Fred Thompson Net Worth

Fred Thompson net worth is
$8 Million

Fred Dalton Thompson was born on the 19th August 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama USA, and died on the 1st November, 2015 in Nashville, USA. He was a lawyer, actor, lobbyist and politician, who from 1994 to 2003 he served as the Republican senator for the state of Tennessee. Thompson was known for his unusual, yet very rich and diverse career. Firstly he gained fame as a lawyer, then an actor. Thompson was also known as district attorney Arthur Branch in the TV series “Law & Order” aired on NBC. He abandoned acting during a term in the Senate, to return afterwards.

How rich was this actor, lawyer and politician? At the time of his death, the net worth of Fred Thompson was estimated as equal to $8 million, accumulated from his various careers.

Fred Thompson Net Worth $8 Million

To begin with, Fred was the son of car dealer Fletcher Session and housewife Ruth Bradley. He attended Lawrence County High School, and worked in the local post office in the daytime and in a mounting bicycle facility at night. Then Thompson went to Florence State College (now the University of North Alabama), before moving to the University of Memphis, from where he graduated with a double degree in philosophy and political science in 1964, as well as a scholarship from the law schools of Tulane University and Vanderbilt University law Schools, and at the latter obtained his doctorate in law in 1967.

From 1969 to 1972 he was an assistant to the Federal Public Ministry. Devoting himself to politics, he then became Special Advisor of the USA Senate Committee for Foreign Affairs and the US Senate Committee for the Secret Service. He also led his own practice as a lawyer in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1977 defending Marie Ragghianti, who had been expelled for refusing to release some criminals, winning the case from which she benefitted with adequate compensation. The story was published in 1983 by the journalist Peter Maas, from which was made into the film “Marie”, directed by Roger Donaldson, who asked Thompson participate personally in the film, representing himself.

Since then, Thompson starred in several films and participated as an actor in episodes of television series such as “Law & Order – Special Victims Unit”, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Conviction” and others. In 1994, he was elected senator for Tennessee, being re-elected to the Senate in 1996. In 2006, no longer a senator, he signed a contract with the radio network ABC News Radio as a commentator and political analyst. Then he also signed a contract with Salem Communications’s Townhall. In March 2007 he began a brief campaign for his candidacy for the USA presidency in 2008, but in January 2008, after the limited success of the primary campaign, announced his retirement.

He died of cancer in Nashville on 1st November, 2015 at the age of 73. He is buried in the cemetery of Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. In the personal life of Fred Thompson, at the age of 17 he married Sara Elizabeth Lindsey, from whom he divorced in 1985; they had three children. In 2002, after six years of engagement, he married Jeri Kehn, a journalist and political commentator, with whom he had two children. His daughter Elizabeth died in 2002 (at age 38) from an overdose of prescribed drugs.


Full NameFred Thompson
Net Worth$8 Million
Date Of Birth19th August 1942 in Sheffield, Alabama USA
Died2015-11-01
Height1.98 m
ProfessionLawyer. policitian
EducationUniversity of North Alabama, Memphis State University, Tulane University, Vanderbilt University law Schools
NationalityAmerican
SpouseJeri Kehn Thompson (m. 2002), Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey (m. 1959 - 1985)
ChildrenSamuel Thompson, Victoria Thompson, Elizabeth Thompson Panici, Freddie Dalton "Tony" Thompson
ParentsFletcher Session, Ruth Bradley
SiblingsKen Dale Thompson
Twitterhttps://twitter.com/fredthompson
IMDBwww.imdb.com/name/nm0000669
NominationsScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
MoviesThe 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 ShowsLaw & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury
#Trademark
1Often plays figures of authority.
2Towering height
#Quote
1[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.
#Fact
1Said to be considering a presidential bid for 2008. [March 2007]
2Has filed papers to form an exploratory committee, and will announce whether or not he will run on July 4, 2007. [June 2007]
3Has announced that he will not be seeking re-election for his seat in the U.S. Senate. [2002]
4Withdraws 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]
5Over 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.
6Brother of Ken Dale Thompson.
7After failing to win a single primary, Thompson ended his presidential campaign in January 2008 and later endorsed Senator John McCain.
8Declared that he was a candidate for President of the United States on Law & Order: C.O.D. (2004), 5 September 2007.
9For 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.
10Diagnosed with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma two 1/2 years ago but the cancer is now in remission [April 11, 2007].
11He 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).
12Along 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.
13Along 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).
14Is 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).
15Is 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.
16Also has two sons and five grandchildren.
17Helped introduce President George W. Bush at the Republican National Convention (2004) in New York.
18When 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.
19He and wife Jeri welcomed a daughter, Hayden Victoria, in October 2003.
20Although 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.
212nd 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.
22Worked as a shoe salesman, truck driver, and even a factory worker prior to becoming a lawyer.
23Senator Thompson went to Memphis State University in 1964 and Vanderbilt University in 1967.
24Was a lawyer/attorney before becoming an actor.
25Won 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.
26Thompson 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.

