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