[somemoreequalthanothers]

All I really know him as is an actor from "Hunt for Red October".
And I'm very leary of actors, who with the possible exception of John Wayne, are never who they personify on screen. (Clint Eastwood for example)
Has Thompson ever achieved much of anything in the real world? If so, I'm not aware of it.

[areafiftyone]

Has Thompson ever achieved much of anything in the real world?

Well he co-sponsored McCain Feingold.