Tom Skerritt
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 25, 1933 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in more than forty films and more than two hundred television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences. Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences.
Known For
| 2025 | BrokeCliff | |
| 2025 | Alien: Terror in SpaceSelf - Actor | |
| 2024 | A Look Through His LensSelf | |
| 2022 | Going HomeVance Baker | |
| 2021 | East of the MountainsBen Givens | |
| 2021 | Catch the BulletDex | |
| 2019 | The Phantom 52The Phantom | |
| 2019 | Memory: The Origins of AlienSelf | |
| 2017 | LuckyFred | |
| 2017 | Day of DaysWalter | |
| 2016 | A Hologram for the KingRon Clay | |
| 2016 | Journey Back to ChristmasTobias Cook | |
| 2016 | The American WestSelf | |
| 2015 | Field of Lost ShoesUlysses S. Grant | |
| 2014 | Wings: Sky Force HeroesColonel (voice) | |
| 2014 | The Rocky Mountain Fly HighwayNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | Madam SecretaryPatrick McCord | |
| 2013 | At MiddletonDr. Roland Emerson | |
| 2013 | Redwood HighwayPete Peterson | |
| 2012 | TedTom Skerritt | |
| 2012 | Soda SpringsWalt Jackson | |
| 2011 | Redemption RoadSanta | |
| 2011 | Over HawaiiNarrator (voice) | |
| 2011 | Your Love Never FailsJack Connors | |
| 2010 | Soaring Over America | |
| 2009 | WhiteoutDr. John Fury | |
| 2009 | For Sale by OwnerClive Farrier | |
| 2009 | The Velveteen RabbitHorse (voice) | |
| 2009 | Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ExpositionNarrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding ClubNarrator | |
| 2009 | White CollarAlan Mitchell | |
| 2009 | The Good WifeJames Paisley | |
| 2008 | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeGabe Utterson | |
| 2008 | Beer for My HorsesSheriff Wilson Landry | |
| 2008 | Over America | |
| 2008 | The Trojan HorsePresident Stanfield | |
| 2008 | LeverageJimmy Ford | |
| 2007 | FallenZeke | |
| 2007 | Killer WaveVictor Bannister | |
| 2007 | Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!Self | |
| 2006 | DesperationJohn Edward Marinville | |
| 2006 | MammothSimon Abernathy | |
| 2006 | BonnevilleEmmett L. Johnson | |
| 2006 | FallenZeke | |
| 2006 | Brothers and SistersWilliam Walker | |
| 2005 | Vinegar HillFritz Grier | |
| 2005 | The Colbert ReportViper (archive footage) | |
| 2005 | Category 7: The End of the WorldColonel Mike Davis | |
| 2005 | The CloserDet. Joey 'O' Olin | |
| 2004 | Homeland SecurityAdmiral McKee | |
| 2004 | Huff | |
| 2004 | The Grid | |
| 2004 | Homeland SecurityAdmiral Theodore McKee | |
| 2003 | Path to WarWilliam Westmoreland | |
| 2003 | Tears of the SunCaptain Bill Rhodes | |
| 2003 | The Beast Within: Making AlienSelf | |
| 2003 | SwingGeorge Verdi | |
| 2002 | Changing HeartsJohnny Pinkley | |
| 2002 | GreenmailTom Bradshaw | |
| 2002 | The Alien SagaSelf | |
| 2002 | The Dead ZoneHerb Smith | |
| 2001 | Texas RangersRichard Dukes | |
| 2001 | History vs. HollywoodSelf | |
| 2000 | High NoonWill Kane | |
| 2000 | An American DaughterWalter | |
| 2000 | Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'Self | |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy | |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own TermsSelf | |
| 2000 | BackstorySelf | |
| 2000 | Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy | |
| 1999 | The Other SisterRadley Tate | |
| 1999 | The Hunt for the Unicorn KillerFred Maddux | |
| 1999 | Into the Wild BlueHost | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitOliver Taft | |
| 1999 | Aftershock: Earthquake in New YorkThomas Ahearn | |
| 1999 | The West WingChris Carrick | |
| 1999 | The Hunt For The Unicorn KillerFred Maddux | |
| 1998 | Two for TexasSam Houston | |
| 1998 | Smoke SignalsPolice Chief | |
| 1998 | Will & GraceDr. Jay Markus | |
| 1997 | ContactDavid Drumlin | |
| 1997 | Divided by HateSteve Riordan | |
| 1997 | What the Deaf Man HeardNorm Jenkins | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1994 | Over California in High DefinitionNarrator (voice) | |
| 1994 | Chicago HopeJim Kellner | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest | |
| 1992 | A River Runs Through ItRev. Maclean | |
| 1992 | SinglesMayor Weber | |
| 1992 | Knight MovesFrank Sedman | |
| 1992 | Poison IvyDarryl Cooper | |
| 1992 | Getting Up and Going HomeJack Montgomery | |
| 1992 | In Sickness and in HealthJerritt Mattison | |
| 1992 | Picket FencesJimmy Brock | |
| 1991 | Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of BlueHam McDonald | |
| 1990 | The RookieEugene Ackerman | |
| 1990 | Child in the NightDetective Bass | |
