弗雷迪·道尔顿·汤普森（1942 年 8 月 19 日 - 2015 年 11 月 1 日），原名弗雷德·汤普森和弗雷德·道尔顿·汤普森，是美国政治家、演员、律师、说客、专栏作家和电台主持人。1994 年至 2003 年，他担任田纳西州共和党参议员。他曾担任美国国务院国际安全顾问委员会主席、美中经济与安全审查委员会成员、外交关系委员会成员，并且是美国企业研究所的访问学者，专门研究国家安全和情报。

作为演员，他出演过大量的电影和电视节目。他经常描绘政府人物。在2002年美国参议院任期的最后几个月，他加入了长期播出的NBC电视连续剧《法律与秩序》的演员阵容，扮演曼哈顿地区检察官亚瑟·布兰奇。2007年5月，为了竞选2008年共和党总统候选人提名，他暂停了演艺生涯。2009年，他重返演艺圈，客串电视剧;并与布莱恩·丹尼希（Brian Dennehy）共同主演了关于Scopes Monkey Trial的电影《据称》。

Freddie Dalton 'Fred' Thompson (August 19, 1942 - November 1, 2015), credited as Fred Thompson and Fred Dalton Thompson, is an American politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist, and radio host. He served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1994 through 2003. He served as chairman of the International Security Advisory Board at the United States Department of State, was a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and is a Visiting Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, specializing in national security and intelligence.

As an actor, he has appeared in a large number of movies and television shows. He has frequently portrayed governmental figures. In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, he joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch. In May 2007, he took a break from acting in order to run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination. In 2009, he returned to acting with a guest appearance on television series; and co-starred with Brian Dennehy in the movie Alleged, about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

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Il a été marié avec Jeri Kehn Thompson et Sarah Elizabeth Lindsey. Il est mort le 1 novembre 2015 dans le Tennessee, États-Unis.