
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.
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Sinister
2012 · as Sheriff

The Hunt for Red October
1990 · as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)

In the Line of Fire
1993 · as Harry Sargent

Die Hard 2
1990 · as Trudeau

Baby's Day Out
1994 · as FBI Agent Grissom

Cape Fear
1991 · as Tom Broadbent

Thunderheart
1992 · as William Dawes

Days of Thunder
1990 · as Big John

Racing Stripes
2005 · as Sir Trenton (voice)

No Way Out
1987 · as CIA Director Marshall

Secretariat
2010 · as Bull Hancock

Curly Sue
1991 · as Bernard Oxbar

Class Action
1991 · as Dr. Getchell

Fat Man and Little Boy
1989 · as Melrose Hayden Barry

God's Not Dead 2
2016 · as Senior Pastor

White Sands
1992 · as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)

Flight of the Intruder
1991 · as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)

Iron Eagle III
1992 · as Stockmann