Fred Dalton Thompson was born on August 19, 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama, USA as Freddie Dalton Thompson. He was an actor, known for Sinister (2012), Law & Order (1990) and Die Hard 2 (1990). He was married to Jeri Kehn Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. He died on November 1, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
| Full Name | Fred Thompson |
| Net Worth | $950,000 |
| Date Of Birth | August 19, 1942 |
| Died | November 1, 2015, Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Sheffield, Alabama, USA |
| Height | 1.98 m |
| Profession | Journalist, Public speaker, Politician, Columnist, Lawyer, Lobbyist, Actor, Radio personality |
| Education | Vanderbilt University Law School, Vanderbilt University, University of Memphis, University of North Alabama |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Jeri Kehn Thompson (m. 2002–2015), Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey (m. 1959–1985) |
| Children | Elizabeth Thompson Panici, Hayden Victoria Thompson, Samuel Thompson, Daniel Thompson, Freddie Dalton "Tony" Thompson, Jr. |
| Parents | Fletcher Session Thompson, Ruth Inez Thompson |
| Siblings | Ken Dale Thompson |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0000669 |
| Nominations | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series |
| Movies | The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard 2, Days of Thunder, Sinister, In the Line of Fire, Cape Fear, No Way Out, The Persecuted, God's Not Dead 2, Fat Man Little Boy, Curly Sue, The Last Ride, Barbarians at the Gate, Baby's Day Out, Thunderheart, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, 90 Minutes in Heaven, Nece... |
| TV Shows | Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Said to be considering a presidential bid for 2008. [March 2007] |
| 2 | Has filed papers to form an exploratory committee, and will announce whether or not he will run on July 4, 2007. [June 2007] |
| 3 | Has announced that he will not be seeking re-election for his seat in the U.S. Senate. [2002] |
| 4 | Withdraws from Presidential race. "Today I have withdrawn my candidacy for President of the United States. I hope that my country and my party have benefited from our having made this effort. Jeri and I will always be grateful for the encouragement and friendship of so many wonderful people." January 22, 2008 [January 2008] |
| 5 | Over the course of two days in May 2005, he played the same character (D.A. Arthur Branch) on three different series: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Night (2005) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury: Day (2005) on 3 May and Law & Order: Sport of Kings (2005) on 4 May. |
| 6 | Brother of Ken Dale Thompson. |
| 7 | After failing to win a single primary, Thompson ended his presidential campaign in January 2008 and later endorsed Senator John McCain. |
| 8 | Declared that he was a candidate for President of the United States on Law & Order: C.O.D. (2004), 5 September 2007. |
| 9 | For 17 years (1975 to 1992) Thompson worked as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. representing such clients as Westinghouse, General Electric (which owns NBC Universal-NBC television network), and the Tennessee Savings and Loan League. |
| 10 | Diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma two 1/2 years ago but the cancer is now in remission [April 11, 2007]. |
| 11 | He has played the same character, District Attorney Arthur Branch, in five different series: Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) and Conviction (2006). |
| 12 | Along with Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth and Dann Florek, he is one of four Law & Order (1990)_ cast members who later joined the regular cast of one of the spin-off series. He played District Attorney Arthur Branch on Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005) from March to May 2005. |
| 13 | Along with Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Carolyn McCormick and Leslie Hendrix, he is one of only five actors to play the same character (DA Arthur Branch) on all four New York City-based "Law & Order" series: Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001), and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005). |
| 14 | Is one of four cast members from Law & Order (1990) whose character became a regular on a "Law & Order" spin-off. He played District Attorney Arthur Branch in both Law & Order (1990) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005). |
| 15 | Is the only actor to be a regular on two different "Law & Order" series at the same time. From March to May 2005, he played District Attorney Arthur Branch on both Law & Order (1990) and Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005). He also plays the same character as a recurring guest star in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). Richard Anderson, Marla Gibbs and David Hasselhoff are among the few other actors to have played the same regular character on two different series simultaneously. |
| 16 | Also has two sons and five grandchildren. |
| 17 | Helped introduce President George W. Bush at the Republican National Convention (2004) in New York. |
| 18 | When he joined the cast of Law & Order (1990) in the fall of 2002, Thompson (District Attorney Arthur Branch) became the first serving U.S. Senator to take a regular TV acting job. His term did not end until January 2003. |
| 19 | He and wife Jeri welcomed a daughter, Hayden Victoria, in October 2003. |
| 20 | Although he maintained his membership in the Screen Actors Guild when he was a senator, Thompson generally took the opposite side of the unions in legislation. |
| 21 | 2nd wife Jeri, 41, is a political media consultant at Verner Liipfert law firm in Washington, who once worked for Senate Republican Conference and Republican National Committee. |
| 22 | Worked as a shoe salesman, truck driver, and even a factory worker prior to becoming a lawyer. |
| 23 | Senator Thompson went to Memphis State University in 1964 and Vanderbilt University in 1967. |
| 24 | Was a lawyer/attorney before becoming an actor. |