| 1990 | The China Lake MurdersSheriff Sam Brodie | |
| 1990 | She'll Take RomanceJudge Warren Danvers | |
| 1990 | A Question About SexJim | |
| 1989 | Steel MagnoliasDrum Eatenton | |
| 1989 | The HeistEbbet Berens | |
| 1989 | Big Man on CampusDr. Webster | |
| 1989 | Red King, White KnightStoner | |
| 1988 | Poltergeist IIIBruce Gardner | |
| 1988 | Nightmare at BittercreekDing | |
| 1988 | Moving TargetJoseph Kellogg | |
| 1988 | Honor BoundSam Cahill | |
| 1987 | Maid to OrderCharles Montgomery | |
| 1987 | Poker AliceJeremy Collins | |
| 1987 | The Big TownPhil Carpenter | |
| 1986 | Top GunViper | |
| 1986 | Opposing ForceLogan | |
| 1986 | SpaceCampZack | |
| 1986 | WisdomLloyd Wisdom | |
| 1986 | The Parent Trap IIBill Grand | |
| 1986 | Miles to Go…Stuart Browning | |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone(segment "What Are Friends For?") | |
| 1985 | Danger BayDon Bared | |
| 1984 | Calendar Girl MurdersLieutenant Dan Stoner | |
| 1984 | A Touch of ScandalFather Dwelle | |
| 1983 | The Dead ZoneSheriff Bannerman | |
| 1983 | The HitchhikerDetective Frank Sheen | |
| 1983 | Ryan's FourDr. Thomas Ryan | |
| 1982 | Fighting BackJohn D'Angelo | |
| 1982 | A Dangerous SummerHoward Anderson | |
| 1982 | CheersEvan Drake | |
| 1981 | Savage HarvestCasey | |
| 1981 | Silence of the NorthWalter Reamer | |
| 1979 | AlienDallas | |
| 1978 | Maneaters Are Loose!John Gosford | |
| 1978 | Ice CastlesMarcus Winston | |
| 1978 | Up in SmokeStrawberry | |
| 1977 | The Turning PointWayne | |
| 1976 | Plot of FearChief Inspector | |
| 1976 | La madamaJack | |
| 1976 | Origins of the MafiaBernardino Campo | |
| 1975 | The Devil’s RainTom Preston | |
| 1975 | The Last DayBill Powers | |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | S.W.A.T. | |
| 1974 | Thieves Like UsDee Mobley | |
| 1974 | Big Bad MamaFred | |
| 1974 | Run, Run, Joe!Margherito | |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | |
| 1974 | The Manhunter | |
| 1974 | Get Christie Love! | |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night StalkerRobert W. Palmer | |
| 1973 | The BirdmenOrville Fitzgerald | |
| 1972 | FuzzDet. Bert Kling | |
| 1971 | Wild RoversJohn Buckman | |
| 1971 | Harold and MaudeMotorcycle Officer | |
| 1971 | CannonBud | |
| 1971 | NicholsCharley Doyle | |
| 1970 | M*A*S*HDuke Forrest | |
| 1970 | The Moonshine WarNeighbor (uncredited) | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-OLew Morgan | |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | The OutsiderArnie Cambor | |
| 1967 | A Bell for AdanoSgt. Trapani | |
| 1967 | MannixMorgan Carpenter | |
| 1967 | Cimarron StripEnoch Shelton | |
| 1966 | The Time TunnelMatthew Gebhardt | |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1965 | The Further Adventures of GallegherCorky Mardis | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I.Robert Hastings | |
| 1965 | Run for Your LifeLou Patterson | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I.John Clarence Rim | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I.Thorn Hazard | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I.Bill Leonard | |
| 1964 | One Man's WayLeonard Peale, Grown | |
| 1964 | Those CallowaysWhit Turner | |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock HighLt. Paddy Gialella | |
| 1964 | 12 O'Clock HighLt. Steve Parmalee | |
| 1963 | The FugitiveNeely Hollister | |
| 1963 | The FugitivePete Edwards | |
| 1962 | War HuntSgt. Stan Showalter | |
| 1962 | Combat!Hicks | |
| 1962 | The VirginianEric Kroeger | |
| 1962 | Combat!Burke | |
| 1962 | Combat!Sgt. Decker | |
| 1962 | The VirginianRev. Paul Martinson | |
| 1962 | The VirginianBilly Landers | |
| 1962 | The VirginianMoran | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf | |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock HourFrank Farmer | |
| 1959 | BonanzaJerry | |
| 1959 | BonanzaCorporal Bill Tanner | |
| 1957 | Wagon TrainHamish Browne | |
| 1957 | The Real McCoysMailman | |
| 1956 | Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeEdmund Dano | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeBen Stone | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeOrv Timpson | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeFred Garth | |
| 1955 | GunsmokeTuck Frye | |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of DisneyCorky Mardis | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameNorm Jenkins | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf |
| 2021 | East of the MountainsExecutive Producer |
| 1997 | Divided by HateDirector | |
| 1990 | A Question About SexDirector | |
| 1972 | ABC Afterschool SpecialDirector |