Tom Skerritt
Known for Acting · 182 credits
- Born
- 1933-08-25 (age 92)
- Place of birth
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Also known as
- Tom Skerrit · Thomas Roy Skerritt · Τομ Σκέριτ · 汤姆·斯凯里特 · 톰 스커릿 · 湯姆·史基瑞
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
TV Shows (65)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Oliver Taft
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Fugitive
1963
as Neely Hollister / Pete Edwards
The Good Wife
2009
as James Paisley
The West Wing
1999
as Chris Carrick
The Closer
2005
as Det. Joey 'O' Olin
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Bonanza
1959
as Jerry / Corporal Bill Tanner
Cheers
1982
as Evan Drake
Chicago Hope
1994
as Jim Kellner
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Wagon Train
1957
as Hamish Browne
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Lew Morgan
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Will & Grace
1998
as Dr. Jay Markus
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Frank Farmer
Mannix
1967
as Morgan Carpenter
White Collar
2009
as Alan Mitchell
The Virginian
1962
as Eric Kroeger / Rev. Paul Martinson / Billy Landers / Moran
Madam Secretary
2014
as Patrick McCord
Brothers and Sisters
2006
as William Walker
The F.B.I.
1965
as Robert Hastings / John Clarence Rim / Thorn Hazard / Bill Leonard
Run for Your Life
1965
as Lou Patterson
Combat!
1962
as Hicks / Burke / Sgt. Decker
Cannon
1971
as Bud
Leverage
2008
as Jimmy Ford
The Dead Zone
2002
as Herb Smith
The Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "What Are Friends For?")
Gunsmoke
1955
as Edmund Dano / Ben Stone / Orv Timpson / Fred Garth / Tuck Frye
Baretta
1975
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007
as Self
12 O'Clock High
1964
as Lt. Paddy Gialella / Lt. Steve Parmalee
The Hitchhiker
1983
as Detective Frank Sheen
The Real McCoys
1957
as Mailman
The Time Tunnel
1966
as Matthew Gebhardt
Felony Squad
1966
Picket Fences
1992
as Jimmy Brock
Lancer
1968
Danger Bay
1985
as Don Bared
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as Robert W. Palmer
The Manhunter
1974
Nichols
1971
as Charley Doyle
Huff
2004
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Enoch Shelton
S.W.A.T.
1975
The Outsider
1968
as Arnie Cambor
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Corky Mardis
History vs. Hollywood
2001
as Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Norm Jenkins
The American West
2016
as Self
Killer Wave
2007
as Victor Bannister
Going Home
2022
as Vance Baker
Fallen
2007
as Zeke
Backstory
2000
as Self
Get Christie Love!
1974
The Grid
2004
Origins of the Mafia
1976
as Bernardino Campo
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Category 7: The End of the World
2005
as Colonel Mike Davis
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999
as Thomas Ahearn
Movies (117)
Alien
1979
as Dallas
Top Gun
1986
as Viper
Ted
2012
as Tom Skerritt
Contact
1997
as David Drumlin
Tears of the Sun
2003
as Captain Bill Rhodes
A River Runs Through It
1992
as Rev. Maclean
Steel Magnolias
1989
as Drum Eatenton
The Dead Zone
1983
as Sheriff Bannerman
M*A*S*H
1970
as Duke Forrest
Whiteout
2009
as Dr. John Fury
Broke
2025
as Cliff
A Hologram for the King
2016
as Ron Clay
Poison Ivy
1992
as Darryl Cooper
Lucky
2017
as Fred
The Rookie
1990
as Eugene Ackerman
Poltergeist III
1988
as Bruce Gardner
Harold and Maude
1971
as Motorcycle Officer
Up in Smoke
1978
as Strawberry
Big Bad Mama
1974
as Fred
Singles
1992
as Mayor Weber
Soda Springs
2012
as Walt Jackson
The Parent Trap II
1986
as Bill Grand
Calendar Girl Murders
1984
as Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Fallen
2006
as Zeke
Path to War
2003
as William Westmoreland
The Other Sister
1999
as Radley Tate
Desperation
2006
as John Edward Marinville
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997
as Norm Jenkins
Bonneville
2006
as Emmett L. Johnson
Greenmail
2002
as Tom Bradshaw
The Big Town
1987
as Phil Carpenter
Texas Rangers
2001
as Richard Dukes
A Question About Sex
1990
as Jim
