From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Dalton Thompson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | God's Not Dead 2 | Senior Pastor | 2016-04-01 |
Series | Allegiance | FBI Director | 2015-02-05 |
Movie | 23 Blast | Coach Powers | 2014-10-24 |
Movie | Persecuted | Dr. Charles Luther | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | A Larger Life | Robert Parker | 2014-11-27 |
Movie | All the President's Men Revisited | Himself | 2013-04-21 |
Movie | Unlimited | Harold Finch | 2013-10-11 |
Movie | Sinister | Sheriff | 2012-03-29 |
Movie | The Last Ride | O'Keefe | 2012-06-22 |
Movie | The Genesis Code | Judge Hardin | 2010-08-25 |
Movie | Secretariat | Bull Hancock | 2010-08-20 |
Movie | Alleged | William Jennings Bryan | 2010-09-09 |
Movie | Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson | Self | 2009-01-01 |
Series | Life on Mars | Chief Harry Woolf | 2008-10-09 |
Movie | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | President Ulysses S. Grant | 2007-05-27 |
Series | Conviction | Unknown | 2006-03-03 |
Movie | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson | 2006-01-20 |
Movie | Racing Stripes | Sir Trenton (voice) | 2005-01-06 |
Series | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Arthur Branch | 2005-03-03 |
Movie | Evel Knievel | Jay Sarno | 2004-07-30 |
Series | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown | 2001-09-30 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Arthur Branch | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | Baby's Day Out | FBI Agent Grissom | 1994-07-01 |
Movie | Barbarians at the Gate | Jim Robinson | 1993-03-20 |
Movie | In the Line of Fire | White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent | 1993-07-08 |
Movie | Born Yesterday | Sen. Hedges | 1993-03-26 |
Movie | Iron Eagle III | Stockmann | 1992-01-09 |
Movie | Thunderheart | William Dawes | 1992-04-03 |
Movie | Bed of Lies | Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes (as Fred Dalton Thompson) | 1992-01-20 |
Movie | White Sands | Arms Dealer (Uncredited) | 1992-04-24 |
Movie | Stay the Night | Det.Malone | 1992-04-26 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Class Action | Dr. George Getchell | 1991-03-15 |
Movie | Cape Fear | Tom Broadbent | 1991-11-13 |
Movie | Curly Sue | Bernard Oxbar | 1991-10-25 |
Movie | Days of Thunder | Big John | 1990-06-27 |
Movie | The Hunt for Red October | Admiral Painter | 1990-03-02 |
Movie | Die Hard 2 | Trudeau | 1990-07-03 |
Series | Law & Order | D.A. Arthur Branch | 1990-09-13 |
Movie | Fat Man and Little Boy | 1989-10-20 | |
Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
Movie | Unholy Matrimony | Frank Sweeny | 1988-10-03 |
Series | Roseanne | Unknown | 1988-10-18 |
Movie | Feds | Bill Belecki | 1988-10-28 |
Movie | No Way Out | CIA Director Marshall | 1987-08-14 |
Series | Wiseguy | Unknown | 1987-09-16 |
Series | Matlock | Unknown | 1986-03-03 |
Movie | Marie: A True Story | Himself (as Fred Thompson) | 1985-09-27 |