Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Marie | Himself | Fred Thompson's first film |
| 1987 | No Way Out | CIA Director Marshall | |
| 1988 | Unholy Matrimony | Frank Sweeny | TV film |
| Feds | Bill Bilecki | ||
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Maj. Gen. Melrose Hayden Barry | Movie about the Manhattan Project. Thompson's character may loosely be based on General Brehon B. Somervell, who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon. |
| 1990 | The Hunt for Red October | Rear Admiral Joshua Painter | |
| Days of Thunder | Big John | ||
| Die Hard 2 | Trudeau | ||
| 1991 | Flight of the Intruder | Court-Martial Captain | |
| Necessary Roughness | Carver Purcell | ||
| Class Action | Dr. Getchell | ||
| Curly Sue | Bernie Oxbar | ||
| Cape Fear | Tom Broadbent | ||
| 1992 | Aces: Iron Eagle III | Stockman | |
| Bed of Lies | Richard 'Racehorse' Haynes | TV Film | |
| Thunderheart | William Dawes | Loosely based on the Wounded Knee Incident | |
| White Sands | Arms dealer | ||
| Stay the Night | Det. Malone | TV Film | |
| Day-O | Frank DeGeorgio | TV Film | |
| Keep the Change | Otis | TV Film | |
| 1993 | Barbarians at the Gate | James D. Robinson III | TV Film about the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco. |
| Born Yesterday | Sen. Hedges | Remake of the 1950 film based on Born Yesterday, a play by Garson Kanin. | |
| In the Line of Fire | White House Chief of Staff Harry Sargent | ||
| 1994 | Baby's Day Out | FBI Agent Dale Grissom | |
| 1999 | The Mummy | Sherman Winstead | Film takes place in Egypt |
| 2001 | The Mummy Returns'; | Sherman Winstead | One of the main protagonists. |
| Rachel and Andrew Jackson: A Love Story | Andrew Jackson | Voice | |
| 2004 | Evel Knievel | Jay Sarno | TV Film |
| 2005 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Himself | Although Thompson plays himself, it is a slightly fictionalized version. |
| 2006 | Racing Stripes | Sir Trenton | (voice only) |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | President Ulysses S. Grant | Based on the book of the same name, which is about the Native American experience in the American West during the late 19th century. |
| 2010 | Ironmen | Governor Neeley | |
| Secretariat | Arthur "Bull" Hancock | Film is about the United States' Hall of Fame racehorse Secretariat. | |
| The Genesis Code | Judge Hardin | Film is based on debates about the relationship between religion and science. | |
| Alleged | William Jennings Bryan | Film is about the 1925 Scopes Trial. | |
| 2011 | The Last Ride | O'Keefe | Film is about legendary country music singer Hank Williams's self-destruction due to his dangerous addictions to drugs and alcohol. |
| 2012 | Sinister | Sheriff | directed and co-written by Scott Derrickson |
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