7.6Acting
Tom Skerritt
- Born
- 1933-08-25
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
184 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits
Alien: Terror in Space
2025 · Movie
Self - Actor
Broke
2025 · Movie
Cliff
A Look Through His Lens
2024 · Movie
Self
Going Home
2022 · TV Show
Vance Baker
Catch the Bullet
2021 · Movie
Dex
East of the Mountains
2021 · Movie
Ben Givens · Executive Producer
Memory: The Origins of Alien
2019 · Movie
Self
The Phantom 52
2019 · Movie
The Phantom
Day of Days
2017 · Movie
Walter
Lucky
2017 · Movie
Fred
A Hologram for the King
2016 · Movie
Ron Clay
Journey Back to Christmas
2016 · Movie
Tobias Cook
The American West
2016 · TV Show
Self
Field of Lost Shoes
2015 · Movie
Ulysses S. Grant
Madam Secretary
2014 · TV Show
Patrick McCord
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
2014 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
2014 · Movie
Colonel (voice)
At Middleton
2013 · Movie
Roland Emerson
Redwood Highway
2013 · Movie
Pete Peterson
Soda Springs
2012 · Movie
Walt Jackson
Ted
2012 · Movie
Tom Skerritt
Over Hawaii
2011 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Redemption Road
2011 · Movie
Santa
Your Love Never Fails
2011 · Movie
Jack Connors
Soaring Over America
2010 · Movie
Cast
For Sale by Owner
2009 · Movie
Clive Farrier
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
2009 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Good Wife
2009 · TV Show
James Paisley
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
2009 · Movie
Narrator
The Velveteen Rabbit
2009 · Movie
Horse (voice)
White Collar
2009 · TV Show
Alan Mitchell
Whiteout
2009 · Movie
Dr. John Fury
Beer for My Horses
2008 · Movie
Sheriff Wilson Landry
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
2008 · Movie
Gabe Utterson
Leverage
2008 · TV Show
Jimmy Ford
The Trojan Horse
2008 · TV Show
President Stanfield
Fallen
2007 · TV Show
Zeke
Killer Wave
2007 · TV Show
Victor Bannister
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
2007 · TV Show
Self
Bonneville
2006 · Movie
Emmett L. Johnson
Brothers and Sisters
2006 · TV Show
William Walker
Desperation
2006 · Movie
John Edward Marinville
Fallen
2006 · Movie
Zeke
Mammoth
2006 · Movie
Simon Abernathy
Category 7: The End of the World
2005 · TV Show
Colonel Mike Davis
The Closer
2005 · TV Show
Det. Joey 'O' Olin
Vinegar Hill
2005 · Movie
Fritz Grier
Homeland Security
2004 · Movie
Admiral McKee
Homeland Security
2004 · TV Show
Admiral Theodore McKee
Huff
2004 · TV Show
Cast
The Grid
2004 · TV Show
Cast
Path to War
2003 · Movie
William Westmoreland
Swing
2003 · Movie
George Verdi
Tears of the Sun
2003 · Movie
Captain Bill Rhodes
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Movie
Self
Changing Hearts
2002 · Movie
Johnny Pinkley
Greenmail
2002 · Movie
Tom Bradshaw
The Alien Saga
2002 · Movie
Self
The Dead Zone
2002 · TV Show
Herb Smith
History vs. Hollywood
2001 · TV Show
Self
Texas Rangers
2001 · Movie
Richard Dukes
Altman on His Own Terms
2000 · Movie
Self
An American Daughter
2000 · Movie
Walter
Backstory
2000 · TV Show
Self
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
2000 · Movie
Self
High Noon
2000 · Movie
Will Kane
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000 · Movie
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
2000 · TV Show
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
1999 · TV Show
Thomas Ahearn
Into the Wild Blue
1999 · Movie
Host
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · TV Show
Oliver Taft
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
1999 · Movie
Fred Maddux
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
1999 · TV Show
Fred Maddux
The Other Sister
1999 · Movie
Radley Tate
The West Wing
1999 · TV Show
Chris Carrick
Smoke Signals
1998 · Movie
Police Chief
Two for Texas
1998 · Movie
Sam Houston
Will & Grace
1998 · TV Show
Dr. Jay Markus
Contact
1997 · Movie
David Drumlin
Divided by Hate
1997 · Movie
Steve Riordan · Director
What the Deaf Man Heard
1997 · Movie
Norm Jenkins
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · TV Show
Cast
Over America
1995 · Movie
Cast
Chicago Hope
1994 · TV Show
Jim Kellner
Over California
1994 · Movie
Narrator (voice)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · TV Show
Self - Guest
A River Runs Through It
1992 · Movie
Reverend Maclean
Getting Up and Going Home
1992 · Movie
Jack Montgomery
In Sickness and in Health
1992 · Movie
Jerritt Mattison
Knight Moves
1992 · Movie
Frank Sedman
Picket Fences
1992 · TV Show
Jimmy Brock
Poison Ivy
1992 · Movie
Darryl Cooper
Singles
1992 · Movie
Mayor Weber
The Making of 'Alien³'
1992 · Movie
Self
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
1991 · Movie
Ham McDonald
A Question About Sex
1990 · Movie
Jim · Director
Child in the Night
1990 · Movie
Detective Bass
She'll Take Romance
1990 · Movie
Judge Warren Danvers
The China Lake Murders
1990 · Movie
Sheriff Sam Brodie
The Rookie
1990 · Movie
Eugene Ackerman
Big Man on Campus
1989 · Movie
Dr. Webster
Red King, White Knight
1989 · Movie
Stoner
Steel Magnolias
1989 · Movie
Drum Eatenton
The Heist
1989 · Movie
Ebbet Berens
Honor Bound
1988 · Movie
Sam Cahill
Moving Target
1988 · Movie
Joseph Kellogg
Nightmare at Bittercreek
1988 · Movie
Ding
Poltergeist III
1988 · Movie
Bruce Gardner
Maid to Order
1987 · Movie
Charles Montgomery
Poker Alice
1987 · Movie
Jeremy Collins
The Big Town
1987 · Movie
Phil Carpenter
Miles to Go…
1986 · Movie
Stuart Browning
Opposing Force
1986 · Movie
Logan
SpaceCamp
1986 · Movie
Zack
The Parent Trap II
1986 · Movie
Bill Grand
Top Gun
1986 · Movie
Viper
Wisdom
1986 · Movie
Lloyd Wisdom
Danger Bay
1985 · TV Show
Don Bared
The Twilight Zone
1985 · TV Show
(segment "What Are Friends For?")
