| | '''Freddie Dalton Thompson''', born August 19, 1942 (age {{age|1942|8|19}}), in Sheffield, [[Alabama]], is an [[United States of America|American]] lawyer, actor and former [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senate|senator]] from [[Tennessee]]. He is married to attorney Jeri Kehn, a political and media consultant, with whom he has two children. He ran for the Republican Party nomination for the Presidency of the United States in 2007, but dropped out of the race on Jan 22nd 2008 after coming third in the [[South Carolina]] Primary. | | '''Freddie Dalton Thompson''', born August 19, 1942 (age {{age|1942|8|19}}), in Sheffield, [[Alabama]], is an [[United States of America|American]] lawyer, actor and former [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senate|senator]] from [[Tennessee]]. He is married to attorney Jeri Kehn, a political and media consultant, with whom he has two children. He ran for the Republican Party nomination for the Presidency of the United States in 2007, but dropped out of the race on Jan 22nd 2008 after coming third in the [[South Carolina]] Primary. |
| − | Aside from politics, Thompson began a career as a character actor, playing supporting rules in critically acclaimed films such as Marie, The Hunt for Red October, Die Hard 2, Cape Fear, and In the Line of Fire. Upon leaving the Senate, he picked up where he left off, playing [[New York]] District Attorney Arthur Branch on Law & Order. | + | Aside from politics, Thompson began a career as a character actor, playing supporting roles in critically acclaimed films such as Marie, The Hunt for Red October, Cape Fear, and In the Line of Fire. Upon leaving the Senate, he picked up where he left off, playing [[New York]] District Attorney Arthur Branch on Law & Order. |
| | In 2009 Fred Thompson launched The Fred Thompson Show, a nationwide radio program co-hosted by his wife Jeri Kehn. | | In 2009 Fred Thompson launched The Fred Thompson Show, a nationwide radio program co-hosted by his wife Jeri Kehn. |