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
God's Not Dead 22016Senior Pastor (as Fred Thompson)
90 Minutes in Heaven2015Jay B. Perkins
A Larger Life2015Robert Parker
Allegiance2015TV SeriesFBI Director
Unlimited2015Harold Finch
23 Blast2014Coach Powers
Persecuted2014/IDr. Charles Luther
The Good Wife2011-2012TV SeriesFrank Michael Thomas
Sinister2012/ISheriff
The Last Ride2011O'Keefe
Alleged2010William Jennings Bryan (as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson)
Secretariat2010Bull Hancock
The Genesis Code2010Judge Hardin
Ironmen2010Governor Neeley
Life on Mars2009TV SeriesChief Harry Woolf
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee2007TV MoviePresident Ulysses S. Grant (as Fred Thompson)
Law & Order2002-2007TV SeriesArthur Branch
Conviction2006TV SeriesArthur Branch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit2003-2006TV SeriesArthur Branch
Law & Order: Trial by Jury2005-2006TV SeriesArthur Branch
Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World2005Fred Dalton Thompson
Law & Order: Criminal Intent2005TV SeriesArthur Branch
Last Best Chance2005VideoPresident Charles Ross
Racing Stripes2005Sir Trenton (voice)
Evel Knievel2004TV MovieJay Sarno
Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story2001TV MovieAndrew Jackson (voice)
Sex and the City2000TV SeriesPolitician on TV
Baby's Day Out1994FBI Agent Dale Grissom
In the Line of Fire1993Harry Sargent
Born Yesterday1993Sen. Hedges
Barbarians at the Gate1993TV MovieJim Robinson
Matlock1989-1993TV SeriesGordon Lewis / Prosecutor Mr. McGonigal
Keep the Change1992TV MovieOtis
Day-O1992TV MovieFrank DeGeorgio
Stay the Night1992TV MovieDet. Malone
White Sands1992Arms Dealer (uncredited)
Thunderheart1992William Dawes
Bed of Lies1992TV MovieRichard 'Racehorse' Haynes
Aces: Iron Eagle III1992Stockman
Cape Fear1991Tom Broadbent
Curly Sue1991Bernard Oxbar
Necessary Roughness1991Carver Purcell
Class Action1991Dr. Getchell
Flight of the Intruder1991Court-Martial Captain (uncredited)
Die Hard 21990Trudeau
Days of Thunder1990Big John
The Hunt for Red October1990Admiral Painter
Fat Man and Little Boy1989Melrose Hayden Barry
Roseanne1989TV SeriesKeith Faber
China Beach1989TV SeriesLt. Col. Reinhardt
Wiseguy1988TV SeriesKnox Pooley
Feds1988Bill Bilecki
Unholy Matrimony1988TV MovieFrank Sweeny (as Fred Thompson)
No Way Out1987Marshall
Marie1985Fred Thompson (as Fred Thompson)

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
God's Not Dead 22016in loving memory of - as Fred Thompson

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Huckabee2014TV SeriesHimself - Actor
Outnumbered2014TV SeriesHimself
Marcus & Joni2014TV SeriesHimself
Contrarian2013Documentary voice
America's Book of Secrets2013TV Series documentaryHimself
A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington2012TV Movie documentaryHimself
Hannity2009-2012TV SeriesHimself
Meet the Press2005-2012TV SeriesHimself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2007-2011TV SeriesHimself
The Daily Show1999-2010TV SeriesHimself
Good Morning America2010TV SeriesHimself
Vote Jesus: The Chronicles of Ken Stevenson2009DocumentaryHimself (as Sen. Fred Dalton Thompson)
Glenn Beck2009TV SeriesHimself - Former Tennessee Senator
IFC News: 2008 Uncut2008TV SeriesHimself
Entertainment Tonight2008TV SeriesHimself
Just In with Laura Ingraham2008TV SeriesHimself
The O'Reilly Factor2008TV SeriesHimself
Your World w/ Neil Cavuto2008TV SeriesHimself
Charlie Rose1995-2007TV SeriesHimself
Larry King Live2007TV SeriesHimself
CNN/YouTube Republican Debate2007TV MovieHimself
The Colbert Report2007TV SeriesHimself
This Week2006TV SeriesHimself
Hannity & Colmes2004-2005TV SeriesHimself
Jerry Orbach Tribute2005Video shortHimself
Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die2004DocumentaryHimself
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2004TV SpecialHimself
Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History2003TV Movie documentaryHimself (as Fred Thompson)
Download This2002Himself
The Campaign Trail to the Road to the White House2000TV SpecialHimself (as Fred Thompson)
Dennis Miller Live2000TV SeriesHimself
60 Minutes1998TV Series documentaryHimself - Senator, Tennessee (segment "Grigori Loutchansky")
The Senate Watergate Hearings1973TV SeriesHimself (1973)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards2016TV SpecialHimself - In Memoriam
22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards2016TV SpecialHimself - In Memoriam
Entertainment Tonight2015TV SeriesHimself
The Seventies2015TV Series documentaryHimself - Minority Counsel, Watergate Committee
The O'Reilly Factor2008TV SeriesHimself
The Colbert Report2007TV SeriesHimself
This Revolution2005Himself (uncredited)
But... Seriously1994TV Special documentaryHimself
Vietnam: A Television History1983TV Series documentaryHimself

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2004ActorScreen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesLaw & Order (1990)

Known for movies

Source
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