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Tom Skerritt

Actor

Tom Skerritt

Born August 25, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, USA103 films

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.

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Alien posterFirst watchAlien19798.2as DallasDuring its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Top Gun poster7.1Top Gun1986Contact poster7.5Contact1997Ted poster6.5Ted2012Tears of the Sun poster6.9Tears of the Sun2003Harold and Maude poster7.6Harold and Maude1971The Dead Zone poster7.0The Dead Zone1983A River Runs Through It poster7.0A River Runs Through It1992M*A*S*H poster6.9M*A*S*H1970

Filmography

103 films as actor
  1. 2025BrokeCliff
  2. 2021East of the MountainsBen Givens
  3. 2021Catch the BulletDex
  4. 2019The Phantom 52The Phantom
  5. 2017LuckyFred
  6. 2017Day of DaysWalter
  7. 2016Journey Back to ChristmasTobias Cook
  8. 2016A Hologram for the KingRon Clay
  9. 2015Field of Lost ShoesUlysses S. Grant
  10. 2014Wings: Sky Force HeroesColonel (voice)
  11. 2013At MiddletonRoland Emerson
  12. 2013Redwood HighwayPete Peterson
  13. 2012TedTom Skerritt
  14. 2012Soda SpringsWalt Jackson
  15. 2011Redemption RoadSanta
  16. 2011Your Love Never FailsJack Connors
  17. 2009For Sale by OwnerClive Farrier
  18. 2009WhiteoutDr. John Fury
  19. 2009The Velveteen RabbitHorse (voice)
  20. 2008Beer for My HorsesSheriff Wilson Landry
  21. 2008Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeGabe Utterson
  22. 2006BonnevilleEmmett L. Johnson
  23. 2006FallenZeke
  24. 2006DesperationJohn Edward Marinville
  25. 2006MammothSimon Abernathy
  26. 2005Vinegar HillFritz Grier
  27. 2004Homeland SecurityAdmiral McKee
  28. 2003Path to WarWilliam Westmoreland
  29. 2003SwingGeorge Verdi
  30. 2003Tears of the SunCaptain Bill Rhodes
  31. 2002GreenmailTom Bradshaw
  32. 2002Changing HeartsJohnny Pinkley
  33. 2001Texas RangersRichard Dukes
  34. 2000Jackie Bouvier Kennedy OnassisJoseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
  35. 2000High NoonWill Kane
  36. 2000An American DaughterWalter
  37. 1999The Hunt for the Unicorn KillerFred Maddux
  38. 1999Into the Wild BlueHost
  39. 1999The Other SisterRadley Tate
  40. 1998Smoke SignalsPolice Chief
  41. 1998Two for TexasSam Houston
  42. 1997What the Deaf Man HeardNorm Jenkins
  43. 1997ContactDavid Drumlin
  44. 1997Divided by HateSteve Riordan
  45. 1992A River Runs Through ItReverend Maclean
  46. 1992SinglesMayor Weber
  47. 1992Getting Up and Going HomeJack Montgomery
  48. 1992Poison IvyDarryl Cooper
  49. 1992In Sickness and in HealthJerritt Mattison
  50. 1992Knight MovesFrank Sedman
  51. 1991Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of BlueHam McDonald
  52. 1990The RookieEugene Ackerman
  53. 1990She'll Take RomanceJudge Warren Danvers
  54. 1990A Question About SexJim
  55. 1990Child in the NightDetective Bass
  56. 1990The China Lake MurdersSheriff Sam Brodie
  57. 1989Big Man on CampusDr. Webster
  58. 1989Red King, White KnightStoner
  59. 1989Steel MagnoliasDrum Eatenton
  60. 1989The HeistEbbet Berens
  61. 1988Poltergeist IIIBruce Gardner
  62. 1988Nightmare at BittercreekDing
  63. 1988Moving TargetJoseph Kellogg
  64. 1988Honor BoundSam Cahill
  65. 1987The Big TownPhil Carpenter
  66. 1987Maid to OrderCharles Montgomery
  67. 1987Poker AliceJeremy Collins
  68. 1986WisdomLloyd Wisdom
  69. 1986Miles to Go…Stuart Browning
  70. 1986Opposing ForceLogan
  71. 1986The Parent Trap IIBill Grand
  72. 1986SpaceCampZack
  73. 1986Top GunViper
  74. 1984A Touch of ScandalFather Dwelle
  75. 1984Calendar Girl MurdersLieutenant Dan Stoner
  76. 1983The Dead ZoneSheriff Bannerman
  77. 1982A Dangerous SummerHoward Anderson
  78. 1982Fighting BackJohn D'Angelo
  79. 1981Silence of the NorthWalter Reamer
  80. 1981Savage HarvestCasey
  81. 1979AlienDallas
  82. 1978Ice CastlesMarcus Winston
  83. 1978Up in SmokeStrawberry
  84. 1978Maneaters Are Loose!John Gosford
  85. 1977The Turning PointWayne
  86. 1976Plot of FearChief Inspector
  87. 1976La madamaJack
  88. 1975The Devil’s RainTom Preston
  89. 1975The Last DayBill Powers
  90. 1974Big Bad MamaFred
  91. 1974Run, Run, Joe!Margherito
  92. 1974Thieves Like UsDee Mobley
  93. 1973The BirdmenOrville Fitzgerald
  94. 1972FuzzDet. Bert Kling
  95. 1971Harold and MaudeMotorcycle Officer
  96. 1971Wild RoversJohn Buckman
  97. 1970The Moonshine WarNeighbor (uncredited)
  98. 1970M*A*S*HDuke Forrest
  99. 1967A Bell for AdanoSgt. Trapani
  100. 1965The Further Adventures of GallegherCorky Mardis
  101. 1964Those CallowaysWhit Turner
  102. 1964One Man's WayLeonard Peale, Grown
  103. 1962War HuntSgt. Stan Showalter