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Freddie Dalton Thompson was an American politician, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, actor and radio personality. Thompson, a Republican, served in the United States Senate representing Tennessee from 1994 to 2003, and was a Republican presidential candidate in 2008.
Birth Name
Freddie Dalton Thompson
Born
Wednesday, 19 August 1942
Died
Sunday, 01 November 2015
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | 2023 |
| Watergate: High Crimes in the White House | Self | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Keith Faber | 2021 |
| ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black | Self | 2018 |
| The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee | Self | 2017 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| God's Not Dead 2 | Senior Pastor | 2016 |
| 90 Minutes in Heaven | Jay B. Perkins | 2015 |
| The Seventies | Self - Minority Counsel, Watergate Committee | 2015 |
| Allegiance | FBI Director | 2015 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Self | 2023 |
| Watergate: High Crimes in the White House | Self | 2022 |
| History of the Sitcom | Keith Faber | 2021 |
| ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black | Self | 2018 |
| The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee | Self | 2017 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| God's Not Dead 2 | Senior Pastor | 2016 |
| 90 Minutes in Heaven | Jay B. Perkins | 2015 |
| The Seventies | Self - Minority Counsel, Watergate Committee | 2015 |
| Allegiance | FBI Director | 2015 |
| A Larger Life | Robert Parker | 2014 |
| 23 Blast | Coach Powers | 2014 |
| Persecuted | Dr. Charles Luther / Charles Luther | 2014 |
| Unlimited | Harold Finch | 2013 |
| All the President's Men Revisited | Himself / Self | 2013 |
| The Last Ride | O'Keefe | 2012 |
| PoliticKING with Larry King | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Sinister | Sheriff | 2012 |
| America's Book of Secrets | Self - Minority Counsel, Senate Watergate Committee) | 2012 |
| Secretariat | Bull Hancock | 2010 |
| Alleged | William Jennings Bryan | 2010 |
| The Genesis Code | Judge Hardin | 2010 |
| The Good Wife | Frank Michael Thomas | 2009 |
| Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson | Self | 2009 |
| Life on Mars | Chief Harry Woolf | 2008 |
| IFC News: 2008 Uncut | Self | 2007 |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | President Ulysses S. Grant | 2007 |
| Conviction | DA Arthur Branch | 2006 |
| Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson / Fred Dalton Thompson | 2006 |
| The Colbert Report | Self | 2005 |
| This Revolution | Self | 2005 |
| Law & Order: Trial by Jury | D.A. Arthur Branch / Arthur Branch / DA Arthur Branch | 2005 |
| Racing Stripes | Sir Trenton (voice) / Sir Trenton | 2005 |
| Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | Self | 2004 |
| Evel Knievel | Jay Sarno | 2004 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | DA Arthur Branch | 2001 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | DA Arthur Branch | 1999 |
| Sex and the City | Politician on TV | 1998 |
| The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
| Baby's Day Out | FBI Agent Dale Grissom / FBI Agent Grissom | 1994 |
| Dennis Miller Live | Self | 1994 |
| But... Seriously | Self | 1993 |
| In the Line of Fire | Harry Sargent / White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent | 1993 |
| Born Yesterday | Sen. Hedges / Senator Hedges | 1993 |
| Barbarians at the Gate | Jim Robinson | 1993 |
| Keep the Change | Otis | 1992 |
| Day-O | Frank DeGeorgio | 1992 |
| White Sands | Arms Dealer / Arms Dealer (Uncredited) | 1992 |
| Thunderheart | William Dawes / William E. Dawes | 1992 |
| Bed of Lies | Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes | 1992 |
| Aces: Iron Eagle III | Stockman / Stockmann | 1992 |
| Cape Fear | Tom Broadbent | 1991 |
| Curly Sue | Bernard Oxbar | 1991 |
| Necessary Roughness | Carver Purcell | 1991 |
| Class Action | Dr. Getchell | 1991 |
| Flight of the Intruder | Court-Martial Captain | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Arthur Branch / D.A. Arthur Branch / DA Arthur Branch | 1990 |
| Die Hard 2 | Trudeau | 1990 |
| Days of Thunder | Big John | 1990 |
| The Hunt for Red October | Admiral Painter | 1990 |
| Fat Man and Little Boy | Melrose Hayden Barry | 1989 |
| Feds | Bill Belecki / Bilecki | 1988 |
| Roseanne | Keith Faber | 1988 |
| China Beach | Lt. Col. Reinhardt | 1988 |
| Wiseguy | Knox Pooley | 1987 |
| No Way Out | Marshall / CIA Director Marshall | 1987 |
| Matlock | Gordon Lewis / Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal | 1986 |
| Marie | Fred Thompson | 1985 |
| Vietnam: A Television History | Self | 1983 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Senator, Tennessee (segment "Grigori Loutchansky") | 1968 |