| 25 | Won a special election to the United States Senate in 1994 to fill the unexpired term of senator Al Gore, who had been elected vice president of the U.S. (Gore resigned from the Senate 2 January 1993); reelected for a full term in 1996. He did not run for reelection in 2002. A Republican, he represented his home state of Tennessee from 2 December 1994 - 3 January 2003. |
| 26 | Thompson can be seen in the archival footage of the Watergate hearings in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995). He was one of the active lawyers on the Watergate committee during the hearings. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| God's Not Dead 2 | 2016 | | Senior Pastor (as Fred Thompson) |
| 90 Minutes in Heaven | 2015 | | Jay B. Perkins |
| A Larger Life | 2015 | | Robert Parker |
| Allegiance | 2015 | TV Series | FBI Director |
| Unlimited | 2015 | | Harold Finch |
| 23 Blast | 2014 | | Coach Powers |
| Persecuted | 2014/I | | Dr. Charles Luther |
| The Good Wife | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Frank Michael Thomas |
| Sinister | 2012/I | | Sheriff |
| The Last Ride | 2011 | | O'Keefe |
| Alleged | 2010 | | William Jennings Bryan (as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson) |
| Secretariat | 2010 | | Bull Hancock |
| The Genesis Code | 2010 | | Judge Hardin |
| Ironmen | 2010 | | Governor Neeley |
| Life on Mars | 2009 | TV Series | Chief Harry Woolf |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | 2007 | TV Movie | President Ulysses S. Grant (as Fred Thompson) |
| Law & Order | 2002-2007 | TV Series | Arthur Branch |
| Conviction | 2006 | TV Series | Arthur Branch |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | 2003-2006 | TV Series | Arthur Branch |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Arthur Branch |
| Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | 2005 | | Fred Dalton Thompson |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2005 | TV Series | Arthur Branch |
| Last Best Chance | 2005 | Video | President Charles Ross |
| Racing Stripes | 2005 | | Sir Trenton (voice) |
| Evel Knievel | 2004 | TV Movie | Jay Sarno |
| Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story | 2001 | TV Movie | Andrew Jackson (voice) |
| Sex and the City | 2000 | TV Series | Politician on TV |
| Baby's Day Out | 1994 | | FBI Agent Dale Grissom |
| In the Line of Fire | 1993 | | Harry Sargent |
| Born Yesterday | 1993 | | Sen. Hedges |
| Barbarians at the Gate | 1993 | TV Movie | Jim Robinson |
| Matlock | 1989-1993 | TV Series | Gordon Lewis / Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal |
| Keep the Change | 1992 | TV Movie | Otis |
| Day-O | 1992 | TV Movie | Frank DeGeorgio |
| Stay the Night | 1992 | TV Movie | Det. Malone |
| White Sands | 1992 | | Arms Dealer (uncredited) |
| Thunderheart | 1992 | | William Dawes |
| Bed of Lies | 1992 | TV Movie | Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes |
| Aces: Iron Eagle III | 1992 | | Stockman |
| Cape Fear | 1991 | | Tom Broadbent |
| Curly Sue | 1991 | | Bernard Oxbar |
| Necessary Roughness | 1991 | | Carver Purcell |
| Class Action | 1991 | | Dr. Getchell |
| Flight of the Intruder | 1991 | | Court-Martial Captain (uncredited) |
| Die Hard 2 | 1990 | | Trudeau |
| Days of Thunder | 1990 | | Big John |
| The Hunt for Red October | 1990 | | Admiral Painter |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | 1989 | | Melrose Hayden Barry |
| Roseanne | 1989 | TV Series | Keith Faber |
| China Beach | 1989 | TV Series | Lt. Col. Reinhardt |
| Wiseguy | 1988 | TV Series | Knox Pooley |
| Feds | 1988 | | Bill Bilecki |
| Unholy Matrimony | 1988 | TV Movie | Frank Sweeny (as Fred Thompson) |
| No Way Out | 1987 | | Marshall |
| Marie | 1985 | | Fred Thompson (as Fred Thompson) |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Huckabee | 2014 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| Outnumbered | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Marcus & Joni | 2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| Contrarian | 2013 | Documentary voice | |
| America's Book of Secrets | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Hannity | 2009-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| Meet the Press | 2005-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 2007-2011 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Daily Show | 1999-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Good Morning America | 2010 | TV Series | Himself |
| Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson | 2009 | Documentary | Himself (as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson) |
| Glenn Beck | 2009 | TV Series | Himself - Former Tennessee Senator |
| IFC News: 2008 Uncut | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Entertainment Tonight | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Just In with Laura Ingraham | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| The O'Reilly Factor | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Your World w/ Neil Cavuto | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 1995-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| Larry King Live | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| CNN/YouTube Republican Debate | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The Colbert Report | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| This Week | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Hannity & Colmes | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| Jerry Orbach Tribute | 2005 | Video short | Himself |
| Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
| 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2004 | TV Special | Himself |
| Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Fred Thompson) |
| Download This | 2002 | | Himself |
| The Campaign Trail to the Road to the White House | 2000 | TV Special | Himself (as Fred Thompson) |
| Dennis Miller Live | 2000 | TV Series | Himself |
| 60 Minutes | 1998 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Senator, Tennessee (segment "Grigori Loutchansky") |
| The Senate Watergate Hearings | 1973 | TV Series | Himself (1973) |
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