- Born
- Died
- Birth nameFreddie Dalton Thompson
- Height6′ 5″ (1.96 m)
- Fred Thompson was born on August 19, 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hunt for Red October (1990), Sinister (2012) and No Way Out (1987). He was married to Jeri Kehn Thompson and Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. He died on November 1, 2015 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
- SpousesJeri Kehn Thompson(June 29, 2002 - November 1, 2015) (his death, 2 children)Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey(September 12, 1959 - 1985) (divorced, 3 children)
- ChildrenHayden Victoria Thompson
- RelativesKen Dale Thompson(Sibling)
- Towering height
- Often played figures of authority
- 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.
- Was a lawyer/attorney before becoming an actor.
- 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.
- 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.
- Worked as a shoe salesman, truck driver, and even a factory worker prior to becoming a lawyer.
- [from a speech given before the Commonwealth Club of California] After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
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