Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 19, 1942 ( 73 years old )
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.
Also Known As
Fred Dalton Thompson
Senator Fred Thompson
Fred Thompson
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.
Known For
Iron Eagle III
1992-01-09Days of Thunder
1990-06-27Die Hard 2
1990-07-03Cape Fear
1991-11-13The Hunt for Red October
1990-03-02No Way Out
1987-08-14Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006-01-20Feds
1988-10-28In the Line of Fire
1993-07-08Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007-05-27