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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
205
Gender
Male
Birthday
1933-08-25 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Acting
2025
Broke as Cliff2025
Alien: Terror in Space as Self - Actor2024
A Look Through His Lens as Self2022
Going Home as Vance Baker2021
East of the Mountains as Ben Givens2021
Catch the Bullet as Dex2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien as Self2019
The Phantom 52 as The Phantom2017
Lucky as Fred2017
Day of Days as Walter2016
Journey Back to Christmas as Tobias Cook2016
A Hologram for the King as Ron Clay2016
The American West as Self2015
Field of Lost Shoes as Ulysses S. Grant2014
Madam Secretary as Patrick McCord2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes as Colonel (voice)2014
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway as Narrator (voice)2013
Redwood Highway as Pete Peterson2013
At Middleton as Dr. Roland Emerson2012
Ted as Tom Skerritt2012
Soda Springs as Walt Jackson2011
Your Love Never Fails as Jack Connors2011
Redemption Road as Santa2011
Over Hawaii as Narrator (voice)2010
Soaring Over America as Not available2009
The Good Wife as James Paisley2009
White Collar as Alan Mitchell2009
Whiteout as Dr. John Fury2009
The Velveteen Rabbit as Horse (voice)2009
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club as Narrator2009
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as Narrator (voice)2009
For Sale by Owner as Clive Farrier2008
Leverage as Jimmy Ford2008
Beer for My Horses as Sheriff Wilson Landry2008
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Gabe Utterson2008
Over America as Not available2008
The Trojan Horse as President Stanfield2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Self2007
Fallen as Not available2007
Killer Wave as Victor Bannister2006
Brothers and Sisters as William Walker2006
Fallen as Zeke2006
Mammoth as Simon Abernathy2006
Desperation as John Edward Marinville2006
Bonneville as Emmett L. Johnson2005
The Colbert Report as Viper (archive footage)2005
The Closer as Det. Joey 'O' Olin2005
Vinegar Hill as Fritz Grier2005
Category 7: The End of the World as Colonel Mike Davis2005
Category 7: The End of the World as Colonel Mike Davis2004
Homeland Security as Admiral McKee2004
Huff as Not available2004
The Grid as Not available2004
Homeland Security as Admiral Theodore McKee2003
Tears of the Sun as Captain Bill Rhodes2003
Path to War as William Westmoreland2003
Swing as George Verdi2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien as Self2002
The Dead Zone as Herb Smith2002
Changing Hearts as Johnny Pinkley2002
Greenmail as Tom Bradshaw2002
The Alien Saga as Self2001
Texas Rangers as Richard Dukes2001
History vs. Hollywood as Self2000
High Noon as Will Kane2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy2000
An American Daughter as Walter2000
Altman on His Own Terms as Self2000
Backstory as Self2000
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H' as Self2000
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis as Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Oliver Taft1999
The West Wing as Chris Carrick1999
The Other Sister as Radley Tate1999
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York as Thomas Ahearn1999
Into the Wild Blue as Host1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer as Fred Maddux1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer as Fred Maddux1998
Will & Grace as Dr. Jay Markus1998
Smoke Signals as Police Chief1998
Two for Texas as Sam Houston1997
Contact as David Drumlin1997
Divided by Hate as Steve Riordan1997
What the Deaf Man Heard as Norm Jenkins1996
E! True Hollywood Story as Not available1994
Chicago Hope as Not available1994
Over California in High Definition as Narrator (voice)1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest1992
A River Runs Through It as Rev. Maclean1992
Picket Fences as Jimmy Brock1992
Knight Moves as Frank Sedman1992
Poison Ivy as Darryl Cooper1992
Singles as Mayor Weber1992
In Sickness and in Health as Jerritt Mattison1992
