Tom Selleck

Richard was an opthalmologist friend of Monica Geller's father and eventually one of Monica's boyfriends. He is reportedly paid $100,000 per episode of the show in which he appears; if this is in fact true, he earns more from appearing in two shows than he did in an entire year as a Senator, and will earn nearly twice in one season what his earnings were for his entire Senate career. Selleck also played Richard, a guest starring role on the popular former sitcom "Friends". Senator also to take a full-time television acting job; however, his first scenes as Branch were filmed during the Senate's August, 2002 recess, so he missed no legislative time in order to act on television. Portraying the planning, politics, and preparation for the 1944 Invasion of Normandy, Selleck was critically lauded for playing a cool, calm Eisenhower. In doing so, he became the first serving U.S. Eisenhower in the History Channel's 2004 Made-for-TV Movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day. In the final months of his term, he joined the cast of the long-running NBC television series Law & Order, playing the character of District Attorney Arthur Branch (a role he still portrays as of 2005).

Surprising many of his fans, Selleck unexpectedly played the role of General Dwight D. Although he announced in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks his intention to seek re-election, upon further reflection, which seems to have been prompted in large part by the sudden death of his daughter from unrelated events, he decided not to pursue this course. He makes many such appearances in many television shows and sitcoms. He had never planned to make a lifetime career of the Senate, and had often publicly stated as much. Rising to 6'4", Selleck's dark hair, muscular, hairy-chested physique and trademark moustache make him popular for cameo appearances. Thompson was not a candidate for re-election in 2002. Selleck is a libertarian and is a registered Independent. Thompson then became the ranking minority member.

Selleck is an outspoken member of the National Rifle Association, and in a well known incident, he was verbally attacked by Rosie O'Donnell on her television show over his support of the NRA. While in the Senate, he was chair of the Committee on Governmental Affairs from 1997 to January 3, 2001 and January 20, 2001 to June 6, 2001, when the reorganization of the Senate prompted by the resignation of James Jeffords of Vermont from the Republican Party changed the control of the Senate. Tom Selleck (born January 29, 1945) is an American actor best known for his starring role on the television show "Magnum P.I.". This was no doubt due to his acting background, but many pundits saw this as an attempt to groom him for an even larger political role. Thompson was easily re-elected in 1996 for the term ending January 3, 2003 over Democratic attorney Houston Gordon of Ripley, Tennessee by an even larger margin than that by which he had defeated Cooper two years earlier. The role went to Harrison Ford instead. ("while I was still unpacking my boxes," as he put it) Thompson was selected by the Republicans to give a reply to a nationally-televised address by President Bill Clinton. Selleck screen-tested for, but had to turn down the role of Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, due to scheduling conflicts with "Magnum P.I.". Almost immediately upon his arrival in Washington, D.C.

High Road to China (1983). Thompson took the oath of office on December 2, 1994. Lassiter (1984). Representative Jim Cooper in a landslide which represented the most votes anyone had ever received for a statewide office in Tennessee history up to that point. Runaway (1984). On November 8, 1994, Thompson was elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 1997, left vacant by the resignation of Al Gore, defeating six-term Democratic U.S. Three Men and a Little Lady (1990). Even more than most actors, Thompson's roles are generally portrayals of characters who are very similar to his real life persona, much in the tradition of performers such as John Wayne.

Baseball (1992). Thompson would go on to appear in numerous motion pictures, including The Hunt for Red October (1990), Cape Fear (1991), and In the Line of Fire (1993). Mr. This film launched his acting career. Three Men and a Baby (1987). The scandal became the subject of a book and a movie titled Marie (1985) in which Thompson played himself, supposedly because the producers were unable to find a professional actor who could play him plausibly. Quigley Down Under (1990). In 1977, Thompson took on a Tennessee Parole Board case that ultimately toppled Tennessee Governor Ray Blanton from power on charges of selling pardons.