Fred Thompson Biography (ex-District Attorney Arthur Branch, 'Law & Order')

Birthday: August 19, 1942

Place of Birth: Sheffield, Alabama

Previous TV and Movie Roles: "Racing Stripes"
"Baby's Day Out"
"In the Line of Fire"
"Thunderheart"
"Cape Fear"
"Curly Sue"
"Necessary Roughness"
"Class Action"
"Flight of the Intruder"
"Die Hard 2"
"Days of Thunder"
"The Hunt for Red October"
"Enterprise"
"Feds"
"No Way Out"

Trivia Fact #1: Was the Senator of Tennessee. He later put a brief bid in for the 2008 presidential race.

Trivia Fact #2: Used to be a lawyer and before that he was a shoe salesman.

Trivia Fact #3: He was still a Senator when he began working on Law & Order.

Trivia Fact #4: Is one of three actors on the show to have appeared as the same character on all three Law & Order shows.

Quoted as Saying: "After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood."