Fred Dalton Thompson
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Birthplace:
Sheffield, Alabama, USA
Fred Dalton Thompson spent 25 years as an active Nashville and Washington, D.C., attorney before making his film debut playing himself in a 1985 retelling of the true tale of a Tennessee woman who took on the state's crooked governor in Marie. When Thompson won more acclaim than the film's stars Sissy Spacek and Jeff Daniels, he decided to add "character actor" to his resumé, and went on to appear in numerous major features. Standing 6'5," he was a commanding presence and was usually cast as an authoritarian. Thompson put his film career on hold when he made a successful bid to become a Tennessee senator in 1994, then picked up where he left off when his term ended, playing DA Arthur Branch on Law & Order, along with other supporting film roles. Thompson returned to politics with an attempt at the 2008 presidential election, but was unsuccessful, and soon resumed his acting career. He played horse breeder Arthur Hancock in Secretariat (2010) and appeared in the Hank Williams biopic The Last Ride (2011). One of his final acting roles was as an FBI Director in the short-lived NBC series Allegiance in 2015. Thompson died later that year, at age 73.
Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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10% | God's Not Dead 2 |
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— | 2016 |
26% | 90 Minutes In Heaven |
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— | 2015 |
No Score Yet | A Larger Life |
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— | 2015 |
36% | 23 Blast |
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$0.5M | 2014 |
0% | Persecuted |
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$1.6M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Unlimited |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Last Best Chance |
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— | 2013 |
63% | Sinister |
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$48.1M | 2012 |
47% | The Last Ride |
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$16.8k | 2012 |
63% | Secretariat |
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$59.7M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | The Genesis Code |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Alleged |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Perfect Valor |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee |
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— | 2007 |
42% | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World |
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$0.8M | 2006 |
35% | Racing Stripes |
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$49.2M | 2005 |
11% | Celsius 41.11 |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Evel Knievel |
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— | 2004 |
12% | Dunston Checks In |
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— | 1996 |
20% | Baby's Day Out |
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— | 1994 |
96% | In the Line of Fire |
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— | 1993 |
23% | Born Yesterday |
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— | 1993 |
71% | Barbarians at the Gate |
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— | 1993 |
14% | Aces: Iron Eagle III |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Keep the Change |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Day-O |
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— | 1992 |
44% | White Sands |
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— | 1992 |
89% | Thunderheart |
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— | 1992 |
75% | Cape Fear |
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— | 1991 |
13% | Curly Sue |
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— | 1991 |
33% | Necessary Roughness |
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— | 1991 |
76% | Class Action |
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— | 1991 |
25% | The Flight of the Intruder |
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$14.6M | 1991 |
69% | Die Hard 2 |
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— | 1990 |
38% | Days of Thunder |
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— | 1990 |
89% | The Hunt for Red October |
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— | 1990 |
47% | Fat Man and Little Boy |
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— | 1989 |
20% | Feds |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Unholy Matrimony |
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— | 1988 |
91% | No Way Out |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Marie |
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— | 1985 |
No Score Yet | The Wobblies |
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— | 1979 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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47% |
Allegiance
2015
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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No Score Yet |
Meet the Press
1947-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
1999-2015
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77% |
Life on Mars
2008-2009
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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No Score Yet |
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-2011
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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76% |
Roseanne
1988-2018
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No Score Yet |
Wiseguy
1987-1990
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