Fred Thompson

Acting · Born 1942-08-19 in Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.

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…

Filmography

• Die Hard 2 as Trudeau
• Cape Fear as Tom Broadbent
• The Hunt for Red October as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
• In the Line of Fire as Harry Sargent
• Secretariat as Bull Hancock
• Iron Eagle III as Stockmann
• Days of Thunder as Big John
• No Way Out as CIA Director Marshall
• Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
• Feds! as Bill Belecki

TV

• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Arthur Branch
• Law & Order as Arthur Branch
• Matlock as Gordon Lewis
• China Beach
• Conviction as Arthur Branch
• Roseanne
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
• Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Arthur Branch
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Arthur Branch
• Wiseguy