Fred Thompson
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1942-08-19
Deathday 2015-11-01 (73 years old)
Place of Birth Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Also Known As Fred Dalton Thompson, Senator Fred Thompson
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
Actor
as Senior Pastor
as Jay B. Perkins
as FBI Director
as Robert Parker
as Coach Powers
as Dr. Charles Luther
as Harold Finch
as O'Keefe
as Sheriff
as William Jennings Bryan
as Judge Hardin
as Bull Hancock
as Frank Michael Thomas
as Chief Harry Woolf
as President Ulysses S. Grant
as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
as Arthur Branch
as Sir Trenton (voice)
as President Charles Ross
as Arthur Branch
as Jay Sarno
as Arthur Branch
as Arthur Branch
as FBI Agent Grissom
as White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent
as Senator Hedges
as Jim Robinson
as Otis
as Det.Malone
as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
as William Dawes
as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
as Stockmann
as Himself
as Tom Broadbent
as Bernard Oxbar
as Carver Purcell
as Dr. Getchell
as Court Martial Officer (uncredited)
as Trudeau
as Big John
as Admiral Painter
as Arthur Branch
as Melrose Hayden Barry
as Bill Belecki
as Frank Sweeny
as CIA Director Marshall
as Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal (uncredited)
as Fred Thompson
Producer
as Executive Producer