Fred Thompson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-08-19 (73 years old)

Deathday

2015-11-01

Place of Birth

Sheffield, Alabama, U.S.

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.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 appea...

Acting

1992

Iron Eagle III

as Stockmann

1990

Days of Thunder

as Big John

1990

Die Hard 2

as Trudeau

1991

Cape Fear

as Tom Broadbent

1990

The Hunt for Red October

as Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group)

1987

No Way Out

as CIA Director Marshall

2006

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World

as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson

1988

Feds

as Bill Belecki

1993

In the Line of Fire

as Harry Sargent

2007

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

as President Ulysses S. Grant

2010

Secretariat

as Bull Hancock

2012

Sinister

as Sheriff

2010

Alleged

as William Jennings Bryan

2012

The Last Ride

as O'Keefe

2013

Unlimited

as Harold Finch

2014

Persecuted

as Dr. Charles Luther

2005

Last Best Chance

as President Charles Ross

2014

A Larger Life

as Robert Parker

2004

Evel Knievel

as Jay Sarno

1991

Curly Sue

as Bernard Oxbar

2015

90 Minutes in Heaven

as Jay B. Perkins

2005

Racing Stripes

as Sir Trenton (voice)

1991

Class Action

as Dr. Getchell

1992

Thunderheart

as William Dawes

1985

Marie: A True Story

as Fred Thompson

2014

23 Blast

as Coach Powers

1988

Unholy Matrimony

as Frank Sweeny

1994

Baby's Day Out

as FBI Agent Grissom

1993

Barbarians at the Gate

as Jim Robinson

2010

The Genesis Code

as Judge Hardin

1992

Stay the Night

as Det.Malone

1992

Bed of Lies

as Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes

1989

Fat Man and Little Boy

as Melrose Hayden Barry

1993

Born Yesterday

as Senator Hedges

1992

White Sands

as Arms Dealer (Uncredited)

2016

God's Not Dead 2

as Senior Pastor

1991

Flight of the Intruder

as Court Martial Officer (uncredited)

1991

Necessary Roughness

as Carver Purcell

1992

Production

2013

Unlimited

as Executive Producer

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