Tom Skerritt
Known for acting · Born 25 August 1933 · 93 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
186 credits
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
The Dead Zone
1983
Top Gun
1986
A River Runs Through It
1992
Picket Fences
1992
M*A*S*H
1970
Contact
1997
Whiteout
2009
Poltergeist III
1988
Poison Ivy
1992
A Hologram for the King
2016
Knight Moves
1992
Acting (182)
2025BrokeCliffFilm
2025Alien: Terror in SpaceSelf - ActorFilm
2024A Look Through His LensSelfFilm
2022Going HomeVance BakerSeries
2021Catch the BulletDexFilm
2021East of the MountainsBen GivensFilm
2019Memory: The Origins of AlienSelfFilm
2019The Phantom 52The PhantomFilm
2017LuckyFredFilm
2017Day of DaysWalterFilm
2016A Hologram for the KingRon ClayFilm
2016Journey Back to ChristmasTobias CookFilm
2016The American WestSelf · 8 episodesSeries
2015Field of Lost ShoesUlysses S. GrantFilm
2014Madam SecretaryPatrick McCordSeries
2014Wings: Sky Force HeroesColonel (voice)Film
2014The Rocky Mountain Fly HighwayNarrator (voice)Film
2013At MiddletonRoland EmersonFilm
2013Redwood HighwayPete PetersonFilm
2012TedTom SkerrittFilm
2012Soda SpringsWalt JacksonFilm
2011Your Love Never FailsJack ConnorsFilm
2011Redemption RoadSantaFilm
2011Over HawaiiNarrator (voice)Film
2010Soaring Over AmericaFilm
2009White CollarAlan MitchellSeries
2009WhiteoutDr. John FuryFilm
2009The Good WifeJames Paisley · 2 episodesSeries
2009The Velveteen RabbitHorse (voice)Film
2009For Sale by OwnerClive FarrierFilm
2009The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding ClubNarratorFilm
2009Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific ExpositionNarrator (voice)Film
2008LeverageJimmy Ford · 2 episodesSeries
2008Beer for My HorsesSheriff Wilson LandryFilm
2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeGabe UttersonFilm
2008The Trojan HorsePresident Stanfield · 2 episodesSeries
2007Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!SelfSeries
2007FallenZekeSeries
2007Killer WaveVictor Bannister · 2 episodesSeries
2006DesperationJohn Edward MarinvilleFilm
2006Brothers and SistersWilliam Walker · 6 episodesSeries
2006FallenZekeFilm
2006MammothSimon AbernathyFilm
2006BonnevilleEmmett L. JohnsonFilm
2005The CloserDet. Joey 'O' OlinSeries
2005Category 7: The End of the WorldColonel Mike Davis · 2 episodesSeries
2005Vinegar HillFritz GrierFilm
2004Huff · 2 episodesSeries
2004The Grid · 6 episodesSeries
2004Homeland SecurityAdmiral McKeeFilm
2004Homeland SecurityAdmiral Theodore McKeeSeries
2003Tears of the SunCaptain Bill RhodesFilm
2003Path to WarWilliam WestmorelandFilm
2003The Beast Within: Making AlienSelfFilm
2003SwingGeorge VerdiFilm
2002The Dead ZoneHerb SmithSeries
2002The Alien SagaSelfFilm
2002Changing HeartsJohnny PinkleyFilm
2002GreenmailTom BradshawFilm
2001Texas RangersRichard DukesFilm
2001History vs. HollywoodSelfSeries
2000High NoonWill KaneFilm
2000An American DaughterWalterFilm
2000Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'SelfFilm
2000BackstorySelfSeries
2000Altman on His Own TermsSelfFilm
2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy · 2 episodesSeries
2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" KennedyFilm
1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitOliver TaftSeries
1999The West WingChris CarrickSeries
1999The Other SisterRadley TateFilm
1999Aftershock: Earthquake in New YorkThomas Ahearn · 2 episodesSeries
1999The Hunt for the Unicorn KillerFred MadduxFilm
1999The Hunt For The Unicorn KillerFred Maddux · 2 episodesSeries
1999Into the Wild BlueHostFilm
1998Will & GraceDr. Jay MarkusSeries
1998Smoke SignalsPolice ChiefFilm
1998Two for TexasSam HoustonFilm
1997ContactDavid DrumlinFilm
1997What the Deaf Man HeardNorm JenkinsFilm
1997Divided by HateSteve RiordanFilm
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
1995Over AmericaFilm
1994Chicago HopeJim KellnerSeries
1994Over CaliforniaNarrator (voice)Film
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - GuestSeries
1992A River Runs Through ItReverend MacleanFilm
