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Fred Thompson
Actor, Producer
Born August 19, 1942Died November 1, 2015 (73 years)
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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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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| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 · as Senior Pastor |
| 2015 | 90 Minutes in Heaven · as Jay B. Perkins |
| 2015 | Allegiance (TV Series) · as Fbi Director |
| 2015 | A Larger Life · as Robert Parker |
| 2014 | 23 Blast · as Coach Powers |
| 2014 | Persecuted · as Dr. Charles Luther |
| 2013 | Unlimited · as Harold Finch |
| 2012 | Sinister · as Sheriff |
| 2011 | The Last Ride · as O'keefe |
| 2010 | Secretariat · as Bull Hancock |
| 2010 | Alleged · as William Jennings Bryan |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code · as Judge Hardin |
| 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 Arthur Branch |
| 2005 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World · as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury (TV Series) · as Arthur Branch |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes · as Sir Trenton (voice) |
| 2005 | Last Best Chance · as President Charles Ross |
| 2004 | Evel Knievel · as Jay Sarno |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Arthur Branch |
| 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 | Born Yesterday · as Senator Hedges |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate · as Jim Robinson |
| 1992 | Keep the Change · as Otis |
| 1992 | Day-O · as Frank Degeorgio |
| 1992 | Stay the Night · as Det.malone |
| 1992 | White Sands · as Arms Dealer (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Thunderheart · as William Dawes |
| 1992 | Bed of Lies · as Richard 'racehorse' Haynes |
| 1992 | Aces: Iron Eagle III · as Stockmann |
| 1991 | Cape Fear · as Tom Broadbent |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Necessary Roughness · as Carver Purcell |
| 1991 | Class Action · as Dr. Getchell |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder · as Court Martial Officer (uncredited) |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Arthur Branch |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 · as Trudeau |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder · as Big John |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October · as Rear Adm Joshua Painter (enterprise Carrier Battle Group) |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy · as Melrose Hayden Barry |
| 1988 | Feds · as Bill Belecki |
| 1988 | Roseanne (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony · as Frank Sweeny |
| 1988 | China Beach (TV Series) |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | No Way Out · as Cia Director Marshall |
| 1986 | Matlock (TV Series) · as Prosecutor Mr. Mcgonigal (uncredited) |