Fred Thompson: movies and TV shows
Fred Thompson has 58 credits in the archive: 43 films and 15 TV series, from 1983 to 2016. Highest rated: Law & Order: Trial by Jury (8.1/10).
Career timeline
1983 – 2016 · busiest year: 1992 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 | Senior Pastor | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 2015 | Allegiance | FBI Director | TV | 6.7 | 72 |
| 2015 | 90 Minutes in Heaven | Jay B. Perkins | Film | 5.9 | 72 |
| 2014 | 23 Blast | Coach Powers | Film | 6.8 | 71 |
| 2014 | Persecuted | Dr. Charles Luther | Film | 4.2 | 71 |
| 2014 | A Larger Life | Robert Parker | Film | — | 71 |
| 2013 | All the President's Men Revisited | Self | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2013 | Unlimited | Harold Finch | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2013 | Unlimited | Film | 6.0 | 70 | |
| 2012 | Sinister | Sheriff | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2012 | The Last Ride | O'Keefe | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 2010 | Secretariat | Bull Hancock | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code | Judge Hardin | Film | 2.5 | 67 |
| 2010 | Alleged | William Jennings Bryan | Film | 4.2 | 67 |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Frank Michael Thomas | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 2009 | Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson | Self | Film | — | 66 |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Chief Harry Woolf | TV | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | President Ulysses S. Grant | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 2006 | Conviction | Arthur Branch | TV | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2006 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson | Film | 4.9 | 63 |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes | Sir Trenton (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Arthur Branch | TV | 8.1 | 62 |
| 2005 | Last Best Chance | President Charles Ross | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2004 | Evel Knievel | Jay Sarno | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Arthur Branch | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Arthur Branch | TV | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1996 | Fox News Sunday | Self | TV | 3.8 | 53 |
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out | FBI Agent Grissom | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1993 | In the Line of Fire | Harry Sargent | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | Jim Robinson | Film | 6.9 | 50 |
| 1993 | Born Yesterday | Senator Hedges | Film | 5.3 | 50 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1992 | Thunderheart | William Dawes | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1992 | Iron Eagle III | Stockmann | Film | 4.1 | 49 |
| 1992 | White Sands | Arms Dealer (Uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 49 |
| 1992 | Stay the Night | Det.Malone | Film | 4.0 | 49 |
| 1992 | Keep the Change | Otis | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1992 | Bed of Lies | Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1991 | Cape Fear | Tom Broadbent | Film | 7.3 | 48 |
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Court-Martial Captain (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1991 | Curly Sue | Bernard Oxbar | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1991 | Necessary Roughness | Carver Purcell | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1991 | Class Action | Dr. Getchell | Film | 6.3 | 48 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Arthur Branch | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Rear ADM Joshua Painter (Enterprise Carrier Battle Group) | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1990 | Die Hard 2 | Trudeau | Film | 7.0 | 47 |
| 1990 | Days of Thunder | Big John | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Melrose Hayden Barry | Film | 6.2 | 46 |
| 1988 | China Beach | TV | 7.5 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Roseanne | TV | 6.8 | 45 | |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Frank Sweeny | Film | 8.3 | 45 |
| 1988 | Feds! | Bill Belecki | Film | 5.8 | 45 |
| 1987 | Wiseguy | TV | 6.6 | 44 | |
| 1987 | No Way Out | CIA Director Marshall | Film | 6.9 | 44 |
| 1986 | Matlock | Gordon Lewis | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1985 | Marie: A True Story | Fred Thompson | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1983 | Summer of Judgement: The Watergate Hearings | Himself | Film | — | 40 |
| Glenn Beck | Self | TV | 1.0 | — |