Fred Thompson
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Acting Credits
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 Rela...
Known For
Filmography
God's Not Dead 2
2016
as Senior Pastor
90 Minutes in Heaven
2015
as Jay B. Perkins
Allegiance
2015
as FBI Director
Persecuted
2014
as Dr. Charles Luther
A Larger Life
2014
as Robert Parker
23 Blast
2014
as Coach Powers
All the President's Men Revisited
2013
as Self
Unlimited
2013
as Harold Finch
Sinister
2012
as Sheriff
The Last Ride
2012
as O'Keefe
Secretariat
2010
as Bull Hancock
Alleged
2010
as William Jennings Bryan
The Genesis Code
2010
as Judge Hardin
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
2009
as Self
The Good Wife
2009
as Frank Michael Thomas
Life on Mars
2008
as Chief Harry Woolf
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as President Ulysses S. Grant
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
Conviction
2006
as Arthur Branch
Last Best Chance
2005
as President Charles Ross
Racing Stripes
2005
as Sir Trenton (voice)
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2005
as Arthur Branch
The Colbert Report
2005
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Evel Knievel
2004
as Jay Sarno
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Arthur Branch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Arthur Branch
Fox News Sunday
1996
as Self
Baby's Day Out
1994
as FBI Agent Grissom
In the Line of Fire
1993
as Harry Sargent
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
as Jim Robinson
Born Yesterday
1993
as Senator Hedges
Iron Eagle III
1992
as Stockmann
Thunderheart
1992
as William Dawes
Stay the Night
1992
as Det.Malone
Bed of Lies
1992
as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
White Sands
1992
as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
Keep the Change
1992
as Otis
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
as Self - Guest
Cape Fear
1991
as Tom Broadbent
Curly Sue
1991
as Bernard Oxbar
Class Action
1991
as Dr. Getchell
Necessary Roughness
1991
as Carver Purcell
Flight of the Intruder
1991
as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
Days of Thunder
1990
as Big John
Die Hard 2
1990
as Trudeau
The Hunt for Red October
1990
as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
Law & Order
1990
as Arthur Branch
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
as Melrose Hayden Barry
Feds!
1988
as Bill Belecki
Unholy Matrimony
1988
as Frank Sweeny
China Beach
1988
Roseanne
1988
No Way Out
1987
as CIA Director Marshall
Wiseguy
1987
Matlock
1986
as Gordon Lewis
Marie: A True Story
1985
as Fred Thompson
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
1983
as Himself