Fred Thompson

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

56

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-19

Day of death

2015-11-01 (73 years old)

Place of Birth

Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.

Fred Thompson

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • The Good Wife

    The Good Wife

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • Matlock

    Matlock

  • Sinister

    Sinister

  • Curly Sue

    Curly Sue

  • Racing Stripes

    Racing Stripes

  • Wiseguy

    Wiseguy

  • Die Hard 2

    Die Hard 2

  • China Beach

    China Beach

  • Secretariat

    Secretariat

  • Iron Eagle III

    Iron Eagle III

  • Thunderheart

    Thunderheart

  • Baby's Day Out

    Baby's Day Out

  • Law & Order: Trial by Jury

    Law & Order: Trial by Jury

  • Life on Mars

    Life on Mars

  • Persecuted

    Persecuted

  • The Hunt for Red October

    The Hunt for Red October

  • In the Line of Fire

    In the Line of Fire

  • Stay the Night

    Stay the Night

  • Fox News Sunday

    Fox News Sunday

  • Fat Man and Little Boy

    Fat Man and Little Boy

  • Allegiance

    Allegiance

  • 23 Blast

    23 Blast

  • Cape Fear

    Cape Fear

  • Born Yesterday

    Born Yesterday

  • Conviction

    Conviction

  • Days of Thunder

    Days of Thunder

  • Class Action

    Class Action

  • No Way Out

    No Way Out

  • Roseanne

    Roseanne

  • God's Not Dead 2

    God's Not Dead 2

  • A Larger Life

    A Larger Life

  • Necessary Roughness

    Necessary Roughness

  • 90 Minutes in Heaven

    90 Minutes in Heaven

  • Unholy Matrimony

    Unholy Matrimony

  • White Sands

    White Sands

  • Unlimited

    Unlimited

  • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

  • Flight of the Intruder

    Flight of the Intruder

  • Feds!

    Feds!

  • Barbarians at the Gate

    Barbarians at the Gate

  • Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

    Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

  • Keep the Change

    Keep the Change

  • Evel Knievel

    Evel Knievel

  • All the President's Men Revisited

    All the President's Men Revisited

  • The Genesis Code

    The Genesis Code

  • Alleged

    Alleged

  • Glenn Beck

    Glenn Beck

  • Marie: A True Story

    Marie: A True Story

  • The Last Ride

    The Last Ride

  • Bed of Lies

    Bed of Lies

  • Last Best Chance

    Last Best Chance

  • Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson

    Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson