Name
Tom Skerritt
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1933-08-25 (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
Tears of the Sun
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Navy SEAL Lieutenant A.K. Waters and his elite squadron of tactical specialists are forced...
Relase Date : 7 Mar, 2003
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A River Runs Through It
(1,253 Votes)
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The Maclean brothers, Paul and Norman, live a relatively idyllic life in rural Montana, sp...
Relase Date : 9 Oct, 1992
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The Dead Zone
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Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fi...
Relase Date : 21 Oct, 1983
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Steel Magnolias
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A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon...
Relase Date : 15 Nov, 1989
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Tv Shows
- 1992 A River Runs Through It as Reverend Maclean
- 1970 M*A*S*H as Duke Forrest
- 1997 Contact as David Drumlin
- 2006 Desperation as John Edward Marinville
- 1986 Top Gun as Viper
- 1988 Poltergeist III as Bruce Gardner
- 1987 Maid to Order as Charles Montgomery
- 1989 Steel Magnolias as Drum Eatenton
- 1991 Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue as Ham McDonald
- 1972 Fuzz as Det. Bert Kling
- 1992 Singles as Mayor Weber
- 1983 The Dead Zone as Sheriff Bannerman
- 2009 Whiteout as Dr. John Fury
- 2003 Path to War as William Westmoreland
- 1992 Knight Moves as Frank Sedman
- 1981 Savage Harvest as Casey
- 1990 The Rookie as Eugene Ackerman
- 1964 One Man's Way as Leonard Peale, Grown
- 1970 The Moonshine War as Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1978 Maneaters Are Loose! as John Gosford
- 1974 Thieves Like Us as Dee Mobley
- 2009 For Sale by Owner as Clive Farrier
- 1962 War Hunt as Sgt. Stan Showalter
- 1992 Poison Ivy as Darryl Cooper
- 2003 Tears of the Sun as Captain Bill Rhodes
- 2001 Texas Rangers as Richard Dukes
- 1986 Opposing Force as Logan
- 1986 SpaceCamp as Zack
- 1986 Wisdom as Lloyd Wisdom
- 2008 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Gabe Utterson
- 2006 Mammoth as Simon Abernathy
- 2009 The Velveteen Rabbit as Horse (voice)
- 1971 Wild Rovers as John Buckman
- 1964 Those Calloways as Whit Turner
- 1977 The Turning Point as Wayne
- 1976 Plot of Fear as Chief Inspector
- 1974 Big Bad Mama as Fred
- 1975 The Devil’s Rain as Tom Preston
- 2006 Bonneville as Emmett L. Johnson
- 1999 The Other Sister as Radley Tate
- 1997 Divided by Hate as Steve Riordan
- 2006 Fallen as Zeke
- 1986 The Parent Trap II as Bill Grand
- 1978 Ice Castles as Marcus Winston
- 2002 Changing Hearts as Johnny Pinkley
- 2003 The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self
- 2000 High Noon as Will Kane
- 2012 Ted as Tom Skerritt
- 1989 The Heist as Ebbet Berens
- 2011 Redemption Road as Santa
- 1967 A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Trapani
- 1965 The Further Adventures of Gallegher as Corky Mardis
- 2012 Soda Springs as Walt Jackson
- 2005 Vinegar Hill as Fritz Grier
- 2003 Swing as George Verdi
- 1982 Fighting Back as John D'Angelo
- 2004 Homeland Security as Admiral McKee
- 1999 The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Fred Maddux
- 1998 Two for Texas as Sam Houston
- 1982 A Dangerous Summer as Howard Anderson
- 1984 Calendar Girl Murders as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
- 2000 An American Daughter as Walter
- 1990 Child in the Night as Detective Bass
- 1990 The China Lake Murders as Sheriff Sam Brodie
- 1987 Poker Alice as Jeremy Collins
- 1994 Over California as Narrator (voice)
- 2013 At Middleton as Roland Emerson
- 2002 Greenmail as Tom Bradshaw
- 2011 Over Hawaii as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 Nightmare at Bittercreek as Ding
- 1988 Moving Target as Joseph Kellogg
- 1989 Big Man on Campus as Dr. Webster
- 2013 Redwood Highway as Pete Peterson
- 1974 Run, Run, Joe! as Margherito
- 2016 A Hologram for the King as Ron Clay
- 2009 Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as Narrator (voice)
- 1989 Red King, White Knight as Stoner
- 2025 Broke as Cliff
- 2014 Wings: Sky Force Heroes as Colonel (voice)
- 1976 La madama as Jack
- 1978 Up in Smoke as Strawberry
- 1987 The Big Town as Phil Carpenter
- 1981 Silence of the North as Walter Reamer
- 2008 Beer for My Horses as Sheriff Wilson Landry
- 1975 The Last Day as Bill Powers
- 1990 She'll Take Romance as Judge Warren Danvers
- 1992 Getting Up and Going Home as Jack Montgomery
- 2011 Your Love Never Fails as Jack Connors
- 2024 A Look Through His Lens as Self
- 1971 Harold and Maude as Motorcycle Officer
- 2000 Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self
- 2010 Soaring Over America
- 1997 What the Deaf Man Heard as Norm Jenkins
- 2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- 1979 Alien as Dallas
- 2015 Field of Lost Shoes as Ulysses S. Grant
- 1986 Miles to Go… as Stuart Browning
- 2014 The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 A Touch of Scandal as Father Dwelle
- 2002 The Alien Saga as Self