Getting Up and Going Home as Jack Montgomery1991
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue as Ham McDonald1990
She'll Take Romance as Judge Warren Danvers1990
Child in the Night as Detective Bass1990
The China Lake Murders as Sheriff Sam Brodie1990
The Rookie as Eugene Ackerman1990
A Question About Sex as Jim1989
Red King, White Knight as Stoner1989
Big Man on Campus as Dr. Webster1989
The Heist as Ebbet Berens1989
Steel Magnolias as Drum Eatenton1988
Moving Target as Joseph Kellogg1988
Honor Bound as Sam Cahill1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek as Ding1988
Poltergeist III as Bruce Gardner1987
The Big Town as Phil Carpenter1987
Maid to Order as Charles Montgomery1987
Poker Alice as Jeremy Collins1986
Top Gun as Viper1986
Opposing Force as Logan1986
SpaceCamp as Zack1986
Wisdom as Lloyd Wisdom1986
The Parent Trap II as Bill Grand1986
Miles to Go… as Stuart Browning1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "What Are Friends For?")1985
Danger Bay as Don Bared1984
A Touch of Scandal as Father Dwelle1984
Calendar Girl Murders as Lieutenant Dan Stoner1983
The Hitchhiker as Detective Frank Sheen1983
The Dead Zone as Sheriff Bannerman1983
Ryan's Four as Dr. Thomas Ryan1982
Cheers as Evan Drake1982
Fighting Back as John D'Angelo1982
A Dangerous Summer as Howard Anderson1981
Savage Harvest as Casey1981
Silence of the North as Walter Reamer1979
Alien as Dallas1978
Ice Castles as Marcus Winston1978
Up in Smoke as Strawberry1978
Maneaters Are Loose! as John Gosford1977
The Turning Point as Wayne1976
La madama as Jack1976
Plot of Fear as Chief Inspector1976
Origins of the Mafia as Bernardino Campo1975
Baretta as Not available1975
S.W.A.T. as Not available1975
The Devil's Rain as Tom Preston1975
The Last Day as Bill Powers1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Not available1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Robert W. Palmer1974
Run, Run, Joe! as Margherito1974
Thieves Like Us as Dee Mobley1974
The Manhunter as Not available1974
Big Bad Mama as Fred1974
Get Christie Love! as Not available1973
The Birdmen as Orville Fitzgerald1972
Fuzz as Det. Bert Kling1971
Cannon as Bud1971
Wild Rovers as John Buckman1971
Nichols as Charley Doyle1971
Harold and Maude as Motorcycle Officer1970
M*A*S*H as Duke Forrest1970
The Moonshine War as Neighbor (uncredited)1968
Hawaii Five-O as Lew Morgan1968
Lancer as Not available1968
The Outsider as Arnie Cambor1967
Mannix as Morgan Carpenter1967
Cimarron Strip as Enoch Shelton1967
A Bell for Adano as Sgt. Trapani1966
The Time Tunnel as Matthew Gebhardt1966
Felony Squad as Not available1965
The F.B.I. as Robert Hastings1965
The F.B.I. as John Clarence Rim1965
The F.B.I. as Thorn Hazard1965
The F.B.I. as Bill Leonard1965
Run for Your Life as Lou Patterson1965
The Further Adventures of Gallegher as Corky Mardis1964
12 O'Clock High as Lt. Paddy Gialella1964
12 O'Clock High as Lt. Steve Parmalee1964
One Man's Way as Leonard Peale, Grown1964
Those Calloways as Whit Turner1963
The Fugitive as Neely Hollister1963
The Fugitive as Pete Edwards1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Frank Farmer1962
The Virginian as Eric Kroeger1962
The Virginian as Rev. Paul Martinson1962
The Virginian as Billy Landers1962
The Virginian as Moran1962
Combat! as Hicks1962
Combat! as Burke1962
Combat! as Sgt. Decker1962
War Hunt as Sgt. Stan Showalter1959
Bonanza as Jerry1959
Bonanza as Corporal Bill Tanner1957
Wagon Train as Hamish Browne1957
The Real McCoys as Mailman1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter1955
Gunsmoke as Edmund Dano1955
Gunsmoke as Ben Stone1955
Gunsmoke as Orv Timpson1955
Gunsmoke as Fred Garth1955
Gunsmoke as Tuck Frye1954
The Wonderful World of Disney as Corky Mardis1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Norm Jenkins1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee1944
Golden Globe Awards as SelfCrew
2021
East of the Mountains Executive Producer1997
Divided by Hate Director1990
A Question About Sex Director1972
ABC Afterschool Special Director