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Tom Skerritt
Born · August 25, 1933 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Bio
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.
Broke
Cliff
6.3
2025
Alien, Terror in Space
Self - Interviewee
7.0
2025
A Look Through His Lens
Self
0.0
2024
East of the Mountains
Ben Givens
5.2
2021
Catch the Bullet
Dex
5.6
2021
The Phantom 52
The Phantom
9.4
2019
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self
6.2
2019
Lucky
Fred
7.3
2017
Day of Days
Walter
3.5
2017
Journey Back to Christmas
Tobias Cook
6.4
2016
The American West
Self · (8 episodes)
6.7
2016
A Hologram for the King
Ron Clay
5.8
2016
Field of Lost Shoes
Ulysses S. Grant
6.1
2015
Madam Secretary
Patrick McCord · (1 episode)
7.0
2014
The Rocky Mountain Fly Highway
Narrator (voice)
8.0
2014
Wings: Sky Force Heroes
Colonel (voice)
5.8
2014
At Middleton
Dr. Roland Emerson
6.2
2013
Redwood Highway
Pete Peterson
5.9
2013
Ted
Tom Skerritt
6.4
2012
Soda Springs
Walt Jackson
5.6
2012
Redemption Road
Santa
4.8
2011
Your Love Never Fails
Jack Connors
5.8
2011
Over Hawaii
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2011
Soaring Over America
0.0
2010
The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club
Narrator
5.2
2009
For Sale By Owner
Clive Farrier
3.6
2009
White Collar
Alan Mitchell · (1 episode)
8.2
2009
Seattle’s Forgotten World’s Fair: The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2009
The Good Wife
James Paisley · (2 episodes)
7.6
2009
Whiteout
Dr. John Fury
5.6
2009
The Velveteen Rabbit
Horse (voice)
6.6
2009
Leverage
Jimmy Ford · (2 episodes)
7.6
2008
Beer for My Horses
Sheriff Wilson Landry
5.1
2008
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Gabe Utterson
4.7
2008
The Trojan Horse
President Stanfield · (2 episodes)
4.0
2008
Over America
0.0
2008
Fallen
(1 episode)
6.7
2007
Killer Wave
Victor Bannister
5.3
2007
Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
2007
Killer Wave
Victor Bannister · (2 episodes)
6.2
2007
Brothers and Sisters
William Walker · (6 episodes)
7.1
2006
Bonneville
Emmett L. Johnson
5.6
2006
Fallen
Zeke
6.9
2006
Desperation
John Edward Marinville
5.5
2006
Mammoth
Simon Abernathy
4.7
2006
Category 7: The End of the World
Colonel Mike Davis
6.1
2005
Category 7: The End of the World
Colonel Mike Davis · (2 episodes)
6.5
2005
The Colbert Report
Viper (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
The Closer
Det. Joey 'O' Olin · (1 episode)
7.9
2005
Vinegar Hill
Fritz Grier
4.3
2005
Huff
(2 episodes)
7.7
2004
The Grid
(6 episodes)
6.4
2004
Homeland Security
Admiral McKee
4.5
2004
Homeland Security
Admiral Theodore McKee · (1 episode)
0.0
2004
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
8.2
2003
Path to War
William Westmoreland
6.7
2003
Swing
George Verdi
0.0
2003
Tears of the Sun
Captain Bill Rhodes
6.9
2003
The Alien Saga
Self
6.6
2002
Greenmail
Tom Bradshaw
4.0
2002
The Dead Zone
Herb Smith · (1 episode)
7.2
2002
Changing Hearts
Johnny Pinkley
6.3
2002
Texas Rangers
Richard Dukes
6.1
2001
History vs. Hollywood
Self · (1 episode)
7.7
2001
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
Joseph P. "Joe" Kennedy
0.0
2000
High Noon
Will Kane
4.0
2000
Backstory
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
2000
An American Daughter
Walter
4.4
2000
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
Self
6.0
2000
Altman on His Own Terms
Self
0.0
2000
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
Thomas Ahearn · (2 episodes)
7.0
1999
The West Wing
Senator Chris Carrick · (1 episode)
8.3
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Oliver Taft · (1 episode)
7.9
1999
The Hunt for the Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux
5.3
1999
The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer
Fred Maddux · (2 episodes)
4.7
1999
Into the Wild Blue
Host
0.0
1999
The Other Sister
Radley Tate
6.4
1999
Will & Grace
Dr. Jay Markus · (1 episode)
6.8
1998
Smoke Signals
Police Chief
6.7
1998
Two for Texas
Sam Houston
6.0
1998
What the Deaf Man Heard
Norm Jenkins
6.6
1997
Contact
David Drumlin
7.4
1997
Divided by Hate
Steve Riordan
6.7
1997
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
8.1
1996
Chicago Hope
(1 episode)
7.2
1994
Over California in High Definition
Narrator (voice)
6.5
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
A River Runs Through It
Rev. Maclean
7.0
1992
Singles
Mayor Weber
6.4
1992
Picket Fences
Jimmy Brock · (88 episodes)
7.5
1992
Getting Up and Going Home
Jack Montgomery
0.0
1992
Poison Ivy
Darryl Cooper
5.4
1992
In Sickness and in Health
Jerritt Mattison
1.0
1992
Knight Moves
Frank Sedman
5.8
1992
Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue
Ham McDonald
5.2
1991
The Rookie
Eugene Ackerman
5.9
1990
