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Fred Dalton Thompson
Actor
Died November 1, 2015 (73 years)
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Fred Dalton Thompson (born Freddie Dalton Thompson; August 19, 1942), 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. Thompson 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, Thompson 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, Thompson 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 is co-starring with Brian Dennehy in the movie Alleged, about the Scopes Monkey Trial.
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Filmography
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 · as Senior Pastor |
| 2015 | A Larger Life · as Robert Parker |
| 2015 | 90 Minutes in Heaven · as Jay B. Perkins |
| 2015 | Allegiance (TV Series) · as FBI Director |
| 2014 | Persecuted · as Dr. Charles Luther |
| 2014 | 23 Blast · as Coach Powers |
| 2013 | Unlimited · as Harold Finch |
| 2012 | Sinister · as Sheriff |
| 2011 | The Last Ride · as O'Keefe |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code · as Judge Hardin |
| 2010 | Secretariat · as Bull Hancock |
| 2010 | Alleged · as William Jennings Bryan |
| 2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Frank Michael Thomas |
| 2008 | Life on Mars (US) (TV Series) · as Chief Harry Woolf |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee · as President Ulysses S. Grant |
| 2006 | Conviction (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes · as Sir Trenton (voice) |
| 2005 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World · as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Arthur Branch |
| 2004 | Evel Knievel · as Jay Sarno |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Arthur Branch |
| 1998 | Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Politician on TV |
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out · as FBI Agent Grissom |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire · as White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate · as Jim Robinson |
| 1993 | Born Yesterday · as Sen. Hedges |
| 1992 | Aces: Iron Eagle III · as Stockmann |
| 1992 | Thunderheart · as William E. Dawes |
| 1992 | White Sands · as Arms Dealer (Uncredited) |
| 1992 | Bed of Lies · as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes (as Fred Dalton Thompson) |
| 1992 | Keep the Change · as Otis |
| 1991 | Cape Fear · as Tom Broadbent |
| 1991 | Class Action · as Dr. Getchell |
| 1991 | Necessary Roughness · as Carver Purcell |
| 1991 | Curly Sue · as Bernard Oxbar |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder · as Court Martial Officer (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 · as Trudeau |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October · as Admiral Painter |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder · as Big John |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as D.A. Arthur Branch |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy · as Melrose Hayden Barry |
| 1988 | Feds · as Bill Belecki |
| 1988 | Roseanne (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | No Way Out · as CIA Director Marshall |
| 1987 | Wiseguy (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1985 | Marie · as Fred Thompson |