Swing
2003
as George Verdi
At Middleton
2013
as Dr. Roland Emerson
Catch the Bullet
2021
as Dex
Knight Moves
1992
as Frank Sedman
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991
as Ham McDonald
Plot of Fear
1976
as Chief Inspector
Field of Lost Shoes
2015
as Ulysses S. Grant
The Alien Saga
2002
as Self
The Turning Point
1977
as Wayne
Your Love Never Fails
2011
as Jack Connors
The Devil’s Rain
1975
as Tom Preston
East of the Mountains
2021
as Ben Givens
An American Daughter
2000
as Walter
The Moonshine War
1970
as Neighbor (uncredited)
SpaceCamp
1986
as Zack
Ice Castles
1978
as Marcus Winston
Fighting Back
1982
as John D'Angelo
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019
as Self
Maid to Order
1987
as Charles Montgomery
Journey Back to Christmas
2016
as Tobias Cook
Child in the Night
1990
as Detective Bass
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009
as Horse (voice)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2008
as Gabe Utterson
Mammoth
2006
as Simon Abernathy
Red King, White Knight
1989
as Stoner
Moving Target
1988
as Joseph Kellogg
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
2014
as Colonel (voice)
Nightmare at Bittercreek
1988
as Ding
The Birdmen
1973
as Orville Fitzgerald
Poker Alice
1987
as Jeremy Collins
Silence of the North
1981
as Walter Reamer
Opposing Force
1986
as Logan
Redemption Road
2011
as Santa
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as Self
The China Lake Murders
1990
as Sheriff Sam Brodie
Big Man on Campus
1989
as Dr. Webster
War Hunt
1962
as Sgt. Stan Showalter
Thieves Like Us
1974
as Dee Mobley
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999
as Fred Maddux
Wisdom
1986
as Lloyd Wisdom
Homeland Security
2004
as Admiral McKee
Savage Harvest
1981
as Casey
Changing Hearts
2002
as Johnny Pinkley
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000
as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Smoke Signals
1998
as Police Chief
Fuzz
1972
as Det. Bert Kling
A Touch of Scandal
1984
as Father Dwelle
Divided by Hate
1997
as Steve Riordan
A Dangerous Summer
1982
as Howard Anderson
The Heist
1989
as Ebbet Berens
Altman on His Own Terms
2000
as Self
She'll Take Romance
1990
as Judge Warren Danvers
In Sickness and in Health
1992
as Jerritt Mattison
Those Calloways
1964
as Whit Turner
Redwood Highway
2013
as Pete Peterson
The Last Day
1975
as Bill Powers
The Phantom 52
2019
as The Phantom
Honor Bound
1988
as Sam Cahill
Two for Texas
1998
as Sam Houston
Run, Run, Joe!
1974
as Margherito
One Man's Way
1964
as Leonard Peale, Grown
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000
as Self
Beer for My Horses
2008
as Sheriff Wilson Landry
For Sale by Owner
2009
as Clive Farrier
Getting Up and Going Home
1992
as Jack Montgomery
Alien: Terror in Space
2025
as Self - Actor
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Corky Mardis
Wild Rovers
1971
as John Buckman
Vinegar Hill
2005
as Fritz Grier
La madama
1976
as Jack
A Bell for Adano
1967
as Sgt. Trapani
A Look Through His Lens
2024
as Self
Soaring Over America
2010
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009
as Narrator
Day of Days
2017
as Walter
High Noon
2000
as Will Kane
Over Hawaii
2011
as Narrator (voice)
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978
as John Gosford
Miles to Go…
1986
as Stuart Browning
Over California
1994
as Narrator (voice)
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Into the Wild Blue
1999
as Host
Over America
1995
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
2009
as Narrator (voice)
About Tom Skerritt
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. With 182 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Tom Skerritt has appeared in 117 films and 65 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tom Skerritt Movies
- Alien (1979) — as Dallas
- Top Gun (1986) — as Viper
- Ted (2012) — as Tom Skerritt
- Contact (1997) — as David Drumlin
- Tears of the Sun (2003) — as Captain Bill Rhodes
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