A Touch of Scandal
1984 · Movie
Father Dwelle
Calendar Girl Murders
1984 · Movie
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
Ryan's Four
1983 · TV Show
Dr. Thomas Ryan
The Dead Zone
1983 · Movie
Sheriff Bannerman
The Hitchhiker
1983 · TV Show
Detective Frank Sheen
A Dangerous Summer
1982 · Movie
Howard Anderson
Cheers
1982 · TV Show
Evan Drake
Fighting Back
1982 · Movie
John D'Angelo
Savage Harvest
1981 · Movie
Casey
Silence of the North
1981 · Movie
Walter Reamer
Alien
1979 · Movie
Dallas
Ice Castles
1978 · Movie
Marcus Winston
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978 · Movie
John Gosford
Up in Smoke
1978 · Movie
Strawberry
The Turning Point
1977 · Movie
Wayne
La madama
1976 · Movie
Jack
Origins of the Mafia
1976 · TV Show
Bernardino Campo
Plot of Fear
1976 · Movie
Chief Inspector
Baretta
1975 · TV Show
Cast
S.W.A.T.
1975 · TV Show
Cast
The Devil’s Rain
1975 · Movie
Tom Preston
The Last Day
1975 · Movie
Bill Powers
Big Bad Mama
1974 · Movie
Fred
Get Christie Love!
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974 · TV Show
Cast · Robert W. Palmer
Run, Run, Joe!
1974 · Movie
Margherito
The Manhunter
1974 · TV Show
Cast
Thieves Like Us
1974 · Movie
Dee Mobley
The Birdmen
1973 · Movie
Orville Fitzgerald
ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · TV Show
Director
Fuzz
1972 · Movie
Det. Bert Kling
Cannon
1971 · TV Show
Bud
Harold and Maude
1971 · Movie
Motorcycle Officer
Nichols
1971 · TV Show
Charley Doyle
Wild Rovers
1971 · Movie
John Buckman
M*A*S*H
1970 · Movie
Duke Forrest
The Moonshine War
1970 · Movie
Neighbor (uncredited)
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · TV Show
Lew Morgan
Lancer
1968 · TV Show
Cast
The Outsider
1968 · TV Show
Arnie Cambor
A Bell for Adano
1967 · Movie
Sgt. Trapani
Cimarron Strip
1967 · TV Show
Enoch Shelton
Mannix
1967 · TV Show
Morgan Carpenter
Felony Squad
1966 · TV Show
Cast
The Time Tunnel
1966 · TV Show
Matthew Gebhardt
Run for Your Life
1965 · TV Show
Lou Patterson
The F.B.I.
1965 · TV Show
Robert Hastings · John Clarence Rim · Thorn Hazard · Bill Leonard
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965 · Movie
Corky Mardis
12 O'Clock High
1964 · TV Show
Lt. Paddy Gialella · Lt. Steve Parmalee
One Man's Way
1964 · Movie
Leonard Peale, Grown
Those Calloways
1964 · Movie
Whit Turner
The Fugitive
1963 · TV Show
Neely Hollister · Pete Edwards
Combat!
1962 · TV Show
Hicks · Burke · Sgt. Decker
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · TV Show
Frank Farmer
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
Self
The Virginian
1962 · TV Show
Eric Kroeger · Rev. Paul Martinson · Billy Landers · Moran
War Hunt
1962 · Movie
Sgt. Stan Showalter
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
Jerry · Corporal Bill Tanner
The Real McCoys
1957 · TV Show
Mailman
Wagon Train
1957 · TV Show
Hamish Browne
Tony Awards
1956 · TV Show
Self - Presenter
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
Edmund Dano · Ben Stone · Orv Timpson · Fred Garth · Tuck Frye
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
Corky Mardis
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · TV Show
Norm Jenkins
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · TV Show
Self - Nominee · Self