- Films
- 22
- Avg rating
- 6.17
- Peak run
- 1987’91
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Fred by the numbers
Average
6.17
19 rated films
Vote weighted
6.30
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±1.08
rating spread
Career
30y
1985 to 2014
Total votes
1.46M
across every film
Best
7.3
Cape Fear
Worst
5.9
Curly Sue
Newest first
Filmography
| 2014 | Persecuted | Charles Luther | 3.5 | 1,705 |
| 2014 | 23 Blast | Coach Powers | 6.5 | 2,718 |
| 2012 |  Sinister | Sheriff | 6.8 | 324K |
| 2011 | The Last Ride | O'Keefe | · | 925 |
| 2010 |  Secretariat | Bull Hancock | 7.2 | 33,102 |
| 2010 | The Genesis Code | Judge Hardin | · | 737 |
| 2010 | Alleged | William Jennings Bryan | · | 321 |
| 2005 | Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World | Fred Dalton Thompson | 5.5 | 3,520 |
| 1994 |  Baby's Day Out | FBI Agent Dale Grissom | 6.3 | 61,523 |
| 1993 | Born Yesterday | Sen. Hedges | 5.2 | 4,482 |
| 1993 |  In the Line of Fire | Harry Sargent | 7.2 | 125K |
| 1992 | Aces: Iron Eagle III | Stockman | 3.8 | 3,361 |
| 1992 |  Thunderheart | William Dawes | 6.8 | 19,626 |
| 1991 |  Cape Fear | Tom Broadbent | 7.3 | 251K |
| 1991 | Class Action | Dr. Getchell | 6.4 | 9,049 |
| 1991 |  Curly Sue | Bernard Oxbar | 5.9 | 25,208 |
| 1991 |  Necessary Roughness | Carver Purcell | 6.2 | 14,111 |
| 1990 |  Days of Thunder | Big John | 6.2 | 107K |
| 1990 |  Die Hard 2 | Trudeau | 7.2 | 411K |
| 1988 | Feds | Bilecki | 5.6 | 3,849 |
Better together?
Fred Thompson's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Fred Thompson
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.