She'll Take Romance
Judge Warren Danvers
4.0
1990
A Question About Sex
Jim
0.0
1990
Child in the Night
Detective Bass
5.4
1990
The China Lake Murders
Sheriff Sam Brodie
5.2
1990
Big Man on Campus
Dr. Webster
6.2
1989
Red King, White Knight
Stoner
6.0
1989
Steel Magnolias
Drum Eatenton
7.2
1989
The Heist
Ebbet Berens
5.1
1989
Poltergeist III
Bruce Gardner
5.2
1988
Nightmare at Bittercreek
Ding
5.6
1988
Moving Target
Joseph Kellogg
6.4
1988
Honor Bound
Sam Cahill
0.0
1988
The Big Town
Phil Carpenter
5.5
1987
Maid to Order
Charles Montgomery
5.6
1987
Poker Alice
Jeremy Collins
6.3
1987
Wisdom
Lloyd Wisdom
5.8
1986
Miles to Go…
Stuart Browning
6.0
1986
Opposing Force
Logan
4.4
1986
The Parent Trap II
Bill Grand
5.7
1986
SpaceCamp
Zack
5.9
1986
Top Gun
Viper
7.1
1986
Danger Bay
Don Bared · (1 episode)
7.2
1985
The Twilight Zone
(segment "What Are Friends For?") · (1 episode)
7.7
1985
A Touch of Scandal
Father Dwelle
0.0
1984
Calendar Girl Murders
Lieutenant Dan Stoner
4.5
1984
The Hitchhiker
Detective Frank Sheen · (1 episode)
6.1
1983
The Dead Zone
Sheriff Bannerman
7.0
1983
Ryan's Four
Dr. Thomas Ryan · (5 episodes)
0.0
1983
A Dangerous Summer
Howard Anderson
4.0
1982
Cheers
Evan Drake · (6 episodes)
7.6
1982
Fighting Back
John D'Angelo
5.7
1982
Silence of the North
Walter Reamer
4.0
1981
Savage Harvest
Casey
5.7
1981
Alien
Dallas
8.2
1979
Ice Castles
Marcus Winston
7.3
1978
Up in Smoke
Strawberry
6.7
1978
Maneaters Are Loose!
John Gosford
0.0
1978
The Turning Point
Wayne
6.6
1977
Origins of the Mafia
Bernardino Campo · (5 episodes)
0.0
1976
Plot of Fear
Chief Inspector
5.4
1976
La madama
Jack
5.2
1976
The Devil's Rain
Tom Preston
5.0
1975
S.W.A.T.
(1 episode)
7.0
1975
The Last Day
Bill Powers
6.3
1975
Baretta
(1 episode)
6.3
1975
Big Bad Mama
Fred
5.6
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
(0 episode)
7.6
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Robert W. Palmer · (1 episode)
7.6
1974
The Manhunter
(1 episode)
5.0
1974
Run, Run, Joe!
Margherito
5.0
1974
Thieves Like Us
Dee Mobley
6.6
1974
Get Christie Love!
(1 episode)
7.3
1974
The Birdmen
Orville Fitzgerald
7.5
1973
Fuzz
Det. Bert Kling
5.5
1972
Harold and Maude
Motorcycle Officer
7.6
1971
Nichols
Charley Doyle · (1 episode)
5.0
1971
Cannon
Bud · (3 episodes)
6.5
1971
Wild Rovers
John Buckman
6.3
1971
The Moonshine War
Neighbor (uncredited)
5.8
1970
M*A*S*H
Duke Forrest
7.0
1970
Lancer
(1 episode)
4.7
1968
Hawaii Five-O
Lew Morgan · (1 episode)
7.1
1968
The Outsider
(1 episode)
5.2
1968
A Bell for Adano
Sgt. Trapani
0.0
1967
Mannix
Morgan Carpenter · (1 episode)
6.7
1967
Cimarron Strip
(1 episode)
5.0
1967
Felony Squad
(1 episode)
6.4
1966
The Time Tunnel
Matthew Gebhardt · (1 episode)
7.6
1966
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Corky Mardis
0.0
1965
The F.B.I.
Robert Hastings · (1 episode)
5.5
1965
The F.B.I.
John Clarence Rim · (1 episode)
5.5
1965
The F.B.I.
Thorn Hazard · (1 episode)
5.5
1965
The F.B.I.
Bill Leonard · (1 episode)
5.5
1965
Run for Your Life
Lou Patterson · (1 episode)
7.2
1965
Those Calloways
Whit Turner
6.2
1965
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Paddy Gialella · (1 episode)
7.3
1964
12 O'Clock High
Lt. Steve Parmalee · (1 episode)
7.3
1964
One Man's Way
Leonard Peale, Grown
4.0
1964
The Fugitive
Neely Hollister · (1 episode)
7.2
1963
The Fugitive
Pete Edwards · (1 episode)
7.2
1963
Combat!
Hicks · (1 episode)
7.6
1962
Combat!
Burke · (1 episode)
7.6
1962
Combat!
Sgt. Decker · (1 episode)
7.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Frank Farmer · (1 episode)
7.8
1962
The Virginian
Eric Kroeger · (1 episode)
6.5
1962
The Virginian
Rev. Paul Martinson · (1 episode)
6.5
1962
The Virginian
Billy Landers · (1 episode)
6.5
1962
The Virginian
Moran · (1 episode)
6.5
1962
War Hunt
Sgt. Stan Showalter
6.5
1962
Bonanza
Jerry · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Bonanza
Corporal Bill Tanner · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
The Real McCoys
Mailman · (1 episode)
5.6
1957
Wagon Train
Hamish Browne · (1 episode)
6.3
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
5.1
1956
Gunsmoke
Edmund Dano · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Gunsmoke
Ben Stone · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Gunsmoke
Orv Timpson · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Gunsmoke
Fred Garth · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
Gunsmoke
Tuck Frye · (1 episode)
6.6
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
Corky Mardis · (1 episode)
7.8
1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Norm Jenkins · (1 episode)
8.6
1951
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · (2 episodes)
7.0
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
7.0
1944