- 2016 Journey Back to Christmas as Tobias Cook
- 2009 The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club as Narrator
- 2017 Lucky as Fred
- 1992 In Sickness and in Health as Jerritt Mattison
- 1988 Honor Bound as Sam Cahill
- 2017 Day of Days as Walter
- 1995 Over America
- 2019 The Phantom 52 as The Phantom
- 2019 Memory: The Origins of Alien as Self
- 1998 Smoke Signals as Police Chief
- 1999 Into the Wild Blue as Host
- 2021 East of the Mountains as Ben Givens
- 1973 The Birdmen as Orville Fitzgerald
- 2021 Catch the Bullet as Dex
- 1990 A Question About Sex as Jim
- 2025 Alien: Terror in Space as Self - Actor
- 2000 Altman on His Own Terms as Self
- 1992 The Making of 'Alien³' as Self
- 1966 The Time Tunnel ( 1 episode ) as Matthew Gebhardt
- 2006 Brothers and Sisters ( 6 episodes ) as William Walker
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Robert Hastings
- 2004 Huff ( 2 episodes )
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Lew Morgan
- 1985 The Twilight Zone ( 1 episode ) as (segment "What Are Friends For?")
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode )
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Oliver Taft
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode ) as Morgan Carpenter
- 2001 History vs. Hollywood ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Edmund Dano
- 1962 Combat! ( 1 episode ) as Hicks
- 1971 Cannon ( 3 episodes ) as Bud
- 1998 Will & Grace ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Jay Markus
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Norm Jenkins
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Jim Kellner
- 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker ( 0 episode )
- 1966 Felony Squad ( 1 episode )
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Lou Patterson
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Neely Hollister
- 1975 S.W.A.T. ( 1 episode )
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Eric Kroeger
- 1968 Lancer ( 1 episode )
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Pete Edwards
- 1983 The Hitchhiker ( 1 episode ) as Detective Frank Sheen
- 2004 The Grid ( 6 episodes )
- 1974 The Manhunter ( 1 episode )
- 2008 The Trojan Horse ( 2 episodes ) as President Stanfield
- 1974 Get Christie Love! ( 1 episode )
- 2007 Fallen ( 1 episode ) as Zeke
- 1983 Ryan's Four ( 5 episodes ) as Dr. Thomas Ryan
- 1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Paddy Gialella
- 1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York ( 2 episodes ) as Thomas Ahearn
- 2009 White Collar ( 1 episode ) as Alan Mitchell
- 1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker ( 1 episode ) as Robert W. Palmer
- 1999 The West Wing ( 1 episode ) as Chris Carrick
- 2004 Homeland Security ( 1 episode ) as Admiral Theodore McKee
- 1992 Picket Fences ( 88 episodes ) as Jimmy Brock
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 1 episode ) as Corky Mardis
- 1971 Nichols ( 1 episode ) as Charley Doyle
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as John Clarence Rim
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Thorn Hazard
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as Bill Leonard
- 1962 Combat! ( 1 episode ) as Burke
- 1962 Combat! ( 1 episode ) as Sgt. Decker
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Rev. Paul Martinson
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Billy Landers
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Ben Stone
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Orv Timpson
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Fred Garth
- 1955 Gunsmoke ( 1 episode ) as Tuck Frye
- 1962 The Virginian ( 1 episode ) as Moran
- 1985 Danger Bay ( 1 episode ) as Don Bared
- 2007 Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 The American West ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Jerry
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Corporal Bill Tanner
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 Wagon Train ( 1 episode ) as Hamish Browne
- 1999 The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer ( 2 episodes ) as Fred Maddux
- 1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Lt. Steve Parmalee
- 2005 Category 7: The End of the World ( 2 episodes ) as Colonel Mike Davis
- 2008 Leverage ( 2 episodes ) as Jimmy Ford
- 1982 Cheers ( 6 episodes ) as Evan Drake
- 2005 The Closer ( 1 episode ) as Det. Joey 'O' Olin
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Frank Farmer
- 1957 The Real McCoys ( 1 episode ) as Mailman
- 2000 Backstory ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 2 episodes ) as James Paisley
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Nominee
- 1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 The Dead Zone ( 1 episode ) as Herb Smith
- 2014 Madam Secretary ( 1 episode ) as Patrick McCord
- 1968 The Outsider ( 1 episode ) as Arnie Cambor
- 1967 Cimarron Strip ( 1 episode ) as Enoch Shelton
- 2022 Going Home ( 1 episode ) as Vance Baker
- 2000 Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis ( 2 episodes ) as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Presenter
- 1976 Origins of the Mafia ( 1 episode ) as Bernardino Campo
- 2007 Killer Wave ( 2 episodes ) as Victor Bannister
