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Fred Thompson

Fred Thompson

Acting

August 19, 1942 – November 1, 2015 (died at 73)
Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Male
43 Movies
15 TV Shows

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.

Law & Order
Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 7.3

as Arthur Branch

Age 48 (now 73)
116 eps
Sinister
Sinister

Sinister

2012 6.9

as Sheriff

Age 69 (now 73)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999 7.9

as Arthur Branch

Age 57 (now 73)
11 eps
In the Line of Fire
In the Line of Fire

In the Line of Fire

1993 7.0

as Harry Sargent

Age 50 (now 73)
Die Hard 2
Die Hard 2

Die Hard 2

1990 7.0

as Trudeau

Age 47 (now 73)
Secretariat
Secretariat

Secretariat

2010 7.4

as Bull Hancock

Age 68 (now 73)
Baby's Day Out
Baby's Day Out

Baby's Day Out

1994 6.4

as FBI Agent Grissom

Age 51 (now 73)
Days of Thunder
Days of Thunder

Days of Thunder

1990 6.4

as Big John

Age 47 (now 73)
Cape Fear
Cape Fear

Cape Fear

1991 7.3

as Tom Broadbent

Age 49 (now 73)
Curly Sue
Curly Sue

Curly Sue

1991 6.4

as Bernard Oxbar

Age 49 (now 73)
Thunderheart
Thunderheart

Thunderheart

1992 6.3

as William Dawes

Age 49 (now 73)
No Way Out
No Way Out

No Way Out

1987 6.9

as CIA Director Marshall

Age 44 (now 73)
The Hunt for Red October
The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990 7.4

as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)

Age 47 (now 73)
Feds!
Feds!

Feds!

1988 5.8

as Bill Belecki

Age 46 (now 73)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007 6.5

as President Ulysses S. Grant

Age 64 (now 73)
Necessary Roughness
Necessary Roughness

Necessary Roughness

1991 5.5

as Carver Purcell

Age 49 (now 73)