1992SinglesMayor WeberFilm
1992Poison IvyDarryl CooperFilm
1992Knight MovesFrank SedmanFilm
1992Picket FencesJimmy Brock · 88 episodesSeries
1992In Sickness and in HealthJerritt MattisonFilm
1992Getting Up and Going HomeJack MontgomeryFilm
1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of BlueHam McDonaldFilm
1990The RookieEugene AckermanFilm
1990Child in the NightDetective BassFilm
1990The China Lake MurdersSheriff Sam BrodieFilm
1990She'll Take RomanceJudge Warren DanversFilm
1990A Question About SexJimFilm
1989Steel MagnoliasDrum EatentonFilm
1989Big Man on CampusDr. WebsterFilm
1989The HeistEbbet BerensFilm
1989Red King, White KnightStonerFilm
1988Poltergeist IIIBruce GardnerFilm
1988Moving TargetJoseph KelloggFilm
1988Nightmare at BittercreekDingFilm
1988Honor BoundSam CahillFilm
1987Maid to OrderCharles MontgomeryFilm
1987The Big TownPhil CarpenterFilm
1987Poker AliceJeremy CollinsFilm
1986Top GunViperFilm
1986SpaceCampZackFilm
1986WisdomLloyd WisdomFilm
1986The Parent Trap IIBill GrandFilm
1986Opposing ForceLoganFilm
1986Miles to Go…Stuart BrowningFilm
1985The Twilight Zone(segment "What Are Friends For?")Series
1985Danger BayDon BaredSeries
1984Calendar Girl MurdersLieutenant Dan StonerFilm
1984A Touch of ScandalFather DwelleFilm
1983The Dead ZoneSheriff BannermanFilm
1983The HitchhikerDetective Frank SheenSeries
1983Ryan's FourDr. Thomas Ryan · 5 episodesSeries
1982CheersEvan Drake · 6 episodesSeries
1982Fighting BackJohn D'AngeloFilm
1982A Dangerous SummerHoward AndersonFilm
1981Savage HarvestCaseyFilm
1981Silence of the NorthWalter ReamerFilm
1979AlienDallasFilm
1978Up in SmokeStrawberryFilm
1978Ice CastlesMarcus WinstonFilm
1978Maneaters Are Loose!John GosfordFilm
1977The Turning PointWayneFilm
1976Plot of FearChief InspectorFilm
1976La madamaJackFilm
1976Origins of the MafiaBernardino CampoSeries
1975The Devil’s RainTom PrestonFilm
1975S.W.A.T.Series
1975BarettaSeries
1975The Last DayBill PowersFilm
1974Thieves Like UsDee MobleyFilm
1974Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Robert W. PalmerSeries
1974Big Bad MamaFredFilm
1974Get Christie Love!Series
1974Run, Run, Joe!MargheritoFilm
1974The ManhunterSeries
1973The BirdmenOrville FitzgeraldFilm
1972FuzzDet. Bert KlingFilm
1971Harold and MaudeMotorcycle OfficerFilm
1971Wild RoversJohn BuckmanFilm
1971CannonBud · 3 episodesSeries
1971NicholsCharley DoyleSeries
1970M*A*S*HDuke ForrestFilm
1970The Moonshine WarNeighbor (uncredited)Film
1969Hawaii Five-OLew MorganSeries
1968LancerSeries
1968The OutsiderArnie CamborSeries
1967MannixMorgan CarpenterSeries
1967Cimarron StripEnoch SheltonSeries
1967A Bell for AdanoSgt. TrapaniFilm
1966The Time TunnelMatthew GebhardtSeries
1966Felony SquadSeries
1965The F.B.I.Robert Hastings, John Clarence Rim, Thorn Hazard, Bill LeonardSeries
1965Run for Your LifeLou PattersonSeries
1965The Further Adventures of GallegherCorky MardisFilm
1964Those CallowaysWhit TurnerFilm
196412 O'Clock HighLt. Paddy Gialella, Lt. Steve ParmaleeSeries
1964One Man's WayLeonard Peale, GrownFilm
1963The FugitiveNeely Hollister, Pete EdwardsSeries
1962Combat!Hicks, Burke, Sgt. DeckerSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelfSeries
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourFrank FarmerSeries
1962The VirginianEric Kroeger, Rev. Paul Martinson, Billy Landers, MoranSeries
1962War HuntSgt. Stan ShowalterFilm
1959BonanzaJerry, Corporal Bill TannerSeries
1957Wagon TrainHamish BrowneSeries
1957The Real McCoysMailmanSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - PresenterSeries
1955GunsmokeEdmund Dano, Ben Stone, Orv Timpson, Fred Garth, Tuck FryeSeries
1954The Wonderful World of DisneyCorky MardisSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameNorm JenkinsSeries
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee · 2 episodesSeries
Directing (3)
1997Divided by HateDirectorFilm
1990A Question About SexDirectorFilm
1972ABC Afterschool SpecialDirectorSeries
Production (1)
2021East of the MountainsExecutive ProducerFilm