Tom Skerritt

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

August 25, 1933 (92 yrs)

place of birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

also known as

Tom Skerrit · Thomas Roy Skerritt · Τομ Σκέριτ · 汤姆·斯凯里特

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Alien
8.2

Alien

1979as Dallas
Top Gun
7.1

Top Gun

1986as Viper
Tears of the Sun
6.9

Tears of the Sun

2003as Captain Bill Rhodes
Ted
6.5

Ted

2012as Tom Skerritt
Contact
7.4

Contact

1997as David Drumlin
M*A*S*H
7.0

M*A*S*H

1970as Duke Forrest
Steel Magnolias
7.2

Steel Magnolias

1989as Drum Eatenton
A River Runs Through It
7.0

A River Runs Through It

1992as Rev. Maclean
Poison Ivy
5.4

Poison Ivy

1992as Darryl Cooper
The Dead Zone
7.0

The Dead Zone

1983as Sheriff Bannerman
Up in Smoke
6.6

Up in Smoke

1978as Strawberry
The Rookie
5.9

The Rookie

1990as Eugene Ackerman
Harold and Maude
7.6

Harold and Maude

1971as Motorcycle Officer
Whiteout
5.6

Whiteout

2009as Dr. John Fury
Broke
7.0

Broke

2025as Cliff
Texas Rangers
6.0

Texas Rangers

2001as Richard Dukes
Poltergeist III
5.2

Poltergeist III

1988as Bruce Gardner
Big Bad Mama
5.7

Big Bad Mama

1974as Fred
Singles
6.4

Singles

1992as Mayor Weber
Path to War
6.7

Path to War

2003as William Westmoreland
The Parent Trap II
5.5

The Parent Trap II

1986as Bill Grand
Lucky
7.3

Lucky

2017as Fred
Knight Moves
5.8

Knight Moves

1992as Frank Sedman
A Hologram for the King
5.9

A Hologram for the King

2016as Ron Clay
Fallen
6.9

Fallen

2006as Zeke
Desperation
5.5

Desperation

2006as John Edward Marinville
The Other Sister
6.4

The Other Sister

1999as Radley Tate
The Big Town
5.5

The Big Town

1987as Phil Carpenter
SpaceCamp
5.9

SpaceCamp

1986as Zack
War Hunt
6.7

War Hunt

1962as Sgt. Stan Showalter
The Devil’s Rain
5.1

The Devil’s Rain

1975as Tom Preston
Ice Castles
7.4

Ice Castles

1978as Marcus Winston
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
5.3

Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue

1991as Ham McDonald
High Noon
5.7

High Noon

2000as Will Kane
Field of Lost Shoes
6.1

Field of Lost Shoes

2015as Ulysses S. Grant
The Turning Point
6.6

The Turning Point

1977as Wayne
Catch the Bullet
5.6

Catch the Bullet

2021as Dex
Those Calloways
6.4

Those Calloways

1964as Whit Turner
Fuzz
5.5

Fuzz

1972as Det. Bert Kling
Wisdom
6.0

Wisdom

1986as Lloyd Wisdom
Mammoth
4.6

Mammoth

2006as Simon Abernathy
Maid to Order
5.4

Maid to Order

1987as Charles Montgomery
Fighting Back
5.8

Fighting Back

1982as John D'Angelo
At Middleton
6.3

At Middleton

2013as Dr. Roland Emerson
Opposing Force
4.4

Opposing Force

1986as Logan
Bonneville
5.6

Bonneville

2006as Emmett L. Johnson
Changing Hearts
6.4

Changing Hearts

2002as Johnny Pinkley
Smoke Signals
6.8

Smoke Signals

1998as Police Chief
Redemption Road
5.0

Redemption Road

2011as Santa
Thieves Like Us
6.5

Thieves Like Us

1974as Dee Mobley