Tom Skerritt
Acting
Born: August 25, 1933 (age 93) · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Highest Rated
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
Alien
1979
Ted
2012
Top Gun
1986
Contact
1997
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Tears of the Sun
2003
The Dead Zone
1983
White Collar
2009
A Hologram for the King
2016
Harold and Maude
1971
A River Runs Through It
1992
M*A*S*H
1970
Photos (10)
Movies (110)
Top Gun
Viper
Alien
Dallas
Ted
Tom Skerritt
Tears of the Sun
Captain Bill Rhodes
Contact
David Drumlin
The Dead Zone
Sheriff Bannerman
A River Runs Through It
Reverend Maclean
Steel Magnolias
Drum Eatenton
Singles
Mayor Weber
The Rookie
Eugene Ackerman
Up in Smoke
Strawberry
Whiteout
Dr. John Fury
Lucky
Fred
M*A*S*H
Duke Forrest
A Hologram for the King
Ron Clay
Desperation
John Edward Marinville
Harold and Maude
Motorcycle Officer
At Middleton
Roland Emerson
Poison Ivy
Darryl Cooper
Wild Rovers
John Buckman
The Turning Point
Wayne
Big Bad Mama
Fred
Poltergeist III
Bruce Gardner
The Devil’s Rain
Tom Preston
The Other Sister
Radley Tate
Broke
Cliff
Knight Moves
Frank Sedman
Path to War
William Westmoreland
Maid to Order
Charles Montgomery
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Ham McDonald
The Big Town
Phil Carpenter
Texas Rangers
Richard Dukes
Those Calloways
Whit Turner
Catch the Bullet
Dex
Fallen
Zeke
The Moonshine War
Neighbor (uncredited)
Fuzz
Det. Bert Kling
SpaceCamp
Zack
Fighting Back
John D'Angelo
Calendar Girl Murders
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
The Parent Trap II
Bill Grand
Your Love Never Fails
Jack Connors
Ice Castles
Marcus Winston
The China Lake Murders
Sheriff Sam Brodie
Child in the Night
Detective Bass
Beer for My Horses
Sheriff Wilson Landry
Thieves Like Us
Dee Mobley
Bonneville
Emmett L. Johnson
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Gabe Utterson
Field of Lost Shoes
Ulysses S. Grant
The Velveteen Rabbit
Horse (voice)
Journey Back to Christmas
Tobias Cook
Moving Target
Joseph Kellogg
East of the Mountains
Ben Givens
Opposing Force
Logan
Run, Run, Joe!
Margherito
Smoke Signals
Police Chief
Big Man on Campus
Dr. Webster
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux
Mammoth
Simon Abernathy
Soda Springs
Walt Jackson
Greenmail
Tom Bradshaw
What the Deaf Man Heard
Norm Jenkins
Changing Hearts
Johnny Pinkley
War Hunt
Sgt. Stan Showalter
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Colonel (voice)
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Plot of Fear
Chief Inspector
Poker Alice
Jeremy Collins
Over California
Narrator (voice)
The Heist
Ebbet Berens
One Man's Way
Leonard Peale, Grown
The Birdmen
Orville Fitzgerald
Red King, White Knight
Stoner
Wisdom
Lloyd Wisdom
A Question About Sex
Jim
An American Daughter
Walter
La madama
Jack
Swing
George Verdi
For Sale by Owner
Clive Farrier
High Noon
Will Kane
In Sickness and in Health
Jerritt Mattison
A Touch of Scandal
Father Dwelle
Getting Up and Going Home
Jack Montgomery
Divided by Hate
Steve Riordan
Vinegar Hill
Fritz Grier
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Ding
Savage Harvest
Casey
Silence of the North
Walter Reamer
Two for Texas
Sam Houston
A Bell for Adano
Sgt. Trapani
Over Hawaii
Narrator (voice)
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Corky Mardis
She'll Take Romance
Judge Warren Danvers
The Phantom 52
The Phantom
Day of Days
Walter
Over America
1995
The Last Day
Bill Powers
Into the Wild Blue
Host
Redwood Highway
Pete Peterson
Redemption Road
Santa
Honor Bound
Sam Cahill
Homeland Security
Admiral McKee
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Narrator
Miles to Go…
Stuart Browning
Maneaters Are Loose!
John Gosford
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Narrator (voice)
A Dangerous Summer
Howard Anderson
Soaring Over America
2010
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (73)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Oliver Taft · 1 eps
The Good Wife
James Paisley · 2 eps
The West Wing
Chris Carrick · 1 eps
Cheers
Evan Drake · 6 eps
Mannix
Morgan Carpenter · 1 eps
Bonanza
Jerry · 1 eps
Bonanza
Corporal Bill Tanner · 1 eps
Will & Grace
Dr. Jay Markus · 1 eps
The Closer
Det. Joey 'O' Olin · 1 eps
White Collar
Alan Mitchell · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Jim Kellner · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Neely Hollister · 1 eps
The Fugitive
Pete Edwards · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Hamish Browne · 1 eps
The Virginian
Eric Kroeger · 1 eps
The Virginian
Rev. Paul Martinson · 1 eps
The Virginian
Billy Landers · 1 eps
The Virginian
Moran · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Lew Morgan · 1 eps
Madam Secretary
Patrick McCord · 1 eps
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Frank Farmer · 1 eps
Brothers and Sisters
William Walker · 6 eps
The F.B.I.
Robert Hastings · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
John Clarence Rim · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Thorn Hazard · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Bill Leonard · 1 eps
The Dead Zone
Herb Smith · 1 eps
Cannon
Bud · 3 eps
Combat!
Hicks · 1 eps
Combat!
Burke · 1 eps
Combat!
Sgt. Decker · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
(segment "What Are Friends For?") · 1 eps
Leverage
Jimmy Ford · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
Edmund Dano · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Ben Stone · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Orv Timpson · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Fred Garth · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Tuck Frye · 1 eps
The Hitchhiker
Detective Frank Sheen · 1 eps
Run for Your Life
Lou Patterson · 1 eps
Baretta
1 eps
Picket Fences
Jimmy Brock · 88 eps
The Time Tunnel
Matthew Gebhardt · 1 eps
Felony Squad
1 eps
The Real McCoys
Mailman · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Paddy Gialella · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Steve Parmalee · 1 eps
Lancer
1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Robert W. Palmer · 1 eps
Danger Bay
Don Bared · 1 eps
Huff
2 eps
Nichols
Charley Doyle · 1 eps
Cimarron Strip
Enoch Shelton · 1 eps
The Manhunter
1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Corky Mardis · 1 eps
The Outsider
Arnie Cambor · 1 eps
S.W.A.T.
1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Norm Jenkins · 1 eps
Fallen
Zeke · 1 eps
Get Christie Love!
1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Thomas Ahearn · 2 eps
Going Home
Vance Baker · 1 eps
Category 7: The End of the World
Colonel Mike Davis · 2 eps
Origins of the Mafia
Bernardino Campo · 1 eps
The Grid
6 eps
Killer Wave
Victor Bannister · 2 eps
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux · 2 eps
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy · 2 eps
Ryan's Four
Dr. Thomas Ryan · 5 eps
Homeland Security
Admiral Theodore McKee · 1 eps
The Trojan Horse
President Stanfield · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (15)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Self · 1 eps
The American West
Self · 8 eps
Alien: Terror in Space
Self - Actor
Backstory
Self · 1 eps
History vs. Hollywood
Self · 1 eps
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
The Alien Saga
Self
The Making of 'Alien³'
Self
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
