arthur Branch
movieLooking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006 · Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
tvLaw & Order: Trial by Jury
2005 · Arthur Branch
movieRacing Stripes
2005 · Sir Trenton (voice)
movieLast Best Chance
2005 · President Charles Ross
movieEvel Knievel
2004 · Jay Sarno
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Arthur Branch
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Arthur Branch
tvFox News Sunday
1996 · Self
movieBaby's Day Out
1994 · FBI Agent Grissom
movieIn the Line of Fire
1993 · Harry Sargent
movieBorn Yesterday
1993 · Senator Hedges
movieBarbarians at the Gate
1993 · Jim Robinson
movieKeep the Change
1992 · Otis
tvThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Self - Guest
movieStay the Night
1992 · Det.Malone
movieWhite Sands
1992 · Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
movieThunderheart
1992 · William Dawes
movieBed of Lies
1992 · Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
movieIron Eagle III
1992 · Stockmann
movieCape Fear
1991 · Tom Broadbent
movieCurly Sue
1991 · Bernard Oxbar
movieNecessary Roughness
1991 · Carver Purcell
movieClass Action
1991 · Dr. Getchell
movieFlight of the Intruder
1991 · Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Arthur Branch
movieDie Hard 2
1990 · Trudeau
movieDays of Thunder
1990 · Big John
movieThe Hunt for Red October
1990 · Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
movieFat Man and Little Boy
1989 · Melrose Hayden Barry
movieFeds!
1988 · Bill Belecki
tvRoseanne
1988
movieUnholy Matrimony
1988 · Frank Sweeny
tvChina Beach
1988
tvWiseguy
1987
movieNo Way Out
1987 · CIA Director Marshall
tvMatlock
1986 · Gordon Lewis
movieMarie: A True Story
1985 · Fred Thompson
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
movieSummer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
1983 · Himself
Glenn Beck
tvGlenn Beck
— · Self