He then made his first of five guest shots as Defense Attorney Charles Garnett in Season 5's ' Progeny.'Īfter logging his final turn as Garnett in Season 12's ' Dazzled,' Reborn returned in a small but critical role as a doctor targeted for his role in a lethal injection in Season 18's ' Executioner.' Following that 2008 performance, Reborn returned to a busy schedule of TV and film appearances, including ' 30 Rock' and a recurring role on ' Homeland,' before logging his final screen role in the 2013 TV movie 'Ordained.' Diagnosed with melanoma in 1992, Rebhorn died from the disease at the age of 65 on March 14, 2014. He debuted on the series in Season 2's ' Vengeance' as a vicious serial killer who returned to his murder spree after a five-year prison sentence. Rebhorn's extensive CV included supporting roles in 'Independence Day' and ' My Cousin Vinny,' as well as TV series like ' Seinfeld,' for which he played the lawyer that sent Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer to jail in the series finale.

He also played Branch on four other 'Law and Order' series, including 11 episodes of 'SVU' and 13 episodes of 'Trial By Jury,' for which he served as a series regular while also starring on 'Law & Order.' Diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2004, Thompson died after a recurrence of the disease at the age of 73 on November 1, 2015. Thompson joined 'Law and Order' during his final term as a senator, and played Branch for five seasons before departing in 2007 to oversee his presidential bid. He parlayed the performance into steady work as authority figures in films like 'The Hunt for Red October,' ' Cape Fear,' ' Sinister and perhaps most memorably, ' Die Hard 2.'

His acting career began in 1985 when director Roger Donaldson asked him to play himself in the film 'Marie,' about a corruption case against Tennessee's governor that Thompson had assisted.

attorney and minority counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee in the 1970s, Thompson was a two-term Tennessee senator from 1994 to 2003, and even ran for president in 2007.

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