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FRED DALTON THOMPSON (Sheriff) is a politician, actor, attorney, lobbyist, columnist and radio host. Representing Tennessee, Thompson served in the United States Senate from 1994 to 2003.

As an actor Thompson has appeared in a number of movies and television shows. In the final months of his U.S. Senate term in 2002, Thompson joined the cast of the long-running NBC series "Law & Order," playing Manhattan District Attorney Arthur Branch. He reprised his role in guest appearances on three "Law & Order" spinoffs. Most recently, Thompson was seen on "The Good Wife" and "Life on Mars."

Thompson recently appeared in the drama Alleged, about the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial."

Other film credits include In the Line of Fire, Born Yesterday, Cape Fear, Die Hard 2, Days of Thunder, The Hunt for Red October and No Way Out.

In 2010 Thompson released his book Teaching the Pig to Dance: A Memoir of Growing Up and Second Chances.

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