Fred Thompson
Born August 19, 1942 (Age: 83)
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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 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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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Filmography
God's Not Dead 2
2016
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as Senior Pastor
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Age: 73
90 Minutes in Heaven
2015
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as Jay B. Perkins
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Age: 73
Persecuted
2014
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as Dr. Charles Luther
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Age: 71
The Last Ride
2012
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as O'Keefe
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Age: 69
Sinister
2012
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as Sheriff
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Age: 69
Alleged
2010
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as William Jennings Bryan
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Age: 68
Secretariat
2010
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as Bull Hancock
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Age: 68
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
2009
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as Self
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Age: 66
Racing Stripes
2005
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as Sir Trenton (voice)
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Age: 62
Last Best Chance
2005
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as President Charles Ross
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Age: 62
Baby's Day Out
1994
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as FBI Agent Grissom
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Age: 51
In the Line of Fire
1993
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as Harry Sargent
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Age: 50
Born Yesterday
1993
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as Senator Hedges
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Age: 50
Barbarians at the Gate
1993
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as Jim Robinson
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Age: 50
Keep the Change
1992
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as Otis
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Age: 49
Stay the Night
1992
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as Det.Malone
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Age: 49
White Sands
1992
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as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
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Age: 49
Thunderheart
1992
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as William Dawes
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Age: 49
Bed of Lies
1992
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as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
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Age: 49
Iron Eagle III
1992
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as Stockmann
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Age: 49
Cape Fear
1991
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as Tom Broadbent
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Age: 49
Curly Sue
1991
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as Bernard Oxbar
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Age: 49
Necessary Roughness
1991
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as Carver Purcell
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Age: 49
Class Action
1991
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as Dr. Getchell
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Age: 48
Flight of the Intruder
1991
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as Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
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Age: 48
Die Hard 2
1990
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as Trudeau
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Age: 47
Days of Thunder
1990
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as Big John
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Age: 47
The Hunt for Red October
1990
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as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)
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Age: 47
Fat Man and Little Boy
1989
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as Melrose Hayden Barry
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Age: 47
Feds!
1988
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as Bill Belecki
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Age: 46
Unholy Matrimony
1988
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as Frank Sweeny
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Age: 46
No Way Out
1987
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as CIA Director Marshall
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Age: 44
Marie: A True Story
1985
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as Fred Thompson
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Age: 43
No Image
Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings
1983
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as Himself
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Age: 40