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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, colu…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2016
God's Not Dead 2
Movie Senior Pastor
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2015
90 Minutes in Heaven
Movie Jay B. Perkins
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2015
Allegiance
TV show FBI Director
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2014
A Larger Life
Movie Robert Parker
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2014
23 Blast
Movie Coach Powers
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2014
Persecuted
Movie Dr. Charles Luther
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2013
Unlimited
Movie Harold Finch
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2013
All the President's Men Revisited
Movie Self
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2012
Sinister
Movie Sheriff
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2012
The Last Ride
Movie O'Keefe
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2010
Alleged
Movie William Jennings Bryan
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2010
The Genesis Code
Movie Judge Hardin
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2010
Secretariat
Movie Bull Hancock
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2009
The Good Wife
TV show Frank Michael Thomas
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2009
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson
Movie Self
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2008
Life on Mars
TV show Chief Harry Woolf
More credits
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2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Movie President Ulysses S. Grant
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2006
Conviction
TV show Arthur Branch
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2006
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
Movie Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson
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2005
Law & Order: Trial by Jury
TV show Arthur Branch
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2005
Racing Stripes
Movie Sir Trenton (voice)
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2005
Last Best Chance
Movie President Charles Ross
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2004
Evel Knievel
Movie Jay Sarno
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2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV show Arthur Branch
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1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV show Arthur Branch
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1996
Fox News Sunday
TV show Self
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1994
Baby's Day Out
Movie FBI Agent Grissom
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1993
In the Line of Fire
Movie Harry Sargent
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1993
Born Yesterday
Movie Senator Hedges
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1993
Barbarians at the Gate
Movie Jim Robinson
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1992
Keep the Change
Movie Otis
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1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV show Self - Guest
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1992
Stay the Night
Movie Det.Malone
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1992
White Sands
Movie Arms Dealer (Uncredited)
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1992
Thunderheart
Movie William Dawes
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1992
Bed of Lies
Movie Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes
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1992
Iron Eagle III
Movie Stockmann
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1991
Cape Fear
Movie Tom Broadbent
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1991
Curly Sue
Movie Bernard Oxbar
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1991
Necessary Roughness
Movie Carver Purcell
