Fred Thompson

Personal Info

Birthday

August 19, 1942

Day of Death

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

The Good Wife

Matlock

Law & Order: Trial by Jury

Sinister

Allegiance

Filmography

2016
God's Not Dead 2
as Senior Pastor
2015
90 Minutes in Heaven
as Jay B. Perkins
2014
A Larger Life
as Robert Parker
23 Blast
as Coach Powers
Persecuted
as Dr. Charles Luther
2013
Unlimited
as Harold Finch
All the President's Men Revisited
as Self
2012
The Last Ride
as O'Keefe
Sinister
as Sheriff
2010
Alleged
as William Jennings Bryan
The Genesis Code
as Judge Hardin
Secretariat
as Bull Hancock
2009
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
as Self
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as President Ulysses S. Grant
2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
2005
Racing Stripes
as Sir Trenton (voice)
Last Best Chance
as President Charles Ross
2004
Evel Knievel
as Jay Sarno
1994
Baby's Day Out
as FBI Agent Grissom
1993
In the Line of Fire
as Harry Sargent
Born Yesterday
as Senator Hedges
Barbarians at the Gate
as Jim Robinson
1992
Keep the Change
as Otis
Stay the Night
as Det.Malone
White Sands
as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
Thunderheart
as William Dawes
Bed of Lies
as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
Iron Eagle III
as Stockmann
1991
Cape Fear
as Tom Broadbent
Curly Sue
as Bernard Oxbar
Necessary Roughness
as Carver Purcell
Class Action
as Dr. Getchell
Flight of the Intruder
as Court Martial Officer (uncredited)
1990
Die Hard 2
as Trudeau
Days of Thunder
as Big John
The Hunt for Red October
as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
as Melrose Hayden Barry
1988
Feds
as Bill Belecki
Unholy Matrimony
as Frank Sweeny
1987
No Way Out
as CIA Director Marshall
1985
Marie: A True Story
as Fred Thompson